Windows 7 - Windows 7 SP1 Close to RTM, Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 Signed Off

Windows 7 SP1 Close to RTM, Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 Signed Off

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December 27th, 2010, 12:13 GMT| By Marius Oiaga




Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is quite close to being released to manufacturing, reportedly. This piece of information comes from a third-party source, and was not confirmed by Microsoft in any way.

In fact, while it’s not 100% certain, it appears that Windows 7 SP1 could have already hit the RTM development milestone.


The Redmond company has been extremely quiet on the progress of the Windows 7 SP1 development process, and the evolution from Release Candidate to RTM makes no exception to this rule.

And while there were voices claiming that Windows 7 SP1 would RTM ahead of the end of 2010, the software giant was im

Windows 7 SP1 Close to RTM, Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 Signed Off - Softpedia

Should cut down on the number of updates on a new install...I hope....

Windows 7 SP1 Close to RTM, Build 7601.17514.101119-1850 Signed Off - Softpedia

I'm still waiting to see a list of actual changes made, because there are a couple of regular updates that I have skipped, and don't want the SP if they are included.

Same here. I've deliberately not downloaded .NET Framework 4 through Windows Updates because right now I have no need for it. If it's going to be included in SP1 RTM there probably won't be any way to uninstall it. Or would there be a way to uninstall ANY included update if it's not wanted or needed?

Thanks Jan. I think I'll still wait for the actual release though

I'm also waiting for the RTM.

I'm waiting to release Windows 7 SP1 RTM

what's the point of service packs anyways?

Well if they're security updates then I say it sounds like you won't be getting it.

I can't see how Microsoft won't be including most if not all of those updates in the SP, especially if they came through Windows update as critical.

Thanks Jan.