Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users’ hands. According to a company ...

The new Release Candidate editions for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be the last public test versions before their final releases next year. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Anything interesting in it? It seems like from what I'm reading, it's just a bunch of hotfixes and security rollups. Not that that's a bad thing -- actually, it's saying quite a bit, considering the ...

An update was released today that adds SHA-2 code signing support to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. If this update is not installed, these Windows operating systems will no longer be ...

For Windows customers without immediate access to MSDN (or the defunct TechNet), acquiring genuine Windows ISOs has been a frustrating and ridiculously complex experience: Microsoft tells you to ask ...

Microsoft announced today that they will be adding Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 support to their Windows Defender ATP cloud-based threat intelligence service. These new endpoint agents will be ...

So, once again Redmond gets leaked. The much awaited Windows 7 Service Pack 1 which was due for release up late this month has apparently been leaked onto some Torrent sites. Redmond hasn’t confirmed ...

NeoWin says that Microsoft will push Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to users today via Windows Update. It will mostly just contain bug fixes, but it’s better than nothing. [NeoWin via CrunchGear] Explore ...

Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack, it won't deliver the update before the fourth quarter of this year, a site ...

Key Microsoft products, including Windows 7, are due to lose support next year. Both Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 will fall out of "extended support" roughly a ...

Microsoft in 2016 changed the way it rolls out updates for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, leaving many IT admins and users confused. Here's how to sort out what the company is doing. It’s been more than a ...

Windows operating system updates are dual-signed using both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms to prove authenticity. But going foward, due to "weaknesses" in SHA-1, Microsoft officials have said ...