Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by intdev » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:04 PM UTC

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by mrcharles » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:26 PM UTC

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from.

Helpful site design.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by Qz » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:33 PM UTC

mrcharles wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

I just did the same and somehow ended up back at the page linked to in this submission...

edit: okay, just got to the same document you did. Apparently microsoft considers 'release notes' to be 'notes about the process of releasing' which that document will have when there are any, rather than notes about the release itself, aka the Service Pack. There is another file on that link called 'Notable Changes in Windows 7 SP1' or something similar, which basically boils down the changes to: HDMI audio improvements, fix to XPS documents, and a change in the way 'restore previous folders at logon' works...

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by chime » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:34 PM UTC

What's New in SP1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nickmac/archive/2011/02/11/what-s-ne...

See "Changes specific to Windows 7" section in "Notable Changes in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.doc": http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:35 PM UTC

mrcharles wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

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Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by pero » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:36 PM UTC

mrcharles wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

5 clicks after hitting the 'release notes portal' you can find:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by ghuntley » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:39 PM UTC

"In short - there is no new functionality as we have mentioned previously beyond client-side support for RemoteFX and Dymanic Memory which are 2 new virtualization features enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1."

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive...

Summary: SP1 is just a collection of hotfixes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17855015/Hotfixes%20and%20Security%2...

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by ztan » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:40 PM UTC

mrcharles wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

It seems like they did not make a single document that contains everything. The information about SP1 is split up into four separate docs:

1. Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

2. Notable Changes in Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

3. Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1

4. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Test Focus Guide

Depending on which type of information you are looking for you'd need to get the corresponding one. Note the list of hot fixes is an xls spreadsheet.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by mrcharles » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 9:40 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #5

mrcharles wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

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I dare you to click the release notes link on that page.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by maxxxxx » Tue, Feb 22, 2011, 10:08 PM UTC

That's the problem with Microsoft these days. It's just plain boring. Windows 7 has been out for more than a year and no new features.