Windows 7 SP1 is out

I think we may have some history in the making here. This is the first SP1 for an MS OS release that I have no interest in installing. I probably will at some point, but my system is running so well that w/o new features I fail to see what the upside can be.<p>Who would've thunk anyone would say about Windows... "No need for SP1. The original version is working like a charm."

"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."<p><a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2011/02/22/windows-7-sp1-now-available-for-everyone.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive...</a><p>Summary: SP1 is just a collection of hotfixes:<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17855015/Hotfixes%20and%20Security%20Updates%20included%20in%20Windows%207%20and%20Windows%20Server%202008%20R2%20Service%20Pack%201%20%281%29.xls" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17855015/Hotfixes%20and%20Security%2...</a>

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.<p>Helpful site design.

What's New in SP1: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nickmac/archive/2011/02/11/what-s-new-in-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nickmac/archive/2011/02/11/what-s-ne...</a><p>See "Changes specific to Windows 7" section in "Notable Changes in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.doc": <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=61924cea-83fe-46e9-96d8-027ae59ddc11&#38;displaylang=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...</a>

Just installed SP1 on 64bit professional. Went smoothly in 20 mins. Freed up 7GB of diskspace on my SSD. Nice!

The update is 2GB in size? Whoa.<p>Oh wait, that's a fully patched W7, the update is really 100mb.<p>32bit x86 <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-494A-AB78-7FB0D4461357/windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe" rel="nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4...</a><p>64bit x64 <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-494A-AB78-7FB0D4461357/windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe" rel="nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4...</a><p>AllInOne <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-494A-AB78-7FB0D4461357/7601.17514.101119-1850_Update_Sp_Wave1-GRMSP1.1_DVD.iso" rel="nofollow">http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4...</a>

Looks like it won't install (error code 0x800F0A12) if you have a different bootloader in the MBR. Bah. Can't be bothered to redo my whole Hackintosh setup.

Note that you don't need the 1.9GB file linked there to install this on one PC. You should be able to get it from Windows Update. I needed to select it, it was listed as an "important update" but deselected by default.

Upgrades continue to this day! As an example, I updated my last household PC to Windows 7 Ultimate (up from Windows MCE 2004 from HP: a frankenstein OS).<p>It runs better than ever (2.4Ghz, 2GB memory). Media Center works great (looks like MCE 2005). For a 7 year old PC with AGP graphics (7600 GT) it's surprising how well Windows 7 performs. Assuming nothing breaks, it's still a good 'dev test server' for .NET and LAMP work.

Ok, let's say I'm trying to be a nice guy and download it to a shared drive for the PC/Techs. Let's also say I don't use Windows. Is there actually a link for that?

I've recently worked for a large bank still running XP and IE6 and their migration policy stipulated that upgrades to the OS weren't considered until a SP has been released; perhaps this is more widespread, and enterprise applications notwithstanding, the insignificance of the Win7 updates could be in anticipation of IE9...

I have found Windows 7 to be a pretty good OS, I am happy to say. I just wish Microsoft would make the intergrated Windows 7 Install DVD ISOs available for download, like the do for MSDN and Technet, even if they charged a small fee for it.

Here is the download: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...</a>

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.

Don't forget this is required to use Sandy Bridge's AVX instructions.

download's going slow, the ms server is probably getting hammered. is there a link to a torrent that's not one of the pesky SP1 betas?

Why is it that when OS X has a new update (version+1), I get excited, but when Windows has a new service pack, I shit my pants?