![]() ![]() Follow Gregg on Twitter at or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. The betas of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 can be downloaded from Microsoft's site. Windows 7's first service pack appeared less than nine months after its late October 2009 debut. Microsoft offered a public beta of Vista SP1 in December 2007, 11 months after that operating system's release to retail. Windows 7 SP1 is ahead of Vista SP1's schedule by approximately two months. The betas are currently available only in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish editions. iso format that can be installed over a network or burned to a CD. ![]() Users can specify either the 32- or 64-bit version of the combined beta - the download contains code for both Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - to be downloaded via Windows Update, or they can retrieve a 1.2GB disk image in. Other choices from the list, such as "Tech Enthusiast" or "Consumer" block access to the download. Selecting "IT Manager," "IT Worker," or "Developer" from a list allows anyone to obtain the beta. ![]() The latter also includes a feature dubbed "Dynamic Memory," which lets IT staff adjust guest virtual machines' memory on the fly.Īlthough Microsoft urged end users to not download Windows 7 SP1's beta, that doesn't prevent consumers or technology enthusiasts from grabbing it off Microsoft's servers. The most notable addition to Windows 7 SP1 is an updated Remote Desktop client designed to work with RemoteFX, the new remote-access platform included with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. ![]() The company first acknowledged it was working on the service pack last March.Īccording to previous comments by Microsoft, Windows 7 SP1 will not include any new features, but will simply be a combination of security updates already available through Windows Update, as well as non-security fixes that it's gleaned from customer feedback. Microsoft promised last month that it would ship Windows 7 SP1 beta in July, but did not name a release date. ![]()
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