Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on August 6th and to public on October 22nd and now it seems that Microsoft has started working on the first Service pack for Windows 7.
Rafael @ Within Windows has found something interesting regarding SP1 for Windows 7.
Similar to previous external beta service pack rollouts, Microsoft has enabled – via updates you already installed – a beta 'candidacy check' within its Windows Update software.
Just like Windows Vista, a registry key and value pair need to be added prior to being authorized to download the new software.
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Win7SP1
Value: SPORTM (REG_SZ)
Data: Unknown (likely a server-side checked GUID)
The external Windows 7 SP1 testing should commence soon, if it hasn't already.
Original from AskVG.com - Microsoft Cooking Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
- CPU
- AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
- Motherboard
- Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
- Memory
- 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
- Sound Card
- Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768, 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- ❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
- PSU
- N/A
- Case
- N/A
- Cooling
- Built-in/Open window in winter :P
- Keyboard
- Built-in
- Mouse
- Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
- Internet Speed
- 55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
- Other Info
- ❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
