Microsoft is scheduled to release the first major update for Office 2010 by the end of June. SharePoint 2010 will also be updated at the same time. These are some of the changes in Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1: Outlook fixes an issue where “Snooze Time” would not reset between appointments. The ... Continue Reading

Microsoft has announced that Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 was made available to MSDN subscribers yesterday. It will be available for the general public on Thursday, March 10. In addition to a number of bug fixes, the service pack also includes some new functionality. As described with the SP1 Beta ... Continue Reading

As promised, Microsoft yesterday released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7. Microsoft says that the Service Pack does not contain any new features but only bugfixes and some performance improvements. Some of the most notable improvements in Windows 7 SP1 is: An update that fixes a problem that causes connected ... Continue Reading

Microsoft has begun beta testing of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft accepts registrations from advanced users, but will not be releasing the beta version for home users, since it is an early release. SP1 will mainly consist of cumulative updates, but there are a few news, ... Continue Reading

The first major update package for Windows 7 will be released in a public beta next month. According to official information from Microsoft, a beta version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 will be made public in July. "SP1 will not contain any new features that are specific to Windows 7 ... Continue Reading

When the first service pack for Windows 7 is released it will no longer be possible to downgrade to Windows XP. Last year, when Microsoft released Windows 7 the company promised that users could downgrade to Windows XP for 18 months after Windows 7 was released. This means that users are ... Continue Reading

A version of Microsoft's Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 has leaked to different torrent sites. According to GeekSmack a fairly new build is released, with March 27 as "compile date. The build string is 6.1.7601.16537.amd64fre.win7.100327-0053. Geek Smack says that it is a much faster installation process ... Continue Reading

Microsoft has on the Windows team blog just released the first details about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008. The SP1 will update both operating systems, so there is no separate packages. This is possible because Windows 7 ... Continue Reading

Service Pack 1 just around the corner? According to multiple sources there is a Service Pack for Windows 7 on the way. According to ITChuiko, a preliminary version will be ready in June 2010, but only available to testers. A final version will however be ready around ... Continue Reading

Although Windows 7 is in good shape, many users won't adopt it until Service Pack 1 arrives. Here's what appears to be on deck for SP1. It's a rule of thumb: Like measuring twice before cutting or looking both ways before crossing the street, you should never deploy a version of ... Continue Reading