I imagine that many readers of this blog are the unofficial network administrators in their household, taking on responsibility for making sure that all machines are functioning correctly. If like me this applies to you, then this tweak is an essential one.

Window 7′s default behaviour is to only allow one user to actively use a computer at once; as soon as another user wants to use the machine or connects via Remote Desktop, the first user is booted off.  Enabling Concurrent Sessions allows multiple users to use the same PC at the same time, or the same user to be logged on more than once i.e. this allows a second user to log into a machine via Remote Desktop without the person sitting at the machine being booted off or even noticing, or allows the same user account to be logged in multiple times. For example, I use this tweak to remotely connect to the other PCs and Windows 7 Media Centers in my home to make changes, tweaks and updates without interrupting the current user of the machine e.g. this could be someone watching a TV show who would be very annoyed if it were replaced with the Windows login screen….

Enabling Concurrent Sessions in Windows 7 is easy thanks to a patch that has been created, which has been updated to work with Windows 7 SP1.

Installation Instructions For Concurrent Sessions

1. First, Download this file Enable Concurrent Session Patch
   
   Download
2. Once downloaded, extract the files into a directory (for the purposes of this guide, it will be assumed that the files have been extracted to the folder C:Win7RDP )
3. Open Windows Explorer to the above folder
4. Right Click on “install.cmd” and select “Run as Administrator”
5. Wait for the script to run entirely. At the end, you should see something similar to the image below…

Installation Instructions For Multiple Concurrent Sessions

1. Launch a Command Prompt with Administrator priveleges (Start > CMD > Right Click > Run as Administrator)
2. At the C:WindowsSystem32 prompt type “cdWin7RDP”
3. You should now be at the prompt C:Win7RDP>
4. At the prompt, type: install multi

Thanks to Missing Remote for creating the patch.

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The first service pack for Windows 7 has been available for nearly a month at this stage and by and large I think the roll out went without too many problems for most users. That was until today when I stumbled across a post on The Register.

Apparently a rake of “fatal errors” are hampering Windows 7 computers that have been updated since Microsoft released the first service pack. There are plenty of cases on forums where Windows 7 PC’s are booting with error messages and many users have had to rebuild their machines.

One Register reader, who has seen the errors appear on 15 machines had this to say

Basically, if you have an OEM machine connected to a server running WSUS [Windows Server Update Services] with the default settings it offers and installs SP1 automatically. This is killing machines and stopping them booting with a C00000034 fatal error

He also adds that Windows 7 SP1 deletes all restore points on your machine just before it begins to install, so you have no recovery points.

Some users have also reported falling into a reboot loop and encounter the error message Error C000009A applying update operation 120782 of 367890

The Microsoft forums and message boards have plenty to report on these issues which you can see here and here

Despite all these complaints, Microsoft still hadn’t figured out where it all went wrong until a couple of days ago. They’ve since issued a fix which will hopefully solve the error code 0xc0000034

Microsoft really want to be careful with this situation. They really should have tested Windows 7 SP1 in all situations to make sure nothing like this would have occurred. I feel they may have been rushing it out and that could have caused some of these slip ups. There’s no point in rushing out a first service pack if it’s just going to cause trouble, but I believe that reports like this can often be blown out of proportion somewhat.

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Windows 7 SP1 hasn’t been out too long, but Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard have already said they are going to start shipping it pre-loaded on their machines. Laptops and desktops from Lenovo will be shipped with Windows 7 service pack 1 starting in early April. Hewlett-Packard have said they are planning shipments of business PCs preloaded with Windows 7 SP1 soon afer.

HP won’t be shipping consumer PCs with the service pack until around mid-June however, as they are going to wait until their back-to-school-product launch.

Windows 7 SP1 was made available at the end of February to the public, while Technet and MSDN subscribers got their hands on it about a week before. At the moment most users should probably have it installed if they have their Windows Update center configured to automatically download and install new updates.

SP1 didn’t contain any major fixes, but it does patch up and fix a few little bugs that Microsoft have discovered since Windows 7 was released by in October 2009.

Dell have declined to say when they are going to start shipping their machines with the service pack installed, but their CEO Michael Dell said in the past that PC’s with Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 could boost the client PC refresh cycle.

Microsoft haven’t yet released any Windows 7 installation media with SP1 to PC Makers, and we’re still not sure when they will. Currently PC Makers have to manually install SP1, a process which can take hours. More than likely, the sooner Microsoft release Windows 7 SP1 media, the sooner it will start shipping on machines.

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It’s February 22, and that means that the common man is getting what those spoiled MSDN and TechNet people got last week – the ability to download the final version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, either as a download from the Microsoft download site or from Windows Update.

We’ve said over and over (and over) again that  Windows 7 SP1 doesn’t bring nearly as much to the table as some past Windows service packs, and that statement is just as true today as it was six days ago: there is almost exactly nothing to see here unless you’re running Windows Server 2008 R2 (my money says most of you aren’t), and even then it only helps you if you’re deeply invested in a Microsoft backend for your thin clients.

Instead of just repeating myself again, I wanted to give you guys a little more practical information about SP1 – knowing that it would be a pretty low-profile release, I skipped the beta and release candidate entirely, so this last week has been my first experience using the new service pack. In that time, I’ve done both clean installs and upgrade installs on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs of many different vintages and speeds, so I feel like I’ve got a good grasp on the basics.

First, install time. To install the update to your existing Windows 7 PC will generally take no less than half an hour (not including download time), and probably more on older hardware (think single-core processors) and netbooks. It doesn’t take forever, but you’ll definitely want to have a book or something handy.

A clean install from a DVD will take almost exactly the same amount of time as a clean RTM install will – on my midrange Dell Latitude E6410, the non-interactive portion of a Windows 7 SP1 install took 16 minutes and 11 seconds to run, and on the same laptop the RTM install took 15 minutes and 58 seconds. That gap is narrow enough to be statistically insignificant, and you probably wouldn’t notice unless you had your stopwatch out (as I did for this particular test).

Likewise, in daily use you won’t notice any major performance improvements, especially if you compare, say, Vista RTM to Vista SP1. I didn’t break out the stopwatch for this test, but I can assure  you that the perceived speed is the same. My apps, files, and folders opened no more quickly or slowly than they did before, and none of my programs or drivers needed any updates to work properly.

So, as we’ve said and now demonstrated, Windows 7 SP1 will get you a more secure (and possibly more stable, depending on your particular circumstances) PC, but it doesn’t change things up under the hood nearly as much as did Windows XP SP2 or Vista SP1, or even XP SP3 and Vista SP2 – there’s just not much to talk about here, which is a testament to the good work Microsoft did with the RTM release.

This is the same Windows 7 I’ve been using and enjoying for the better part of two years now, and I’m pretty okay with that.

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The very first service pack for Windows 7 will be available to the public starting from February 22nd as confirmed by Microsoft just over a week ago. It’s already been delivered to OEM partners and to subscribers of the MSDN or Technet service as of February 16th.

Is there anything that the average PC user will have to do to get the service pack? Not really, it’s a fairly straightforward process for most. Microsoft will be making it available from the Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft recommend that single PC and home PC Users should be using Windows Update instead of the standalone installer from the Microsoft Download Center. Mainly because it’s much easier to do with very little input from the user, but also because of the disk space requirements.

The disk space requirements vary dramatically. Users who update the operating system via the recommened Windows Update method need 750 Megabytes for 32-bit systems and 1050 Megabytes for 64-bit systems. However a stand alone installation by downloading the service pack via Microsoft’s Download Center, requires 4.1 Gigabytes of memory for 32-bit systems and a whooping 7.4 Gigabytes for a 64-bit system. So do what’s recommended and update via the Windows Update method.

Only admins who are working with multiple computers may consider download the service pack from the Download Center for distribution purposes.

There are a couple of things that should be done prior to updating to SP1

• Just do a quick scan to make sure your free from malware and viruses
• Microsoft recommend turning off your antivirus temporarily as it may interfere with the installation
• Make sure your drivers are up to date
• Be sure to have a constant power source, plug in your laptop or netbook to it’s charger
• Make sure you have enough free disk space
• Back up any important data in the unlikely case something goes wrong

And finally for those of you who don’t want to upgrade to the first service pack just yet, you can download the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Blocker Tool from Microsoft. The toolkit blocks the installation of the service pack for 12 months.

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The first service pack for the Windows operating system will be released to the public in the coming week. MSDN and Technet subscribers on the other hand are able to download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from today on. The Windows 7 Service Pack 1 release documents have been published today as well by Microsoft, and they are available publicly unlike the service pack itself.

The Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 can all be downloaded from this Microsoft Download Center page. Validation is required before the download links are made available to the user. This is either done directly if Internet Explorer is used to access the sites or by downloading a small executable to generate a number that needs to be pasted into the form on the appearing page.

The following documents are available for download:

• Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1.doc – 213KB [direct download]
• Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.xls – 465KB [direct download]
• Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1.doc – 94KB [direct download]
• Release Notes for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1.doc – 87KB
• Release Notes for Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1.doc – 87KB

The release notes are just pointing to the very same web page they are listed on. The interesting documents are the deployment guide for system administrators,

This guide is for IT administrators who are deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). This document includes technical information, procedures, and recommendations for installing SP1 in a business or corporate environment. Although this guide includes some basic operating system information, we assume that you already have a working knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and update installations.

the Hotfixes and Security Updates list,

“Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 includes all previously released updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Many of these updates are available to the public on the Microsoft Download Center and Windows Update, while others are only available to specific customers or partners. It is standard practice to include all of these updates in a Service Pack and as such they are included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.

This document contains a list of these updates with links to their descriptive webpage on http://support.microsoft.com. There are other updates in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 which have not been released as updates and therefore are not presented in this list.”

and the Installing this Release of Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 document.

This document provides information about the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1, including steps to take prior to installation, installing the Service Pack, and how to uninstall the Service Pack. The Service Pack installation wizard guides you through the actual installation steps. This Service Pack updates all editions of Windows Server 2008 R2.

Please note that we have added direct download links for the three important release documents.

Microsoft furthermore updated the Knowledge Base article “Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2″ with information about both service packs.

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Today is February 16, and that means that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is officially available to a select few Microsoft customers – MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and Microsoft’s steadfast volume licensing customers.

As we’ve discussed a number of times, Windows 7 SP1 is basically no big deal. It’s composed mostly of security updates and hotfixes that have already been made available to customers, whether through Windows Update or otherwise – it doesn’t bring the wide-ranging changes and performance improvements required by, say, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1.

Windows Server 2008 R2 users get two new features in RemoteFX, a feature that will allow server-side graphics rendering for thin clients using Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) system, and Dynamic Memory, which will allow a single server to host more virtual machines using the same amount of memory and resources.

These features are great if your organization is using Windows Server as a backend for thin clients, but for most consumers they’re of little interest.

The updates haven’t yet posted as of this writing (I’m looking at the MVLS volume licensing site at about 11AM EST), but they should go up sometime today. If the past is any indication, the download should be made available both as a patch for existing Windows installations, and as an .ISO of a Windows install DVD for fresh installations.

General availability to the public is still scheduled for February 22.

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Brandon LeBlanc over at the Windows Team Blog has just confirmed that Microsoft has “handed off the final release (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1″ to their OEM partners. The first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available on February 16 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and on February 22 for all customers via the Microsoft Download Center or directly via Windows Update.

For Windows 7, SP1 will help keep your PCs well supported by delivering ongoing updates, many of which have been made previously available through Windows Update.

Brandon confirmed that the final build number is indeed 7601.17514.101119-1850. Most users should however wait with the installation of the service pack until it becomes officially available, considering that it does not contain a lot of new features or new patches for the Windows 7 operating system. (via)

See Windows 7 SP1 Final Out In The Coming Weeks for a listing of all additional features.

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While there is no official confirmation yet by Microsoft, Winrumors are reporting that the service pack 1 for Windows 7 will be released on February 16 for MSDN customers and February 22 for all customers. Close Microsoft partners have apparently been information about the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone and the release dates. The information has to be taken with a grain of salt because of the missing official confirmation.

According to their information, build 7601.17514.101119-1850 is the final RTM build indicating that it has been completed last year. It is likely that Microsoft will make an official release announcement shortly to inform customers and users about the upcoming release.

Only a few new features are added to the operating system by the service pack. Take a look at the listing below for an overview:

• Additional support for communication with third-party federation services – Additional support has been added to allow Windows 7 clients to effectively communicate with third-party identity federation services (those supporting the WS-Federation passive profile protocol). This change enhances platform interoperability, and improves the ability to communicate identity and authentication information between organizations.
• Improved HDMI audio device performance – A small percentage of users have reported issues in which the connection between computers running Windows 7 and HDMI audio devices can be lost after system reboots. Updates have been incorporated into SP1 to ensure that connections between Windows 7 computers and HDMI audio devices are consistently maintained.
• Corrected behavior when printing mixed-orientation XPS documents – Prior to the release of SP1, some customers have reported difficulty when printing mixed-orientation XPS documents (documents containing pages in both portrait and landscape orientation) using the XPS Viewer, resulting in all pages being printed entirely in either portrait or landscape mode. This issue has been addressed in SP1, allowing users to correctly print mixed-orientation documents using the XPS Viewer.
• Change to behavior of “Restore previous folders at logon” functionality – SP1 changes the behavior of the “Restore previous folders at logon” function available in the Folder Options Explorer dialog. Prior to SP1, previous folders would be restored in a cascaded position based on the location of the most recently active folder. That behavior changes in SP1 so that all folders are restored to their previous positions.
• Enhanced support for additional identities in RRAS and IPsec – Support for additional identification types has been added to the Identification field in the IKEv2 authentication protocol. This allows for a variety of additional forms of identification (such as E-mail ID or Certificate Subject) to be used when performing authentication using the IKEv2 protocol.
• Support for Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) – There has always been a growing need for ever more computing power and as usage models change, processors instruction set architectures evolve to support these growing demands. Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) is a 256 bit instruction set extension for processors. AVX is designed to allow for improved performance for applications that are floating point intensive. Support for AVX is a part of SP1 to allow applications to fully utilize the new instruction set and register extensions.

Expect a news update as soon as Microsoft officially confirms the service pack 1 release dates. (via)

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While the first service pack upgrade is still under wraps for Windows 7, there is talk of a second upgrade already in the works at least according to one third-party source close to Microsoft.

The odd thing about this is that Microsoft has yet to confirm the finalization of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, nor revealed any information about the release of the service pack. So while Service Pack 1 is still in play, users should not expect Microsoft to make public any of its plans for Windows 7 Service Pack 2 anytime soon.

Leaks of SP1 have occurred on Build 7601.17514.101119-1850. For its part, Microsoft has yet to confirm officially that it has released Windows 7 SP1 to manufacturing, although in one instance the company did indicate that the upgrade was complete.

It appears that the software giant has started work on Windows 7 SP2 in the autumn of 2010 although, at this point in time, it’s hard to tell whether the actual development efforts have been kicked off or if the upgrade is still in the planning stages.  Keep in mind, that Windows 8 is in development, and according to Wzor, the Russian software company, it will be some time before Microsoft offers Windows 7 SP2 to the public. The service pack could be ready for delivery in mid-2012, but by which time Windows 8 should be near the final phases of production.  What is interesting to think of is that there will be multiple OS elements in play next year. Will Windows 8 succeed or will be be another Vista.

And Windows 7 SP1? Microsoft still has to offer users Windows 7 SP1, which it will do sometime between now and the end of March 2011. This, apparently, is the only piece of information that the company is ready to confirm about the general availability of Windows 7 SP1 RTM; that it’s due in Q1 2011. No doubt, it will be interesting to see what upgrades and feature changes come with SP1. And just what exactly will Service Pack 2 provide?

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There is still some uncertainty about the alleged Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM build considering that Microsoft has not yet officially confirmed the final build string. Even if that is so, the service pack version that several sources claim to be the Windows 7 SP1 RTM release has leaked to the Internet.

The release is available on various torrent websites but also on respected download portals such as Softpedia. Softpedia for instance offers download links for both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the service pack. The downloads are hosted on the Softpedia server which means that they have been thoroughly checked for malicious code.

The build number is 7601.17514.101119-1850, the downloads have a size of 538 Megabytes (Windows 7 SP1 32-bit) and 903 Megabytes (Windows 7 SP1 64-bit).

The Windows 7 Service Pack 1 will introduce a few new features to the operating system, namely:

Additional support for communication with third-party federation services
Improved HDMI audio device performance
Corrected behavior when printing mixed-orientation XPS documents
Enhanced support for additional identities in RRAS and IPsec
Support for Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Change to behavior of “Restore previous folders at logon” functionality

This indicates that it is reasonable for the majority of users to wait until the service pack is officially released by Microsoft. Only users who need the additional functionality and users who want to test it may benefit from downloading and installing the leaked version directly.

The service pack can only be installed on Windows 7 systems that do not have another version of the service pack installed. Users need to uninstall beta and release candidates of the service pack before they can install the RTM release. The service pack can also only be installed on RTM versions of Windows 7.

What’s your take on the leak? Will you download and install it, or wait until the official release announcement is made by Microsoft?

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Microsoft is preparing the release of the first Windows 7 service pack. The January patch day had already one update included that prepared the underlying operating system for the deployment of first service pack for Windows 7. See Windows 7 SP1 Nearing Release for all the details on this.

Softpedia is now reporting that Microsoft has created the Windows 7 SP1 RTM release. The update has the build number Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 indicating that it was compiled back in November already and that it passed all quality tests as no issues were discovered.

This build is also the RTM for the Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack.

The information have to be taken with a grain of salt as Microsoft has not yet officially confirmed that the build is indeed the RTM build. Softpedia used information on the Russian site Wzor as reference which did post reliable information in the past.

Microsoft is on track to release the first service pack in March 2011.

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The release candidates of the first service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 leaked to the net earlier this week. This indicated the next major step in the development phase, and it was likely that Microsoft would offer the release candidates to the public at a later time as well.

Today now, the release candidates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are officially available for download. Microsoft aims at IT professionals, developers and tech enthusiasts who want to test the operating system update in their organization or for compatibility with their applications.

Downloads however are available to all users that have a valid Windows Live ID and a genuine Windows operating system.

Microsoft is offering three different downloads, which require a little bit of explanation:

• WUSignUpTool_x86.exe and WUSignUpTool_x64.exe enable the release candidate in Windows Update, so that it can be downloaded and installed via Microsoft’s updating service.
• windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe and windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe will install the release candidate to 32-bit or 64-bit editions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
• 7601.17105.100929-1730_Update_Sp_Wave1-B1SP1.0_DVD.iso, a standalone iso image to update computer systems.

Documentation is available as well, detailing the changes, hotfixes and security updates in the service pack release candidates. For Windows 7 they are:

• Additional support for communication with third-party federation services – Additional support has been added to allow Windows 7 clients to effectively communicate with third-party identity federation services (those supporting the WS-Federation passive profile protocol). This change enhances platform interoperability, and improves the ability to communicate identity and authentication information between organizations.
• Improved HDMI audio device performance – A small percentage of users have reported issues in which the connection between computers running Windows 7 and HDMI audio devices can be lost after system reboots. Updates have been incorporated into SP1 to ensure that connections between Windows 7 computers and HDMI audio devices are consistently maintained.
• Corrected behavior when printing mixed-orientation XPS documents – Prior to the release of SP1, some customers have reported difficulty when printing mixed-orientation XPS documents (documents containing pages in both portrait and landscape orientation) using the XPS Viewer, resulting in all pages being printed entirely in either portrait or landscape mode. This issue has been addressed in SP1, allowing users to correctly print mixed-orientation documents using the XPS Viewer.
• Change to behavior of “Restore previous folders at logon” functionality – SP1 changes the behavior of the “Restore previous folders at logon” function available in the Folder Options Explorer dialog. Prior to SP1, previous folders would be restored in a cascaded position based on the location of the most recently active folder. That behavior changes in SP1 so that all folders are restored to their previous positions.
• Enhanced support for additional identities in RRAS and IPsec – Support for additional identification types has been added to the Identification field in the IKEv2 authentication protocol. This allows for a variety of additional forms of identification (such as E-mail ID or Certificate Subject) to be used when performing authentication using the IKEv2 protocol.
• Support for Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) – There has always been a growing need for ever more computing power and as usage models change, processors instruction set architectures evolve to support these growing demands. Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) is a 256 bit instruction set extension for processors. AVX is designed to allow for improved performance for applications that are floating point intensive. Support for AVX is a part of SP1 to allow applications to fully utilize the new instruction set and register extensions.

Windows 7 SP1 RC details:

• Service Pack 1 Release date: First half of 2011.
• Upgrade possible from SP1 RC to final: No, the RC needs to be uninstalled first.
• Available languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
• SP1 RC expiration date: You will be reminded beginning August 30, 2011. The RC will expire on November 30, 2011

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If you are following the development of the first service pack for Windows 7 closely you may have noticed that several service pack builds have leaked to the Internet. It is usually one of the official testers, or someone with access to a tester’s computer, who is responsible for the leak.

The latest available version of Windows 7 SP1 is a release candidate escrow build with the build number 7601.17104.100921-1630. This version is just the latest in a series of leaks, and it is likely that it will not be the last.

But who would actually want to download and install a leaked beta build of the upcoming service pack for Windows 7? Not a lot come to mind. Sure, there are the users who want to have the latest earlier than everyone else, and probably some who would like to test SP1 compatibility, but the rest? Considering that Microsoft aims for an October release of the official release candidate, it is safe to say that it does not make a lot of sense to download and install the leaked version. Even more so if you consider that the service pack will not add a lot of new features to the operating system.

And then there is the possibility that leaked versions contain malicious code that infects a computer system upon installation. And we have not mentioned legal reasons which should keep most users from downloading and installing leaked software anyway.

The near release of the release candidate build of the SP1 for Windows 7 is a good sign on the other hand for a first quarter of 2011 final release of the service pack.

What do you think? Will Microsoft release the service pack in the beginning of 2011? What day will be the Windows 7 SP1 release date?

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We already know that the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 isn’t going to support the aging Windows XP, but a much newer operating system has also fallen short of compatibility: the final version of IE9 will not install on Windows 7 RTM.

This tidbit was included as part of Microsoft’s IE9 Beta FAQ for IT Professionals, which answers common questions about deploying Internet Explorer 9 in a corporate or office environment. Most of the information is of little interest to home users, so I’ve extracted the pertinent tidbit for your convenience:

When Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9, will it require Windows 7 Service Pack 1?

Yes. Internet Explorer 9 will require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Therefore, organizations must plan, pilot, and deploy Internet Explorer 9 as part of or after a Windows 7 SP1 deployment.

So, there you have it. Service Pack 1, previously a collection of unexciting hotfixes and USB 3.0 support, just became a more necessary update.

The FAQ also definitively puts to rest the rumors that Windows 7 SP1 will somehow bundle Internet Explorer 9 – note the “as part of or after” part of the excerpt above. Because of the trouble corporations sometimes have transitioning to a new Internet Explorer version, Microsoft as a rule doesn’t include major IE releases with service packs.

We have no solid release date for either SP1 or IE9, but based on this information SP1 will be released first, if both updates are not made available at about the same time.

What do you think? Will this news change your IE9 adoption plans? Tell us in the comments!

Sources: Microsoft, Ars Technica

Update: Internet Explorer 9 will run on both Windows 7 RTM and Windows 7 SP1. The web browser requires some additional components if it is installed on Windows 7 RTM, which are part of the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. Those components are downloaded with Internet Explorer 9 during installation. So, SP1 is not needed to run the new browser.

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Microsoft began distributing the first builds of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 during July earlier this year. Now reports are coming in that Microsoft have gone and updated a couple of those betas for a select few indiviuals over the last week or so.

Last Friday Zdnet reported that Microsoft refreshed a couple of the testers beta builds of Windows 7 SP1 and the new build number is now 7601.17077. The new build is said to have been made available to “TAP” partners, (Technology Adoption Program) and company officials have confirmed this.

“A private interim release went out Friday as part of our normal feedback loop with a small  group of our testers – our TAP and OEMs,”

So this shows that Microsoft are making progress on the service pack builds anyway, but Microsoft said that we shouldn’t expect to see the first service packs released for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Rs until the first half of 2011.

Then again, Microsoft said that we wouldn’t be seeing Windows 7 make an appearance until the beginning of 2010, but in fact it was released in October during 2009 thanks to positive feedback from testers and remarkable stable beta builds and release candidates.

Maybe there will be a similar situation with the first service pack, or maybe there wont be. Perhaps Microsoft are eager to get it out as soon as they can since many businesses traditionally wait until the first service pack before they update to make sure any bugs have been ironed out. Then again there’s the never ending debate that Windows 7 doesn’t actually need a service pack at all.

We haven’t heard of anything new in this latest build, it’s probably just got another little bug fix somewhere, that’s all that Windows 7 SP1 is mainly made up of anyway, there’s nothing really outstanding or amazing that the average user will notice.

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Yesterday Robert broke the news that the official beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been released by Microsoft. His article contained the relevant information about the upcoming service pack, and the information that it was available for download for Technet subscribers only.

That last sentence was not entirely correct, as Windows 7 SP1 is offered to non-Technet subscribers as well, providing that they are working in IT or as developers.

The Technet Evaluation Center page links to the download registration. A Windows Live ID is required, as is the selection of the right occupation before the downloads are shown. IT Manager or developer will do fine on this screen.

Windows 7 SP1 Beta is offered via Windows Update or as an ISO image that needs to be burned before it can be used and tested.

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A small program is downloaded if the Windows Update option is selected. This tool will enable the service pack download in Windows Update, we have uploaded the 32-bit and 64-bit tool to our server for your convenience.

• WUSignUpTool_x86
• WUSignUpTool_x64

windows update windows7 sp1

It usually takes a moment before the updates become available via Windows Update. An important update is offered prior to the Service Pack 1 update.

Windows 7 users who ponder with the though of installing the update should consider the following: The Windows 7 SP1 will not add new features to the operating system which means that there is not a reason to install it on a home system.

The beta will expire on June 30, 2011 and needs to be either uninstalled or upgraded before that date.

System Requirements

*Windows 7 Minimum System Requirements:

* 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
* DVD-compatible drive
* Internet access (fees may apply)

Uninstallation of Windows 7 SP1

The easiest way to uninstall SP1 Beta is using Programs and Features.

If you’ve used the Disk Cleanup Wizard since you’ve installed SP1 Beta, the backup files needed to uninstall the service pack might have been removed from your computer. If that’s the case, then use System Restore to uninstall the service pack.

1. Click the Start button Picture of the Start button, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.
2. Click View installed updates.
3. Click Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB 976932), and then click Uninstall.

If you don’t see Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB 976932) in the list of installed updates, or if the uninstall option is disabled, use System Restore to uninstall the service pack.

Additional resources:

* Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1 [link]
* Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta (KB976932) [link]

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Microsoft have just ended support for Windows XP SP2 at long last, and now they’ve announced the availability of a the beta release of Windows 7 SP1 for businesses. As we know, the first service pack for Windows 7 probably won’t be released until much later this year, and it doesn’t include any ground breaking new features. It’s mainly composed of some minor tweaks and bug fixes, since there’s not a whole lot wrong with Windows 7 as it stands.

Back in June Microsoft said that they would begin releasing beta releases of it’s first Windows 7 service pack this month, and it appears they’re sticking to their word.

According to Microsoft’s TechNet site targeting IT professionals, “This early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users. The SP1 Beta does not provide new end-user features, and installation is not supported by Microsoft.”  This has been the case with most recent service packs, which are mainly just composed of updates that are automatically delivered via the Windows Update center.

The service pack for the Windows 2008 R2 server has a bit more in it than the update for Windows 7. The two new big capabilities Service Pack 1 offers Windows Server both involve virtualization improvements: Dynamic Memory, and RemoteFX. The first allows Hyper-V virtualization servers to “pool available memory on a physical host and then dynamically dole that memory out to virtual machines running on the host, based on current workload needs,” according to the Windows Server 2008 R2 page

RemoteFX allows remote virtual desktops in Windows 7 SP1 to take advantage of 3D graphics such as Windows Aero, Video, Flash along with Silverlight and other 3D applications.

The trial versions of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 are now available for download for Technet subscribers.

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It was only a matter of time until someone posted a copy of a beta release build of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 publicly. The release is then spread via P2P services with no option to control or block the release from being downloaded.

The leaked Windows 7 SP1 release has the build number 7601.16562.100603-1800. It was originally distributed to select beta testers but has since then founds its way to P2P sites and other distribution services.

A word of caution for users who think about downloading this beta SP1 release. Malicious users often use releases of popular applications to spread their malware with those releases.

But there is another reason why users should wait with the downloading and installing: Windows 7 SP1 will not add any new features to the operating system. It is rumored that Service Pack 1 might include USB 3.0 support and enhanced Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stacks but that has not been confirmed by Microsoft yet.

The beta release will expire between April – July 2011. It is not clear yet if it will be possible to update from a beta Service Pack to the final release.

A public beta of Windows 7 SP1 is expected to be released in July

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Most Windows 7 users are expecting the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be released in 2010. Microsoft has already mentioned that it will not contain major changes or additions which some have interpreted as a way of saying “Why wait? Get Windows 7 now!”.

A beta release of the service pack 1 for Windows 7 is expected to be released in April or May depending on the progress made by the developers.

The guys over at GeekSmack are now reporting that a beta build of Windows 7 SP1 has leaked and that it is likely that it will be made available through the usual channels (that is P2P for instance) in the coming days.

The reviewer is not mentioning any changes to the system. Maybe he did not have the time to take a deeper look or there are not any major changes in this release just as Microsoft let us know.

Below are the screenshots from the installation of the Service Pack 1. What are your intentions? Will you happily install the beta version or wait until the final version is released before making the switch?

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Windows 7 is, hands down, one of Microsoft’s best launched OSes, by which I mean, it’s the first Windows version that I have ever felt comfortable recommending to people on its release date. Both Windows XP and Windows Vista had numerous documented security and/or performance issues when initially released, and while subsequent patches eventually made both of these versions perfectly usable, it took a few months (if not years) for them to get there.

These XP and Vista milestones were normally delivered via service packs, giant Microsoft patch roll-ups that bring more substantial OS tweaks than normal run-of-the-mill patches. It is generally accepted that XP’s Service Pack 2 helped fix many of that system’s security issues, while most of Vista’s performance problems were cleared up by Service Pack 1.

My question: Since Windows 7 has no fundamental performance or security problems (at least, not on the level of its predecessors), does this OS really need service packs? Should service packs go the way of the floppy drive or the CRT monitor and be banished to the annals of computer history? In this editorial, I’ll try to explain exactly why Windows 7 needs service packs, even though it is Microsoft’s best launch OS ever.

Mental Roadblocks

This is, perhaps, one of the most important factors to consider – one of Microsoft’s firmest footholds is in offices and enterprises all over the world, and many of them have a “wait for the first service pack” mentality when it comes to evaluating and deploying new Windows versions. This mentality goes all the way back to the Windows NT days (NT 4.0 received no fewer than six service packs), and has been reinforced by every single business-level Windows release since.

So you can hardly blame some businesses for waiting, even if the press says good things about Windows 7. I’d say that this more than anything else influenced Microsoft’s decision to begin work on Windows 7 SP1 before Windows 7 RTM was even finished – it’s important for them to get that “Service Pack 1″ badge slapped on their new OS to ease fears among conservative IT shops.

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The dust hasn’t yet settled on the launch of Windows 7 and I’m fairly certain that in the new year, Microsoft will not only release Windows 7 SP1 but also (finally) some details of Windows 8.  Windows 7 is a brilliant OS, but there is still room for improvement.  What features would you add to your Windows 8 Wishlist?  My wishlist would include the following items:

1. Better dual monitor support: I want wallpapers that stretch across multiple wallpapers
2. Fewer versions: I think Microsoft are confusing too many users with the various versions.  Windows 7 was a step in the right direction with fewer versions; hopefully Windows 8 will no more than 3 versions
3. Customisable boot screens: (although hopefully windows 8 will boot so fast you won’t see it!)
4. Better multimedia network support: I run a number of media centers and it’s near on impossible to share playcounts, playlists etc across machines.  I want features like knowing what films on my server haven’t been watched
5. Ditch the taskbar: Integrate an improved flip or something better i.e just make a virtual taskbar appear anywhere on the screen on demand
6. An updated Windows Explorer: come on Microsoft, it’s getting a bit long in the tooth now and needs to be retired
7. A complete rewrite of the Windows code: with backwards compatability via an emulator
8. User account synchronisation: Why should I have to setup my bookmarks, folders, settings, preferences, files etc on each and every machine?  I want to login to any machine in my Homegroup and pickup where I left off
9. Better Updating & Maintenance: I would love it if Windows 8 ‘healed’ and ‘fixed’ itself in the background
10. Storage Array: My Windows Home Server just tells me how much storage I have available, rather than looking at each disk individually.  I hope Windows 8 treats storage this way, allowing users to allocate storage to users or to create ‘virtual drives’

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Obviously Microsoft is already working away at the first Service Pack for Windows 7, but thats about all we know. Well now the Russian site wzor.net, which gave away lots of leaks leading up to the final release of Windows 7 has released time frame information about the release of the first Windows 7 service pack.

According to this rumor Windows 7 SP1 will have two betas and two release candidates. It’s also possible that developers will get the first beta as early as December 2009. The finally RTM version of SP1 is set to be released in summer 2010 and will be RTW ( Release To Web ) by autumn 2010. Now this is all according to Russian site wzor.net and nothing has been announced officially be Microsoft.

Arstechnica attempted to translate the original article by wzor using Google:

Since the end of September 2009, Microsoft has resumed intensive work on the first service pack for Windows 7, the assembly gathered, the work in full swing, we observe the processes taking place in a company and as soon as work on SP1 significantly advance to the “interesting stages, so we just try to give you know about this.

Now we will not “spook” the leadership and development team, leak test assemblies SP1 Beta 1.

To our knowledge the first Beta 1 version of SP1 for Windows 7 may appear at the end of December this year, just before the Christmas holidays, and after the new year, SP1 Beta 1 will be given to the TAP Testori.

The public phase of testing SP1 for Windows 7 will begin in early January 2010.

Total scheduled to launch two beta versions of SP1 for Windows 7 and two release candidates.

Output the final version of SP1 for Windows 7 is scheduled for the autumn of 2010, PC makers will get the updated distributions of Windows 7 with SP1 as always much earlier ie in the summer of 2010.

According to this rumor, Microsoft will be releasing a SP1 much quicker than they did with Vista. Windows Vista SP1 had a 5 month Beta Program. It included a Beta, a Release Candidate Preview, a Release Candidate, a Release Candidate Refresh, and a Release Candidate Refresh 2 ( Which went on to be the final RTM ) Whats more Vista was released in November 2006 and the SP1 wasn’t available until March 2008.

If this rumor appears to be true then Windows 7 SP1 could be released in autumn 2010 which would only be a year after the RTM release of Windows 7. And as Arstechica rightly pointed out, delays are bound to occur, although they didn’t with the Windows 7 release.

When do you think the SP1 will be released? What would you like to see in it?

Sources:

Arstechnica

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In my opinion there is no reason why users should wait a few months for Windows 7 to bed in before upgrading, or for Windows 7 SP1 to be released as the product is good to use now.  I’ve been using the Windows 7 RTM build on all my machines as my main OS for a few months now without any issues at all.

But, there are some people who will want to be more cautious and not fully leave Windows Vista or XP behind.  If you have a big enough Hard Drive, then you can create a new disk partition to install Windows 7, so that when you start your machine you will be given the option of choosing Windows 7 or your older (inferior) OS.  This is also a way to ensure you don’t delete any old files until you are sure Windows 7 is working fully.

To create a New Disk Partition to Dual Boot Windows 7:

• Open Control Panel and go to Administrative Tools and then Computer Management
• Click on Disk Management (under Storage). In order to install Windows 7 you need to shrink one of your existing disk partitions to make room for Windows 7 – I recommend freeing up at least 40GB
• Right-click on your biggest partition and click on Shrink Volume.  In the popup window enter the amount you want to shrink the disk by in the ‘Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB’.  Remember 1GB is roughly 1000MB, so enter 40000 if you want to create a 40GB partition
• After you’ve done this, ‘Unallocated’ space will appear in Computer Management.  Right-click on this space and select ‘New Simple Volume’.  this will create your new partition
• To install Windows 7 to your new partition just boot your PC with the Windows 7 installation disk, and install it to the new partition.
• Once finished, when you boot your PC you will be given a choice of which OS to boot into

If in the future you want to delete one of the OSs, just follow the instructions above, but in Computer Management delete the unwanted partition and then right click on an existing partition and choose Extend Volume to add the freed up space.

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The guys over at Wzor have posted information about a Windows 7 SP1 build 7227 leak which is already beginning to appear on various P2P networks on the Internet. Only a 32-bit client seems to have leaked so far. Here are the details according to Wzor in case you have intentions to download it:

FILE: 7227.0.x86fre.winmain_sp.090602-2110.client_en-us.ultimate.vhd
(the original VHD in packed RAR archive, size RAR file: 2,005,278,460 byte
SHA1: 3FFE342C8A9FD2CDF0AF937D2A25BCA640C4010B)
SIZE: 5,584,065,536 byte
CRC: 616985FA
MD5: F98F78D86940761D8909023A00C75704
SHA1: 082F189EE4F58393D3CB113B0F46EC0E1EE41BD8

Three screenshots have been posted along with the leak information on their website.

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According to one of the uploaders the following changes have been made to build 7227

1. Changes in the mechanism for displaying thumbnails in the taskbar.

2. Pop-Up lists for the panel

3. Pop-Up lists for Remote Desktop

4. Applying the settings of the taskbar

5. Multitouch zoom

6. Invert selection

7. You can search for music by artist

8. View the contents of the search results

9. Intelligent indexing after installation

10. Reducing the length of playback sounds system

11. Changes in the panel Devices and Printers

12. Changes in the mechanism of extraction devices

13. Support for FireWire-cameras

14. Reduction in section in system

15. Improved driver support

16. Reducing the paging file

17. Assigning a letter to boot with two OS loaded

18. Naming the section reserved for the system.

There are rumors out there that this build could be fake and that build 7230 will be leaked tomorrow evening.

Wzor did post additional news about the RTM of Windows 7. It is an automatic translation of the Russian text that has been posted on the Wzor site:

Today at breakfast, Steve Balmer (Steve Ballmer) has told us that because of Steve Dzhobsa (Steve Jobs) with a “snow leopard” (Snow Leopard), about which he informed him yesterday, had to adjust their plans and that, prior to final assembly RTM release is now nothing left to do all that is three steps.
Step one: from 10 to 15 June will be the last public build is available for corporate partners Microsoft, this “public” assembly will be assembled:
6.1.7229.0.winmain.090604-1901. Since then and up until the final RTM release is no domestic partnership, or the assembly will not be available.
* (We are talking about formal access assemblies and can escape anything in the network, even the latest current build: 6.1.7230.0.winmain.090605-1900 – and this assembly may be RTM Escrow assembly).
Step Two: just since mid-June will be collected in the assembly – the candidates for the final RTM release, none of these assemblies will not be distributed to partners.
Step three: final RTM release of Windows 7 will be collected until the day of the summer solstice that is, until 21 June! In Microsoft realize that the case should be initiated prior to finish it before this mysterious date!
Since June 19, you may receive the RTM release of Windows 7 and the Internet.
Finish?: Since the assembly in the RTM release of Microsoft will be a closed test release before signing (sign-off), before the end of these procedures, no one can argue what will become an official build, the final RTM release of Windows 7.
The forthcoming assembly RTM build is not suggested that it would immediately appear on CONNECT’e or the subscribers to MSDN.
Be careful with this point a mass of false information about the final release. We will promptly inform you!
The eyes and Co.

source wzor

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The last days have been filled with confusion but also excitement. Screenshots appeared on various Internet portals that were showing early builds of the first Service Pack for Windows 7 (read: Microsoft already working on Windows 7 SP1)

Today a screenshot of Windows 7 SP1 Build 7200 appeared on the Russian news portal Wzor which seemed an awful high version jump from the previous version.

7141.0.winmain_win7ids_sp.090528-xxxx
7200.0.winmain_win7ids_sp.090529-xxxx

This is an important step in the development phase. Everyone assumed that the final version of Windows 7, the one that is going to ship worldwide, would have the build number 7200. It could be that Microsoft made the decision to raise the version of the SP1 build to 7200 to reflect that the service pack will be released after the final 7200 build thus starting with 7200.

According to Wzor the server build is already released with the build string 7225.0.090529-xxxx.

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A recent screenshot posted on a Russian news portal (via Download Squad) suggests that Microsoft is already working on the first service pack for Windows 7. That should come as a surprise considering that they have not released the operating system yet. The screenshot shows a control panel window that is listing the Windows edition as Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1.

The build string in the lower right corner contains removed and censored information. Readable are part of the buidl string which begins with Build 7138.winmain_win. Someone edited some of the information on the screenshot which could mean that the information about the service pack have also been added by the user.

It does make sense from a business perspective to begin working on the Windows 7 Service Pack at this time if the resources are available. Microsoft could use it to add new features to the operating system that did not make it into the final product.

The public relations perspective on the other hand looks grim. News about the service pack will without doubt spread fast to all corners of the Internet. This could convince some users to wait for the Service Pack release before they purchase the operating system.

Windows 7 is on the other hand a fairly stable well designed operating system that should run fine even without the service pack.

What are your thoughts about the Windows 7 SP1 development?

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