Windows 7: the first windows 7 update

The first update Important !!!!



Instructions and Resources
MP3 files
When MP3 files are added (either manually or automatically) to either the Windows Media Player or the Windows Media Center library, or if the file metadata is edited with Windows Explorer, several seconds of audio data may be permanently removed from the start of the file. This issue occurs when files contain thumbnails or other metadata of significant size before importing or editing them. To avoid this, take the following steps:

To protect your MP3 files
1. Before you install this Beta release, back up all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer, including those on removable media or network shares.
2. Install the Beta release of Windows 7; then install this update (KB961367).

If you do not want to install the update, you can avoid this issue by setting all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer to read-only before starting either Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center or before editing MP3 metadata with Windows Explorer. To do this, in Windows Explorer, find the files, right-click them, click the General tab, and then select the Read-only check box. Once you have installed the update, you can safely reset the read/write status of your MP3 files to your preference.

if you check this was posted on 1/8/2009...2 days before the beta was released...

well i didnt checked it so just posted it for ones who are not aware of it like me till today.

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Beta (7000) MP3 corruption Patch

hope you didn't install Windows 7 before checking...there are others here who have corrupted their MP3 files by NOT installing the updates first...!!!

well i am a msdn member tried downloading it from the microsft`s windows seven website but server was down and i dont have a good speed so after trying for 3 days i downloaded it from MSDN and the update was there as well so my files are safe.
and will it really corrupt my files sitting in other partitions of vista and xp as well without the patch.

Hello bossmayank619,

Welcome to the forums.

It has been posted before, but a reminder never hurt anybody.

Gary

No, just for Windows 7 beta.