Windows 7

[Arcmanov]

I wonder...will it affect my *ahem* 'borrowed version' in any way?

Some extensive 'research' is required before I can even THINK of installing it.


I wonder if my boy Hazar ready for it?

[Spazosaurus]

Tsk tsk at them windows pirate. Thousands of dollars in hardware, all games original but windows PIRATE lol.

[Fkacn_tt]

lol argh yeh matey the way of the pirate shall live on.

seriously wonder if this will blacklist my pirate copy. arc when you try it post your results.

[woodyear99]

Ahoy! Only one way to find out matey. YARR!

[W1nTry]

Chances are it does, it'll prolly install that lovely WGA update that most 'borrowed' version users would have skipped. Someone do confirm however.

[Netizen1]

Someone set up a VM and test quick nah!?!!

[W1nTry]

Someone set up a VM and test quick nah!?!!

Thought the same thing XD

[Arcmanov]

I have a test rig there that can be the guinea-pig.  I'll test it out later

ARRR...wenches

[TriniXaeno]

Tsk tsk at them windows pirate. Thousands of dollars in hardware, all games original but windows PIRATE lol.

CO Sign

shakes head @ arc

[Arcmanov]

Hey...I DID purchase an original 32-bit Windows 7 for my MSI Wind eh...so there.

[disciple]

will drop it on my netbook tmw

[Spazosaurus]

And as if my ATI cards wasnt satisfied with torturing me when they were in my system, now they reaching in from the afterlife to prevent me from installing the damn sp on my system.

Had to reinstall to get it to install, turns out unseen remnants (even after a run of driver sweeper) remained after, thus preventing the install according to Microsoft's tool.

[Netizen1]

Hey...I DID purchase an original 32-bit Windows 7 for my MSI Wind eh...so there.

Aren't we allowed to install on up to 3 different machines? Or am I thinking about something else here

[Spazosaurus]

Installed on my main system as well as a hyperv vm on my server last night. So far so good.

Its just one big collection of updates, no major features added, no gui changes. It leaves an "evaluation copy' watermark on the bottom right of the screen though.

[Arcmanov]

Hey...I DID purchase an original 32-bit Windows 7 for my MSI Wind eh...so there.

Aren't we allowed to install on up to 3 different machines? Or am I thinking about something else here

What you're talking about is the 'family pack' which allows up to 3 installs per key.

Is a normal single-use key I bought.

[Mobscene]

Windows 7 SP1 Close to RTM, Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 Signed Off

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is quite close to being released to manufacturing, reportedly. This piece of information comes from a third-party source, and was not confirmed by Microsoft in any way.

In fact, while it’s not 100% certain, it appears that Windows 7 SP1 could have already hit the RTM development milestone.

The Redmond company has been extremely quiet on the progress of the Windows 7 SP1 development process, and the evolution from Release Candidate to RTM makes no exception to this rule.

And while there were voices claiming that Windows 7 SP1 would RTM ahead of the end of 2010, the software giant was immovable when it came to refusing to share a timetable with the public.

Wzor published what it claims are Build strings from various Windows 7 branches as they were on December 24, 2010, just ahead of Christmas, namely: win7 branch: 7601.17125.101210-1930; win7sp1_rtm branch: 7601.17514.101119-1850; and win7_spdev branch: 7601.17125.101221-1630.

Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 could be the final release of Windows 7 SP1, having been compiled on 19 November 2010, but there is no guarantee of this, with work still continuing on the first upgrade to the latest iteration of the Windows client and server platforms.

The Redmond company did confirm repeatedly that it’s aiming to release Windows 7 SP1 RTM to the public in the first quarter of 2011, although it failed to provide a specific availability deadline.

At this point in time early adopters can grab Windows 7 SP1 RC and test drive the release.

Considering the fact that SP1 is considered a minor upgrade for Windows 7, users of the client won’t be able to notice any differences between Windows 7 SP1 RC and the RTM release.

The same goes for customers running Windows Server 2008 R2, although for them the service pack does introduce new features such as RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-SP1-Close-to-RTM-Build-7601-17514-101119-1850-Signed-Off-174719.shtml


Windows 8 devel:

Windows 7 Post-RTM: 6.1.77xx.0.winmain.xxxxxx-xxxx
Windows 8 Milestone 1: ‎6.2.78xx.0.winmain_win8m1.xxxxxx-xxxx
Windows 8 Milestone 2: 6.2.79xx.0.winmain_win8m2.xxxxxx-xxxx




"Windows 8 News"
The "Windows 8" development

At this time, "Windows 8" reached Milestone 2.

Windows 7 Post-RTM: 6.1.77xx.x.winmain.xxxxxx-xxxx
Windows 8 Milestone 1: 6.2.78xx.x.winmain_win8m1.xxxxxx-xxxx
Windows 8 Milestone 2: 6.2.79xx.x.winmain_win8m2.xxxxxx-xxxx


The last known build

6.2.7904.0.winmain_win8m2.101216-1845


An "update" for Windows 8

An update for "Windows 8" I still don't know the function... (testing Windows Update or additional feature/hotfix?), but it teaches us about the future of 32-bit.

Windows6.2-KB300101-x64.msu
Windows6.2-KB300101-x86.msu


"I would to see a leak!"

Don't worry, it will be done in due time
"All things come to those who wait..."


The "Windows 8" Build List

(NT6.1 77xx Winmain Branch Post-RTM)

6.1.7700.0.100122-1900
6.1.7702.0.100126-1751
6.1.7703.0.100127-1845
6.1.7704.0.100128-1900
6.1.7705.0.100129-1930
6.1.7706.0.100201-1820
6.1.7707.0.100202-1715
6.1.7709.0.100204-1515
6.1.7710.0.100205-2005
6.1.7711.0.100208-1732
6.1.7712.0.100211-1740
6.1.7713.0.100212-1750
6.1.7714.0.100215-1450
6.1.7715.0.100217-1715
6.1.7716.0.100218-1836
6.1.7717.0.100219-1707
6.1.7718.0.100223-1403
6.1.7719.0.100224-1231
6.1.7720.0.100225-1845
6.1.7721.0.100226-1832
6.1.7722.0.100301-1456
6.1.7723.0.100302-1805
6.1.7724.0.100303-1435
6.1.7725.0.100304-1545
6.1.7726.0.100311-1807
6.1.7727.0.100315-1740
6.1.7727.0.100315-1747
6.1.7729.0.100318-1855
6.1.7730.0.100319-1635
6.1.7731.0.100323-1817

6.1.7764.0.100615-1748

(NT6.2 78xx Milestone 1)

6.2.7891.0.xxxxxx-xxxx

(NT6.2 79xx Milestone 2)

6.2.7901.0.101210-1755
6.2.7902.0.101213-1745
6.2.7903.0.101215-2325
6.2.7904.0.101216-1845

[Spazosaurus]

Ive been running rc1 since it came out abt 3 months ago and have experienced no issues. I am confident I can dive into the rtm 'with meh eyes closed' once it releases.

[Mobscene]

Improved DirectX 11 performance with Windows 7 SP1?
04.01.2011 07:54
The first service pack (SP1) for the operating system Windows 7 is expected in the first half of 2011. Based on a release candidate of SP1 tested a Chinese website, the 3D performance of different graphics cards in DirectX 11 applications in Windows 7 without service pack.

As graphics cards were the models GeForce GTX 460 and GTS 450 from Nvidia and Radeon HD 6850 and HD 5750 AMD for use, all of the API DirectX 11 support. It started first with the tried and true 3DMark Vantage, the well known, but offers no DirectX 11 support, caught up on what his successor 3DMark 11th It was found that all graphics cards in setting performance were less favorable, except for the GTX 460, which grew slightly. After this sobering conclusion came the DirectX 11 games Lost Planet 2 and HAWX 2 and the benchmark Unigine Heaven in version 2.1 is used.



There were in most cases improvements in the use of SP1. During the performance gain was sometimes difficult to measure, there were some exceptions, where the lead - was equal to 10 to 15 percent - especially the GTX 460th On average, the DirectX 11 performance began with the Service Pack in any case, suggesting improvements in the DirectX 11 software from the SP1. Great miracle but one should not expect to release the service pack anyway. In combination with optimized drivers could gain power in the double-digit percentage range, but certainly arrive.

According to the official beta of Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft released a release candidate in October of next upgrade package. Over the same period, a "Pre- RTM "version to be circulated in the state near the release to manufacturing (RTM) and thus the final version was.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.computerbase.de/news/software/betriebssysteme/windows/windows-7/2011/januar/bessere-directx-11-performance-mit-win-7-sp1/&prev=_t

[Spazosaurus]

Hmmm. If true this is some great news for my two gtx 460s XD

[Mobscene]

Windows 7 SP1 RTM 7601.17514.101119-1850 has leaked

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.7.SERVICE.PACK-1.RTM.X86.WAVE0.RIP.DVD-WZT
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:
BUILD: 7601.17514.101119-1850
FILE: windows6.1-KB976932-x86.exe
SIZE: byte
SHA-1:
MD5:
CRC:

NOTE: Microsoft has released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM build.
Wave0: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish.

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.7.AND.SERVER.2008.R2.SERVICE.PAC K-1.RTM.X64.WAVE0.RIP.DVD-WZT
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:
BUILD: 7601.17514.101119-1850
FILE: windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe
SIZE: byte
SHA-1:
MD5:
CRC:

NOTE: Microsoft has released Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 RTM build.
Wave0: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish.