Windows 7 SP1 Screenshots Leaked to the Web
Windows 7 SP1 Screenshots Leaked to the Web
Posted 04/07/2010 at 5:15pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Tech site GeekSmack.net claims to have obtained a beta release of Microsoft's upcoming Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and has posted the first screenshots of the build.
While we don't recommend it, for those of you who want to go gallivanting around the web looking for the same beta, GeekSmack says the full build string is 6.1.7601.16537.amd64fre.win7.100327-0053.
"The install process is much of what you would expect from a service pack installer, but one thing I noticed is that the installation is MUCH faster than the install process for service packs on Vista was, which is a very welcome change," TechSmack noted.
There are a bunch of screenshots to gawk at, including a few from after the service pack was applied. Looks legit, and falls in line with Microsoft recently announcing that service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were forthcoming. According to Microsoft, SP1 for Windows 7 would mostly contain "minor updates."
Image Credit: GeekSmack.net
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Keith E. Whisman
April 08, 2010 at 2:09am
Lets petition Microsoft to change the name of their Major OS updates from Service Packs to names like what Apple does with it's OSX. Ok maybe not.
Caboose
April 08, 2010 at 6:40am
Professional could have been 'Windows 7.11 for Workgroups'
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
gendoikari1
April 07, 2010 at 8:14pm
Well, of course Windows 7 SP1 install is fast for a service pack: MS said that SP1 contains only minor updates and is pretty much there to mock businesses that wait until SP1 to implement a new Windows release.
zaternine
April 07, 2010 at 7:48pm
So will this SP1 contain update KB71033, which will mess with activation hack such as described in this arcticle
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_7_update_closes_70_activation_hacks
only because i upgraded from a legit copy of xp but did registry hack to do a clean install with my upgrade disc with windows 7 and the last thing i need is microsoft telling me i aint legit.
Caboose
April 07, 2010 at 8:05pm
Paranoid much?
DON'T LOOK! THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING FOR YOU!!
here, you'll need this: http://www.ehow.com/how_2049858_make-tinfoil-hat.html
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Keith E. Whisman
April 07, 2010 at 7:53pm
I think if you look around at TPG you'll find a program that removes the activation parts from Windows. So if that update puts it back in then all you need to do is re crack your legitimate licensed copy of Windows 7. I think it's called WOT or something like that.
DOOMHAMMA
April 07, 2010 at 7:42pm
Anyone know if SP1 will include the awful spyware security update Microsoft released last month?
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=670
zaternine
April 07, 2010 at 7:50pm
awww we almost posted the same question at the same time how cute
devastator_2000
April 07, 2010 at 5:58pm
Like another poster, I have not had a single problem with my 2 copies of Windows 7. So I think I will just wait until it is put out in a final release.
Keith E. Whisman
April 07, 2010 at 5:32pm
Evidently they have a torrent at thepiratebay. Here is the URL... http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5484776/Windows_7_SP1_%287601.16537.100327-0053%29_Bits_UG_DVD_Beta_Interim Have fun and don't blame me if your Windows 7 install explodes. I don't have any problems at all with my install of Windows 7 and have had zero blue screens or error of any kind. I really have no need to mess around with any alpha or beta service packs but if it's another story for you then try it.
Vausch
April 07, 2010 at 5:30pm
Will it finally fix the sorting issue keeping me from upgrading? All I ask is to be able to sort manually!
Keith E. Whisman
April 07, 2010 at 5:35pm
You can probably download the Service Pack and then slip stream it into a Custom Windows 7 Install Disk.. Maximum PC has articles detailing how to do this and what free software you need.
winmaster
April 11, 2010 at 1:18pm
Contrary to what MaximumPC says, vLite does not work on Windows 7 and probably never will because it is now abandonware.
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