Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now available from Microsoft's Website for download, or via Windows Update, and by ordering an installation DVD.
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is now available
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SP1 - I thought I'd try it out on my netbook - Windows 7 Starter - if anything went too far wrong, it's only about a month's usage, so I wouldn't be too afraid of restoring a factory image.
First issue: rather than wait for an automatic update, I opted to save the complete file, so I could have it available should I want to add SP1 to another installation. At the end of the 537MB download, instead of being saved to my downloads folder, it remained hidden somewhere behind some internet temporary folder and started the install process, as if I had asked it to "run" (almost everything else I have asked to "run" straight from the download dialog recently has asked me to confirm by clicking at least two "run" buttons. Not this baby.
Eventually I discovered where the file was lurking and copied it to my USB drive.
I set the Update to run. It warned that the update may take more than one hour.
It took on hour and 35 minutes until it rebooted back to a useable desktop.
Nothing had obviously changed, until I started to run Virtual PC 2007, when it had not enough memory to run one of the VMs there.
The VM had run without problems before the SP1 update, using less than half of the 1GB installed RAM most of the time.
After SP1, it chugs along on 650-750 MB of the memory and the swapfile has doubled to about 1.2GB.
What is more annoying is that I cannot see where all the memory is going - the TaskManager processes admit to considerably less than that, about half, so I am missing about 350 MB - any ideas?
Microsoft security essentials seems to be the biggest hog - that will be going to be replaced by something less memory hungry. There are cheaper ways to be told that I have just attained non-genuine status.
Verdict - if you are 32-bit, and pushing the 3 GB envelope, think seriously about becoming 64-bit, and everyone, upgrade your memory.
Microsoft is seriously pushing for the demise of 32-bit computing, and XP with it.
First issue: rather than wait for an automatic update, I opted to save the complete file, so I could have it available should I want to add SP1 to another installation. At the end of the 537MB download, instead of being saved to my downloads folder, it remained hidden somewhere behind some internet temporary folder and started the install process, as if I had asked it to "run" (almost everything else I have asked to "run" straight from the download dialog recently has asked me to confirm by clicking at least two "run" buttons. Not this baby.
Eventually I discovered where the file was lurking and copied it to my USB drive.
I set the Update to run. It warned that the update may take more than one hour.
It took on hour and 35 minutes until it rebooted back to a useable desktop.
Nothing had obviously changed, until I started to run Virtual PC 2007, when it had not enough memory to run one of the VMs there.
The VM had run without problems before the SP1 update, using less than half of the 1GB installed RAM most of the time.
After SP1, it chugs along on 650-750 MB of the memory and the swapfile has doubled to about 1.2GB.
What is more annoying is that I cannot see where all the memory is going - the TaskManager processes admit to considerably less than that, about half, so I am missing about 350 MB - any ideas?
Microsoft security essentials seems to be the biggest hog - that will be going to be replaced by something less memory hungry. There are cheaper ways to be told that I have just attained non-genuine status.
Verdict - if you are 32-bit, and pushing the 3 GB envelope, think seriously about becoming 64-bit, and everyone, upgrade your memory.
Microsoft is seriously pushing for the demise of 32-bit computing, and XP with it.
First admission - I downloaded the SP1 update from Internet Explorer 9 - and it is a different experience from using Google Chrome for downloads from the Microsoft site.
IE9 accepted that my Windows was validated and genuine, without running GenuineCheck.exe, which, from other browsers, creates a little 8-character-long token to copy and paste to Microsoft download site before the download will start. The options were run save or cancel. By "save" there was an optional pop-up menu for "Save", "Save as", or "Save and Run" - I selected "Save". By the time I had clicked it the display said about 20% of the download windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe had already been downloaded. The whole download took about 10 minutes. If the view downloads button is clicked, the downloading SP1 and other earlier downloads are displayed in the location "Downloads", which takes you to C:\Users\Me\Downloads, and at the top of the list is
windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe.3ytftsr.partial | Partial download
At the moment the download completes, and the file is checked for malware - it vanished!
Ok, I used the Windows search from the start menu and drew a blank after a few minutes. I downloaded a freeware program called "SearchMyFiles", ran it from the zip file it came in, looking for all files (*.*), at least 500MB in size, modified today.
It found it in about one minute.
The path was something like: C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Temporary Internet Files
- but of course, it is not there now
IE9 accepted that my Windows was validated and genuine, without running GenuineCheck.exe, which, from other browsers, creates a little 8-character-long token to copy and paste to Microsoft download site before the download will start. The options were run save or cancel. By "save" there was an optional pop-up menu for "Save", "Save as", or "Save and Run" - I selected "Save". By the time I had clicked it the display said about 20% of the download windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe had already been downloaded. The whole download took about 10 minutes. If the view downloads button is clicked, the downloading SP1 and other earlier downloads are displayed in the location "Downloads", which takes you to C:\Users\Me\Downloads, and at the top of the list is
windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe.3ytftsr.partial | Partial download
At the moment the download completes, and the file is checked for malware - it vanished!
Ok, I used the Windows search from the start menu and drew a blank after a few minutes. I downloaded a freeware program called "SearchMyFiles", ran it from the zip file it came in, looking for all files (*.*), at least 500MB in size, modified today.
It found it in about one minute.
The path was something like: C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Temporary Internet Files
- but of course, it is not there now
I updated to SP1 and it took over 40 minutes on a reasonably spec'ed desktop (Asus P5Q-VM, Quad Core 9550, 8GB PC28500 and Velociraptor system drive, Win7 x64 ULT).
On the surface, it doesn't seem to be much more than a roll up of all the previous security patches and fixes. Certainly nothing I can see or feel!
Regards: Terry
On the surface, it doesn't seem to be much more than a roll up of all the previous security patches and fixes. Certainly nothing I can see or feel!
Regards: Terry
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flyboytim,
Sometimes Windows get over protective and dumps files in a super hidden location similar to this.
"C:\Users\usernamexxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\usernamexxx" typed in Start Run box with the correct username and the whole line includes quotes. Check out the sub-folders in that location, especially any called Downloads. You CANNOT browse to this location you must use the Start Menu/ RUN box (not any Search box).
Sometimes Windows get over protective and dumps files in a super hidden location similar to this.
"C:\Users\usernamexxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\usernamexxx" typed in Start Run box with the correct username and the whole line includes quotes. Check out the sub-folders in that location, especially any called Downloads. You CANNOT browse to this location you must use the Start Menu/ RUN box (not any Search box).
Thanks Linney. That's great if you already know what to look for!
If you don't, exploring and browsing the Temporary Internet Files folder and subfolders like \Virtualized\* can also be achieved from Linux file management viewers if dual booting is possible, or even by booting from a live linux CD or USB stick.
Just go to Places and select the Windows 7 partition (i.e. what we know as the C:\ drive).
There is a way in Explorer, it does depend on knowing that there is the hidden path: \Virtualized
With your explorer window pointing to:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
click the address bar and just type in (append to the path, not overwrite it)
\Virtualized
Then you will be able to browse \Virtualized\C\ and subfolders as normal.
If you install the freeware, Open Source 7Zip program, the 7Zip File Manager can see the hidden folders and paths without difficulty. (As well as being able to open various archive formats and disk image files.)
If you don't, exploring and browsing the Temporary Internet Files folder and subfolders like \Virtualized\* can also be achieved from Linux file management viewers if dual booting is possible, or even by booting from a live linux CD or USB stick.
Just go to Places and select the Windows 7 partition (i.e. what we know as the C:\ drive).
There is a way in Explorer, it does depend on knowing that there is the hidden path: \Virtualized
With your explorer window pointing to:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
click the address bar and just type in (append to the path, not overwrite it)
\Virtualized
Then you will be able to browse \Virtualized\C\ and subfolders as normal.
If you install the freeware, Open Source 7Zip program, the 7Zip File Manager can see the hidden folders and paths without difficulty. (As well as being able to open various archive formats and disk image files.)
I can only say that the installation of SP1 on my machine went with out any problem...
this is of course using the downloaded SP1 file (903 MB), and installation took no longer than 15 min, including just one reboot...
and so far I've not detected any problem (yet)...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
this is of course using the downloaded SP1 file (903 MB), and installation took no longer than 15 min, including just one reboot...
and so far I've not detected any problem (yet)...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
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