The new Release Candidate editions for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be the last public test versions before their final releases next year. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Anything interesting in it? It seems like from what I'm reading, it's just a bunch of hotfixes and security rollups. Not that that's a bad thing -- actually, it's saying quite a bit, considering the ...

Microsoft has revealed that the first service pack for Windows 7 is on the way, but claims it will only offer "minor updates". With the phrase 'service pack' having strong echoes of the massive ...

Last week, Gartner declared that enterprises needn’t wait for Windows 7 SP1. But over the weekend, the Microsoft help forums were flooded with questions and complaints from users having installation ...

The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday. Last year, Microsoft said that customers could downgrade new machines purchased with Windows 7 ...

An update was released today that adds SHA-2 code signing support to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. If this update is not installed, these Windows operating systems will no longer be ...

For Windows customers without immediate access to MSDN (or the defunct TechNet), acquiring genuine Windows ISOs has been a frustrating and ridiculously complex experience: Microsoft tells you to ask ...

Microsoft today said that it would ship a public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in July, but did not set a release date during the month. The company made the announcement from TechEd, the ...

You can get your hands on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 as of last week. It's a release candidate, with the final version due some time early next year. If virtualization ...

Microsoft announced today that they will be adding Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 support to their Windows Defender ATP cloud-based threat intelligence service. These new endpoint agents will be ...