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 ...

We already know Microsoft is hard at work on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, but beyond that there are few details to share. The Russian site wzor.net, which leaked ...

Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser will require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), a not-yet-released major update to the operating system, the company said today. According to a FAQ ...

Although Windows 7 is in good shape, many users won't adopt it until SP1 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 ...

If you’ve experienced problems installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, help may be on the way. Microsoft today released a pair of updates intended to fix the two most common ...

Microsoft could have escaped the wrath of European Union antitrust regulators and the risk of potential fines in the billions if it had paid attention to an exchange on its own support site more than ...

Continuing on with our early Windows 7 beta coverage, we move onto Solid State Drive (SSD) performance. The topic of SSDs itself is rather interesting, but when you team up the increasingly popular ...