14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is working on multiple flavors of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, but not only for the fully-fledged client, but also for the embedded and componentized version of the platform.
In this regard, in parallel with Windows 7 Service Pack 1, the Redmond company is hard at work building the first upgrade for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
According to the software giant, Windows Embedded Standard 7 is a spin-off of Windows 7, designed for embedded devices.
And with Windows 7 being pushed to the next level, it only makes sense that Windows Embedded Standard 7 would also evolve with the introduction of the first service pack.
Last week, Microsoft released a prerequisite update for Windows 7 SP1. Customers running the embedded and componentized version of Windows 7 need to know that the same refresh also applies to them.
I’m of course talking about the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installation software feature update (KB 976902).
“Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This update may be required before selected future updates can be installed. After you install this item, it cannot be removed,” reads the description of the update.
Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB976902) and Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976902) are both available via the Microsoft Download Center.
Make no mistake about it, this is the same update as the one delivered for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Third-party sources recently revealed that Windows 7 SP1 has been released to manufacturing and that OEMs are even getting the bits.
As Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 leaked in the wild Microsoft denied that it was shipping Windows 7 SP1 RTM to OEMs, but did not confirm or deny the RTM of the service pack.