Windows 7 SP1 RTM

Mr-White · 16 Jan 2011 at 13:33

OldCoals said:
Is Hyper-V the bare metal offering from Microsoft?

Hyper-V exists in two versions: as a stand-alone product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, and as a part of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

MW

Cosimo · 16 Jan 2011 at 14:05

Broken Hope said:
There's tons of updates that fix bugs that are never released on Windows Update.

Apart from the Hyper-V and RemoteFX bits I thought this was just a bug fix roll-up. Do you know what these unreleased fixes are?

Broken Hope · 16 Jan 2011 at 14:05

cplhardnut said:
Apparently it was leaked from Russia. Knowing that im not so eager to install that RTM just yet...

This is what ive seen on a forum "The release of this patch is NOT officially sanctioned by Microsoft. It is NOT the official final version. It was an unauthorized and premature leak out of Russia - a country known for harboring badguys. The download site is NOT authorized to host or distribute this patch - especially via Torrents."

It is the final version though, there are already 2 hotfixes for SP1 and they specifically state the RTM build number in the update.mum file

Broken Hope · 16 Jan 2011 at 14:07

simulatorman said:
Apart from the Hyper-V and RemoteFX bits I thought this was just a bug fix roll-up. Do you know what these unreleased fixes are?

There's hundreds of hotfixes that never make it to Windows Update, stuff like this one

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2416007/

Never make it to Windows Update, but are included in service packs.

Mr-White · 16 Jan 2011 at 14:15

Why wouldn't you install a service pack ? :confused:

MW

stulid · 16 Jan 2011 at 14:29

Have installed it, and my pc hasn't blown up.

megatron · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:17

It says I need to free 8GB, my C: drive is 18GB and has less than 2GB free space. Is there a workaround for the installer or should I wait for a slipstreamed version?

robinbredin · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:42

Had it on, took it off because it was hanging on the WELCOME screen for ages, and this was after a few reboots, then then the screen would go black with a small blue circle, and only then would it bootup fully. No good to me, reminds me of Vista. :mad:

malachi · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:50

robinbredin said:
Had it on, took it off because it was hanging on the WELCOME screen for ages, and this was after a few reboots, then then the screen would go black with a small blue circle, and only then would it bootup fully. No good to me, reminds me of Vista.

Its always best to install a service pack onto a fresh installation of Windows.

Broken Hope · 16 Jan 2011 at 17:59

malachi said:
Its always best to install a service pack onto a fresh installation of Windows.

No it isn't, I've never had an issue installing a service pack onto an install of Windows that has been there a while.

taliesyn · 16 Jan 2011 at 17:59

Installed fine on my W7 notebook running Norton Internet Security. Tried it on a desktop running F-secure 2011 and it dies during the upgrade complaining of several trojans. Hmmm...

Deluxe1 · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:13

Just scanned my system after installing it using NOD32 & Malwarebytes and nothing came up.

stulid · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:18

MSE isnt finding anything

chaparral · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:25

megatron said:
It says I need to free 8GB, my C: drive is 18GB and has less than 2GB free space. Is there a workaround for the installer or should I wait for a slipstreamed version?

How can you only have an 18GB c: drive in this day & age...Even the small SSD drives are 30GB :confused:

Broken Hope · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:25

taliesyn said:
Installed fine on my W7 notebook running Norton Internet Security. Tried it on a desktop running F-secure 2011 and it dies during the upgrade complaining of several trojans. Hmmm...

The service pack, at least the one I have downloaded has a valid SHA1 digital signature, as of now SHA1 hasn't been cracked and isn't fakeable, check your download has a valid digital signature.

megatron · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:31

chaparral said:
How can you only have an 18GB c: drive in this day & age...Even the small SSD drives are 30GB

Its a partition, I made it so that I don't have to do anything silly like put data files on the same partition as the operating system. It says that after the install that 8GB it is asking for is returned. I even have my windows temp directory on another partition.

There are advantages like knowing your OS is at the start of the drive and not being muddled with other files leading to slow down.

taliesyn · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:40

Broken Hope said:
The service pack, at least the one I have downloaded has a valid SHA1 digital signature, as of now SHA1 hasn't been cracked and isn't fakeable, check your download has a valid digital signature.

It does indeed have a valid signature (I wouldn't have touched it if it didn't

). I suspect it is F-secure shenanigans.

I have a full C: partition backup in any case, so I'll probably try it later with the AV disabled.

anything I don't mind · 16 Jan 2011 at 19:42

Is there a change log of any kind or new features added list ?

mrk · 16 Jan 2011 at 19:57

Installed on my own PC which has had Win7 x64 since launch and everything went smoothly. Bootup times seem slightly faster especially the loading of apps. I am not yet on an SSD.

All hashes match:

I don't notice any other difference (yet). STEAM works as it has always done as does everything else.

GGWP Microsoft

robinbredin · 16 Jan 2011 at 20:43

Before I took it off, I meant to check to see if it came with IE9, does anybody know.