The SP1 (Service Pack 1) RC (Release Candidate) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has been released to general public as free download. The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 share the same setup installer, as the client and server operating systems use the same underlying code bits. The first major upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 OS does not include much new features. Instead, the SP1 will consolidate all the bug fixes and security updates that have or have not previously released through Windows Update.
In order to download and install the Windows 7 SP1 Release Candidate you must currently have a Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 already
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The build string for the Windows 7 SP1 RC is (6.1.7601.17105.100929-1730) indicating that it is build version number 7601.17105, compiled on 29th September |
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Microsoft released the Release Candidate (RC) of SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, two weeks ago. Microsoft says it expects to release the |
Ahead of Windows 7 SP1 RC Build 6.1.7601.17105.100929-1730 the RC Escrow Build of the service pack's RC was leaked in the wild and offered for download on
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In addition, there are some limitations as far as the public RC of Windows 7 SP1 is concerned. First off, testers can only download the English, French, |
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