SP1 Rumors Again

Has anyone else seen or heard of a SP1 being released soon? I was looking around for Windows 7 news, and saw a picture of a computer's registry entries. There was four to five entries regarding SP1 for Windows 7. There was also a statement regarding the service pack. It said that the updates were already in place to install the pack. Mabye someone else seen this too, I don't know. What I read was an article by Rafael Rivera on The Microsoft Blog. Those registry entries aren't there for nothing.

This simply mean that Testing of a SP1 is predicted to start soon.

Read more here - Microsoft preps Windows 7 for SP1 testing

Its going to be quite some time before Windows 7 SP1 is released, Windows 7 is still a young OS.

I actually hope it is a while, as I don't see a problem with the way it is now. I just hope that Microsoft has learned a lesson from Vista, and not rush a pack that's not ready. They should ignore those who won't step forward until the first service pack is issued, as that may lead to rushing things. The ones who won't upgrade right now eventually will, as their XP systems won't last forever.

catilley wrote

XPs days are numbered and i can see myself using XP again

There is no denying that, if you want the latest news/rumours, that Rafael Rivera is definitely ahead of the pack. However, in this case either deliberately or though a misunderstanding I think he may have got hold of the wrong info. The link shown is, I believe, from Windows 7 Build 7227 (with SP1). It was, as discussed on the TEchnet forum, only a misrepresented leak of the result of Microsoft testing serviceability for the next upgrade of that Windows 7 beta. Those running the retail release are , in essence, already using that SP.

I am not sure about all this. It is way too early for any service packs. Of course this past two months since the Windows 7 release has been rather quiet of news regarding the M$ OS.

Bugs Bunny would say: "What's with all the hubbub, Bub?"

Just being tongue-in-cheek here!

They should be able to get at least another 10 years out of their XP. As an example, on one of my PC's I still use Win98SE with no major problems, and guess can do 99% of what most home users do with their XP, Vista or W7 setup. (not into Video Games etc..)
If I need software for a special task I can write my own with Java or Visual Studio.
For more advanced stuff like Video Editing etc. then XP Pro. only because the older PC doesn't have enough CPU Speed and is low on RAM and HardDisk space.

But the forums haven't been - just need to see all the problems people are having getting their W7 new software working correctly. They should have spent much longer getting W7 working "out the box" on 99% of all PC's with the minimum spec requirements so there would be no need to release a Service Pack to correct Errors and Bugs in the Official Release. But that Micro$oft for you....

On examination, the forums do not have as many Windows 7problems as would be assessed at first glance.. They tend to be repetitive and mostly based on installation problems through ignorance of the procedure, use of poor pirated copies and faulty downloads. A major source, which, maybe, can be attributed directly to the OS/Microsoft, does seem to be the subsidised update procedure. I could not comment further on this as I am not in a postition to try it. The vast majority of remianing help requests are to do with customisation.
If you have a peak in one of the older XP forums, such as Techguy, for example, you will find that, even after these years, the requests for help with XP far outnumber those for Windows 7

"They should have spent much longer getting W7 working "out the box" on 99% of all PC's with the minimum spec requirements so there would be no need to release a Service Pack to correct Errors and Bugs in the Official Release."

See my previous post