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The first upgrade for Windows 7 is here. At the time of this article, downloads of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 have gone live, available to users worldwide starting today.February 22, 2011 brings with it the general availability deadline of not only Windows 7 SP1 RTM but also of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RTM. Microso... |
22 February 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Although Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 should install seamlessly, considering the amount of time it spent in development, there are bound to be users running into problems. One example involves “Installation Was Not Successful" errors. Such failed installation error messages can happen on both Windows 7 and Win... |
22 February 2011
09:42 GMT |
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Microsoft is now gearing up to make Service Pack 1 RTM available to all Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users worldwide. Per the company’s General Availability deadline, public downloads of Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 will go live tomorrow, February 22nd, 2011. This is the first upgrade for both platfor... |
21 February 2011
12:31 GMT |
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With the first upgrade for Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft introduced a new feature designed for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure scenarios. Dubbed RemoteFX, the feature is already available to those making the jump to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 was released to manufacturing tw... |
21 February 2011
11:31 GMT |
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According to some reports, attempting to install Service Pack 1 RTM on top of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 can produce the following error message: 0x800F0A12 accompanying the failure of the deployment process. Microsoft explained that the exception is caused because the SP1 RTM installer finds it impossible ... |
21 February 2011
09:02 GMT |
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Deploying Service Pack 1 RTM on top of Windows 7 and Window Server 2008 R2 can require a few updates to be reinstalled in some scenarios, Microsoft has advised. According to the Redmond company, customers will know that reinstallation is required when they receive this message: "The following updates might need... |
21 February 2011
06:23 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to release Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM to all users next week. As previously announced, the gold bits of the first upgrade for Windows 7 will become live on February 22nd, 2011. As usual, end users are the last in line to receive a RTM release from the Redmond company. On February 11 Micros... |
19 February 2011
07:43 GMT |
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With the first upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provided to OEMS, MSDN and TechNet subscribers and Volume License customers, Microsoft is now also offering additional resources, including the documentation designed to accompany Service Pack 1. Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Se... |
17 February 2011
14:11 GMT |
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While installing Service Pack 1 RTM on top of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 should be a walk in the park for the vast majority of users, there will also be those that are bound to come across some issues. According to Microsoft, the deployment of SP1 RTM can negatively impact a select list of programs if they... |
17 February 2011
07:49 GMT |
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UPDATE: Windows 7 SP1 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RTM are available via MSDN and TechNet.Later today, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 will become available for download to subscribers of Microsoft’s developer and IT professional portals. I´ve just checked both MSDN and Te... |
16 February 2011
08:45 GMT |
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While the general availability of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM is just around the corner, new variants of the upgrade have been leaked in the wild. With Windows 7 and Windows Vista before it, Microsoft has been providing end users with the possibility of test driving the operating systems free of charge. The company... |
14 February 2011
15:01 GMT |
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The wait is almost over. In the next couple of weeks Microsoft plans to make available the first upgrade to Windows 7 to OEM partners, enterprise customers and end users. I managed to jump the gun little bit yesterday when I exclusively announced that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM would be available for download worl... |
10 February 2011
03:03 GMT |
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The first upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be made available for download to the public in less than two weeks on February 22nd, 2011. Microsoft has yet to announce this officially, but multiple sources close to the Redmond company have confirmed this piece of information. However, in the contex... |
9 February 2011
04:10 GMT |
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Microsoft reportedly finalized not only the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but also tools it’s offering computers manufacturers to preinstall the two platforms upgraded to SP1 RTM on new machines. Although the Redmond company has yet to confirm the RTM of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows... |
8 February 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Microsoft recently released the first service pack for Expression Encoder 4, an upgrade which is currently available for download for customers running both the free and the pro versions of the tool. Expression Encoder 4 Service Pack 1 (SP1) represents a step forward in relation to GPU acceleration capabilities when... |
2 February 2011
07:42 GMT |
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There are a few ways in which Windows 7 customers can boost their experience with the RTM version of the OS while waiting for Microsoft to release the first upgrade. According to third-party reports, the Redmond company signed-off Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM, and even if the software giant continues to be mute on t... |
2 February 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Users of both Expression Encoder 4 and Expression Encoder 4 Pro can upgrade their respective versions of the Expression component with the first Service Pack release. Microsoft launched Expression Encoder 4 SP1 RTM at the end of January 2011, allowing customers to extend feature support, but also deploy updates as w... |
1 February 2011
09:00 GMT |
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One reason, if you need it, to take the first upgrade for Visual Studio 2010 out for a spin is the love that Service Pack 1 shows for HTML5 and CSS3. Essentially, with the advent of Visual Studio 2010 SP1, Microsoft plans to simplify the work needed from developers to build web applications on top of ASP.NET by leve... |
28 January 2011
09:26 GMT |
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The number of Windows 7 sold licenses has jumped by no less than 60 million in the past few months after Microsoft celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the operating system. According to the latest statistics from the Redmond company, the RTM version of Windows 7 has passed the 300 million sold copies milestone. Th... |
28 January 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering free guidance on how to create Exchange 2010 Service Pack (SP1) services, as well as migrating existing messaging investments into the Cloud. System integrators and service providers can download the “Building Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Cloud Services” collection of guides from the ... |
24 January 2011
04:56 GMT |
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There are a variety of Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 releases available for download from third-party sources such as BitTorrent trackers, many added after the initial Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) leaked in the wild last week. Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 was reported as the RTM of Windows 7 SP1 by sources close to... |
18 January 2011
07:36 GMT |
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With Windows 7 SP1 RTM Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 leaked in the wild, I thought I’d remind you that the first upgrade for Windows 7 is not like previous Service Pack 1 releases. Instead, SP1 for Windows 7 is just a minor upgrade, as Microsoft put it when it introduced its plans for the service pack with the ... |
17 January 2011
12:59 GMT |
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While Service Pack 1 for Windows is right on track for delivery by the end of March 2011, Microsoft is continuously kicking the operating system up a notch. An illustrative example in this regard is KB 2454826, an update designed to boost the performance of Windows 7’s underlying graphics platform. According ... |
17 January 2011
12:54 GMT |
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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 Windo... |
17 January 2011
08:03 GMT |
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After the past week, when third-party sources started reporting that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing, Microsoft is not offering official confirmation. Moreover, the Redmond company is denying the fact that the finalized version of Windows 7 SP1 has been handed over to original equipment m... |
17 January 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Microsoft has yet to confirm officially the RTM, with a small exception, let alone to offer an availability timetable for the first upgrade to Windows 7, but the final Build of Service Pack 1 has already been leaked in the wild. At the time of this article, various warez websites as well as torrent trackers were off... |
15 January 2011
07:02 GMT |
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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... |
14 January 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has reportedly signed off on the final Build of the first upgrade to Windows 7. The information comes from a third-party source that has been right on numerous occasions in the past, and that is also promising to leak the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM development milestone. It appears that the Redmond compa... |
14 January 2011
03:08 GMT |
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Microsoft released the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installation software feature update just a couple of days ago, and users should make sure to deploy the refresh in order to make sure that installation tasks will go as smooth as possible. Customers can also check out KB976902, the knowledge base article t... |
13 January 2011
09:15 GMT |
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Early adopters running the latest release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 will also need to deploy the first patches offered for Windows in 2011.Specifically, testers will have to make sure that Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-002 is installed as it is designed to patch a Critical vulnerability which also affects the R... |
13 January 2011
04:01 GMT |
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A new free resource is available for download from Microsoft, designed to streamline the adoption of Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1. Henry Webb, a member of the Solution Accelerators Team announced the availability of the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1, a f... |
5 January 2011
06:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated a free resource offered to customers running the last release of its Windows for supercomputers platform along with the first upgrade for the operating system. A refreshed version of the Technical Overview of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center, and as i... |
5 January 2011
04:13 GMT |
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With Service Packs for the Windows client regarded as minor, standard upgrades more than anything else, Microsoft is focusing more and more on improving the operating system with Windows Update releases. It was the case for Windows Vista and it is the case for Windows 7, which received a range of updates designed to... |
28 December 2010
10:16 GMT |
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A new release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been leaked and is now available for download in the wild through various illegal third-party sources such as torrent trackers and warez websites. Windows 7 SP1 Build 7601.171257 made its way out of Redmond indicating that the company is hard at work developing and testi... |
28 December 2010
07:34 GMT |
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Microsoft released the first service pack for HPC Pack 2008 R2 earlier this month, and the company is also providing customers leveraging its high performance computing platform with additional resources. In this regard, HPC Pack 2008 R2 MS-MPI Redistributable Package with Service Pack 1 and HPC Pack 2008 R2 Client ... |
27 December 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Customers looking to test drive the first major upgrade for Exchange Server 2010 can download guidance from Microsoft to help simplify their work.Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1 is available via the Microsoft Download Center free of charge, just as it is the case for the service pack itself.... |
27 December 2010
08:46 GMT |
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is quite close to being released to manufacturing, reportedly. This piece of information comes from a third-party source, and was not confirmed by Microsoft in any way. In fact, while it’s not 100% certain, it appears that Windows 7 SP1 could have already hit the RTM development milest... |
27 December 2010
07:13 GMT |
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The first upgrade to the last release of Windows for supercomputers brings a set of new integration features that allow customers to leverage Microsoft’s Cloud. Microsoft has recently made available for download Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, enabling customers running the plain vanilla version of ... |
22 December 2010
07:22 GMT |
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As it’s usually the case with the vast majority of its product releases, Microsoft is providing documentation for the recently launched upgrade to System Center Service Manager 2010. Last week, the Redmond company started offering System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1 to customers, accompanying the... |
21 December 2010
07:53 GMT |
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A new development milestone of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now available for download, but not for the client or server flavors of the platform, but for the embedded and componentized variant of the OS. Microsoft has released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the upcoming upgrade to Windows Embedded Standard... |
18 December 2010
06:49 GMT |
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Microsoft has released to manufacturing the first major upgrade to System Center Service Manager 2010. At this point in time, customers can download System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1 RTM from the Redmond company, with the software giant offering an evaluation copy for testing. Available through the ... |
17 December 2010
03:59 GMT |
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The promise from Microsoft on Exchange 2010’s one year anniversary is that Exchange customers and partners will take advantage of additional enhancements to the product in the coming year. Rajesh Jha, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Exchange did not say what specific improvements are planned for Exchange, ... |
9 December 2010
03:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is close to wrapping up the first upgrade to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. The Release Candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 has been finalized and deemed ready for public testing. As is the case with other technologies from the software giant, the RC re... |
3 December 2010
06:17 GMT |
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With Service Pack 1 (SP1) RTM on the way to Windows 7, Microsoft is taken the necessary measures designed to ensure that the download and deployment of the upgrade will go as smooth as possible. This is why the operating system received an update set up to ensure that there are no issues in Windows 7 RTM that could ... |
25 November 2010
03:06 GMT |
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Microsoft’s private Beta development milestone for the first major upgrade for Office 2010 has become somewhat of less private. The bits for Office 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta have been leaked almost immediately after the release was made available for download on Microsoft Connect. Once a select group of tester... |
19 November 2010
09:20 GMT |
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With the Release Candidate Build already available for download to the general public, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is heading to the next development milestone, namely RTM (released to manufacturing). Of course, Microsoft has yet to confirm any actual details about the RTM of Windows 7 SP1, but the upgrade is cooking o... |
16 November 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed recently that the first major upgrade for Windows 7 will be wrapped up and served to users by March 31st, 2011. However, Rich Reynolds, general manager of Windows Commercial Product Marketing at Microsoft did not specify when exactly will Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) be released to manufacturin... |
5 November 2010
15:21 GMT |
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Consumers and business customers are moving past Windows XP and Windows Vista, with Microsoft noting that Windows 7’s adoption rate is through the roof. The Redmond company even has the numbers to prove it, with Rich Reynolds, general manager of Windows Commercial Product Marketing at Microsoft underpinning th... |
3 November 2010
12:43 GMT |
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Microsoft will wrap up and offer the first major upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 no later than March 2011. The Redmond company has confirmed officially that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will reach General Availability (GA) in the first quarter of the coming year. Essent... |
3 November 2010
09:41 GMT |
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A new wave of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) downloads has been leaked and made available for download in the wild. Build 6.1.7601.17105.100929-1730 was offered by Microsoft officially to the public for testing on October 26th, although some early adopters received access to the bits a tad ear... |
1 November 2010
15:11 GMT |
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