Windows 7 SP1 Released, Available for Download

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It's been talked about since the very original release of Windows 7 and now it's finally here. That's right, if you've been holding off on Windows 7 until the first Service Pack, today is the day that you can finally step up.

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Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
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  • Twist86
    Would be more impressed if it wasn't 90% collection of updated into 1 install. Still I have had very little issues with 7x64 so perhaps the fact its mostly a collection is a good thing.
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  • Trialsking
    Yay, I am reinstalling Win 7 on my new HDD today, so I can start with this.
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  • Parsian
    i shall install it the moment i get home
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  • nomnom9608
    Had this since last month already :D
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  • jprahman
    9274057 said:
    Would be more impressed if it wasn't 90% collection of updated into 1 install. Still I have had very little issues with 7x64 so perhaps the fact its mostly a collection is a good thing.

    You do realize that this update is required in order to use AVX instructions. That's a pretty big deal.
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  • Snipergod87
    Already upgraded, after reboot I BSoD'ed. But hit start windows normally to give it another try and it worked. Took awhile for it to apply 80k update operations on startup though.

    The other 3 workstations went off without a hitch. I do not like that you have to select SP1 manually though..

    The Remote FX update is nice, I can watch 480p h.264 no lag, 720p h.264 with alot of action starts slowing down, While I dont watch through video RDP, Its a nice upgrade. I wish it applied to my W7 Clients too.
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  • christop
    I have used the beta for a while not a huge improvement.
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  • Im not seeing it, nor did my father computer did either.
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  • osxsier
    @jprahman

    Most people dont have a sandy bridge CPU yet, so its not a pretty big deal to the masses.

    I personally wont bother upgrading right now...I got almost all of those updates already.
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  • tecmo34
    Im not seeing it, nor did my father computer did either.
    Go to Microsoft Downloads & search there. In my experience it takes a week or two before hitting the automatic "Windows Updates".

    I've been running since the 16th without issues, so no issue on my part.
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