No plans for Windows 7 SP2

[GEWB]

The Register is reporting an "exclusive":

Sources close to Microsoft's sustained engineering team, which builds and releases service packs, have told The Register there are no plans for a second Windows 7 SP – breaking precedent on the normal cycle of updating Windows.

Instead, Microsoft will keep updating Windows 7 using patches released each month until support for Windows 7 comes to an end. That date is currently slated for 24 months after the most current SP – that’s SP1, which was released in February 2011 – and would put end of life at February 2013.

Source:
Microsoft has no plans for a second Windows 7 Service Pack ? The Register

Somehow that date doesn't look right...

Regards,
GEWB

 

[bayarfaj2004]

that is good, thanks

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

"...pushing customers towards the completely new Windows 8." More like pushing customers away from Microsnot.

 

[theveterans]

Seven is so good that it does not need a new service pack. It's a shame that Windows 8 beats 7 in performance benchmarks according to many review sites. Hope MS could provide an update that improves W7 performance.

 

[GRB70]

"...pushing customers towards the completely new Windows 8." More like pushing customers away from Microsnot.

Agreed

 

[Tpau]

Seven is so good that it does not need a new service pack. It's a shame that Windows 8 beats 7 in performance benchmarks according to many review sites. Hope MS could provide an update that improves W7 performance.

Yep, I've never had a problem with Win7.

 

[Phone Man]

Here's how SP affects the product support. When a SP is issued the previous version is only supported for 24 Months. Since W7 SP1 was issued in 2011, W7 without SP1 will not be supported after 4/9/2013. For now W7 SP1 will be supported until 2020 unless there is a SP2 and then SP1 will be supported for 24 Months after SP2 is released.

Jim

 

[GEWB]

Here's how SP affects the product support. When a SP is issued the previous version is only supported for 24 Months. Since W7 SP1 was issued in 2011, W7 without SP1 will not be supported after 4/9/2013. For now W7 SP1 will be supported until 2020 unless there is a SP2 and then SP1 will be supported for 24 Months after SP2 is released.

Jim

Ah ha!

Thanks, Jim, I needed that.

Regards,
GEWB

 

[x BlueRobot]

Microsoft will realise they will need to release a SP2 for Windows 7, when many Desktop users do not migrate to the Windows 8 operating system, and people start to forget to install individual updates released every month, and then complain to Microsoft about the performance and security issues found within their Windows 7 installation.

 

[bigcitycat]

Win 7 will be like XP because business are using it and trust it. Win 7 will be around for a long time. I hate Win 8. Literally hate it. I have never felt that way about an operating system. I use Kubuntu most of the time now and I am no MicroSoft hater. I like a lot of things they are doing. Skydrive is great even though it's mostly a dropbox ripoff, and I like what they are doing with office online. I also really like the business feel to outlook.com, but Win 8 is terrible.

 

[Dallas 7]

Here's how SP affects the product support. When a SP is issued the previous version is only supported for 24 Months. Since W7 SP1 was issued in 2011, W7 without SP1 will not be supported after 4/9/2013. For now W7 SP1 will be supported until 2020 unless there is a SP2 and then SP1 will be supported for 24 Months after SP2 is released.

Jim

That sounds better. Thanks for shedding some light on the subject.

 

[Lebon14]

"...pushing customers towards the completely new Windows 8." More like pushing customers away from Microsnot.

This! I HATE Windows 8.

 

[4wd]

It's just a naming game, Vista could have been called W7, the 1st W7 would then have been sp1, & the current W7 would be sp2

This! I HATE Windows 8.

I hated it, but less and less over time, added Classic Shell and am now quite impressed. It's fast, it works, it's stable, there's some very good stuff under the 'metro' layer. Still feel sick looking at and using 'metro' (on any non-touch), but time will tell if it can be useful, at least now do not have to see it, it's just an optional extra for potential future use.

 

[marsmimar]

As of right now, the official Microsoft lifecycle for End of Support is:
January 12, 2015 for mainstream support and January 14, 2020 for extended support

Of course, this is subject to change.

Windows lifecycle fact sheet - Microsoft Windows

 

[FuturDreamz]

Microsoft will realise they will need to release a SP2 for Windows 7, when many Desktop users do not migrate to the Windows 8 operating system, and people start to forget to install individual updates released every month, and then complain to Microsoft about the performance and security issues found within their Windows 7 installation.

I imagine that eventually some form of SP2 will be released, if only to roll all updates into one big update or something.

 

[theveterans]

Until Microsoft and OEMs resolve my Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1 not working (even with compatibility mode) on Windows 8, I won't consider upgrading to it.

 

[SoCalTechie]

Notice a patern Windows 2000 up to SP4 Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 SP1

 

[lkgriffith]

I would rather pay for updates for Windows 7 than move to a brain dead OS like Windows 8. I have real work to accomplish and I can't do it in an acceptable way on Windows 8. I am the one doing MY work so MY way is the ONLY way that counts. If you can live with Windows 8, good for you. I can't!

 

[x BlueRobot]

Microsoft should have made two separate editions of Windows 8 for the two different types of user; very much like there is different editions of the same operating system for different needs of each user.

So, have Windows 8 Professional for Desktops and have Windows 8 Professional for Tablets, then everyone will be able to benefit from the better performance of Windows 8.

 

[lkgriffith]

Microsoft has already made two separated editions of Windows. One for the desktop: Windows 7 and one for tablets: Windows 8. The only problem is they plan to kill Windows 7 rather than make it better.

They insist the future will only be workable for people who only want to consume content, bought only from them, using hand held battery powered toys. Unless they change their path, don't expect Windows 9 to be anything but more of the same. Windows 8 is not even as good as a Vista 2.0. It is Windows 1.0 rising out of the murky depths of ancient history stripped of nearly everything that made it useful and made much harder to use.

Microsoft seems to think they can survive satisfying teenagers and their mental equivalents who are tweeting, facebooking, watching videos, trading photos, etc. They hope they can get away with giving the finger to the very large population of computer users who do real work with real computers. This last group are the ones who actually create the valuable content that Microsoft plans to conscript and make a profit from. What is worse, the productive users are expected to create that valuable content working with a toy OS on battery powered toys bounded on every side by Microsoft restrictions.

IBM tried very much the same thing in the 1970s and got shoved unto a corner: hard. They got replaced by minicomputers and eventually PC desktop computers. They were almost dead until they re-invented themselves as a service company. They have yet to achieve their former glory of owning the word "computer" and the belief that "No one ever got fired for specifying IBM".

What IBM forgot and Microsoft seems to have forgotten, is that computer power in the hands of a productive individual makes them more productive and more effective. This happens only when they don't have to ask "mother may I" to do what they need to do with that power. The goal seems to be to convert the computer power into a leash around the neck of a user and a vacuum hose into the user's bank account. Thereby to charge a fee for every required "mother may I" request. I see no reason to fall down that rabbit hole.