14 DAY TRIAL // I know that this morning I said that Microsoft reportedly released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to manufacturing, but it appears that the third-party sources were indeed correct.
While the Redmond company has yet to announce officially the finalization of the first upgrade for Windows 7, a member of the Microsoft Russia Windows Virtualization team revealed that Service Pack 1 is indeed Gold, and this is as close as from the horse’s mouth as possible, I guess. (via WinRumors)
Here is the rough translation of an excerpt from the blog post of a Microsoft Russia employee courtesy of Google Translate:
“Pack will be publicly available tomorrow. To install remove pre-release versions of this package, if installed on your PC or server.
“For the first time will be available for download service pack "zero-wave", which includes support for English, but without the Russian language.
“If you cannot wait to install it on a Russian language system that will deliver the English interface, making it the default, delete, Russian, put the pack, and then return to the Russian language.
“However, I think that the modern development of the Internet, those who cannot wait, there will be other opportunities throughout the day. The keyword for a successful search: 7601.17514.101119-1850.”
The Russian blog mentions the same build string number as the one provided by sources close to the software giant, namely 7601.17514.101119-1850 for the RTM version of Windows 7.
If this is indeed Windows 7 RTM, then the Build was signed off on November 19th, 2010, which means that sources claiming that SP1 would be released to manufacturing by the end of 2010, were also right.
With the exception of the Microsoft Russia Windows Virtualization blog, the Redmond company hasn’t confirmed officially the release to manufacturing of Windows 7 SP1.
This is also valid for the availability of the service pack, although sources indicate that Microsoft partners will be getting the RTM bits soon, as soon as today in fact.