With Microsoft set to release the first Service Pack for its Windows 7 Operating System to the general public on Tuesday, businesses and consumers are preparing for an update that fixes hundreds of ...

Microsoft is starting to push Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 7 users via Windows Update, ahead of the early April end-of-support date for the RTM version of the product. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

So you're a Windows 7 user and you thank Microsoft every day for creating something that has gotten you off Windows Vista. Almost 18 months on and loads of little updates later, we finally find ...

Not every bit of news needs to be exciting or sexy. Sometimes it can simply be important. Today’s friendly Public Service Announcement applies specifically to Windows 7 users: Microsoft has released ...

I’ll get right to it: anyone using a mature copy of Windows 7 (as opposed to a new computer or a newly installed copy) should not install Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is not a knock on Microsoft, ...

The registry hack is a simple four step process that allows users to download Vista SP1 directly from the Windows Update website, according to the Windows enthusiast site Nero's Club. However, ...

Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, which will be available publicly as a release candidate this summer and completed later this year, won't contain many surprises, according to Microsoft. We can expect a ...

That service pack we’re all waiting for, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), might soon be shipping. Or not. In January, Microsoft said the update, code-named “Fiji,” would be shipping in the second ...

Even before Windows Vista launched (in November 2006 to business partners, January 2007 to consumers) geeks, pundits, and industry watchers have been speculating what Microsoft would include in its ...