Microsoft regularly releases major updates to its Windows operating systems. Formerly, those updates were pushed through comprehensive service packs, but more often these days, they're semi-regular ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Bug fixes and security patches don’t make for the most exciting Windows update, but they’re the high points of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now widely available for download. * ...

I’ll get right to it: anyone using a mature copy of Windows 7 (as opposed to a new computer or a newly installed copy) should not install Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is not a knock on Microsoft, ...

Microsoft yesterday modified its support policy on service packs, and will now take calls from customers running outdated editions of Windows. The move coincided with the company pulling the plug on ...

Microsoft has unleashed the first public betas of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Unlike some previous Microsoft service packs, these add little in the way of new ...