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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), or KB976932, was confirmed as being pre-released to OEM manufacturers on February 9, 2011. The build had leaked to the Internet around January 14th. The official Windows Team Blog confirmed authenticity of build 1850 as the final RTM ("release to manufacturer")...

By Tim Conneally, Betanews A Russian Windows TechNet Blog Thursday evening announced "Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Released", and the presumption was that Microsoft had begun shipping SP1 Link Removed - Invalid URL to OEM partners. The update has been slated for a...

I just got an e-mail that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now available for download in Release Candidate form. I'm a big fan of Beta Testing I did Windows 7 and a lot of games but this time I find I'm kind of reluctant to jump in. My computer is running so good I hate to mess with it. I'm...

A funny thing happened, for various reasons such as 2 or 3 updates would not install they always failed. I had to do a repair install on my W7 64 bit. My internal card reader would never work except to the USB port, the various flash card slots never worked. I always had a failure in device...

This week Link Removed joins us to talk about Link Removed, and what he and his team will be doing while in Berlin. This is the team that focuses on helping IT Professionals stay up to date on the latest Microsoft technologies related to desktop deployment, security, Active Directory, Exchange...

If you downloaded any product keys for Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus from Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) or Microsoft TechNET, you most certainly have a problem. Microsoft recently sent out a notice stating: MSDN and TechNet subscribers who obtained their product keys for...

Link Removed Computerworld - Subscribers to Microsoft Corp.'s developer and IT professional services are first in line to get Office 2010, which will be released to MSDN and TechNet on Thursday, the company has confirmed. MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) and TechNet subscribers can download...

Microsoft has reportedly released its latest version of the Office System to manufacturing. A third-party source indicates that Office 2010 was RTM’d on April 12, 2010, the deadline for the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. The Redmond company has not made any...

End of support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM As we announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 will end on the same date. Support for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will end on April 13, 2010...

With the first wave of the Office 2010 launch now on the horizon, Microsoft is gearing up to shut down the testing program that helped build the next iteration of the Office System. Early adopters involved in the Beta of Office 2010 are receiving email messages, informing them that the program...

Neowin.net - Windows 7 Enterprise edition free trial extended The availability of a program offering a free download of 90-day trial of Windows 7 Enterprise has been extended until the end of this year, according to a posting on the Microsoft Springboard Series blog. The trial - which has been...

Drew has just raised an interesting point, regarding a sticky on an old, and constantly repeated, query. It is a topic which has troubled me for some time now. But, you can take the horse to water etc... How to get newbies (and a few others) to read stickies before asking a question. Like...

Can someone explain how technet works? I called them and asked the same question. A very helpful lady told me I could download an ISO of any of the MS software up to 10 times and that each ISO has 10 activation keys. That makes 100 copies for my own use of each of their software titles. Is...

Microsoft has released the Link Removed due to 404 Error to Technet and MSDN subscribers. It is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and the beta is the Professional edition of Office 2010. It will be released to the general public shortly. As promised here is the public link...

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Would it be silly for me to upgrade my current server (W2k3) to a W2k8 server if all I do on that computer is file share and backups? I am currently using the 180 day trial of W2k8 server and it's nice but probably overkill. I have Win7Pro on order and think that it should serve my needs just as...

i saw that the 90 day trial version of enterprise windows t was available on technet so i downloaded it i have a few questions about it tho is this the same as the enterprise rtm? and is this the full version but only for 90 days thanks

I'm wondering if anyone knows an answer to regarding the registration of Windows 7 when it's finally released October 22nd. I built a new PC and was going to install a copy of Windows XP Pro and then upgrade to Windows 7 Business Pro when it came out. In fact I have already pre-purchased my...

Hi fellow Windows 7 users! Well so I've been using Windows 7 64 bit, Ultimate, for a couple months now, started on the RC and am loving it. Recently a couple weeks ago I took a step and got a technet sub and am currently using the RTM which is 6.1.7600 Build 7600. Problem I'm having now though...

For those fortunate enough to have either a TechNet or Actionpack subscription need to know if you have received your quarterly updates via snail mail delivery of dvd's or do you now have to download all your quarterly updates? Not too thrilled having to d/l Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate...