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Comment by bob3160 on June 29, 2012 at 4:52am

It appears we have a Spammer named Alex Lamont sending out health coverage notices containing an untrustworthy link to members of this group.

Caution.....

Comment by Jeffrey on March 2, 2011 at 5:34am

Any one know when the Windows 8 beta 1 is suppose to be released.

Comment by ionflux on February 27, 2011 at 3:09pm

i dont know about this netstumbler vista just spam you know youll see retards

Comment by Gary on February 27, 2011 at 2:05pm

I installed SP1.  No issues what so ever on my x64 machine

Comment by JT on February 26, 2011 at 11:42am

I agree with Greg. I installed SP1 on 2/22. It took a while to install but I haven't noticed any changes at all.

 

I am usually a Microsoft fan but now I'm thinking why did they even bother.

Comment by Greg De Santis on February 26, 2011 at 9:34am

Windows 7 Service Pack 1's most significant improvements just contain a handfull of minor releases.

In short, this service pack adds surprisingly little to Windows 7. In this case "SP" stands for "Slim Pickings."

 

On top of that, it appears that the code for SP1 was frozen as far back as mid-to-late-November. The files are digitally signed 11/22/2010. The official build identification string, 7601.17514.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850, refers to November 19 ("101119"). The installer executable is dated November 23. That's a long, long time ago. This is a list of the Windows 7 SP1 fixes:

 

1) Higher-definition connections with Remote Desktop: If you use Remote Desktop (I prefer the third-party service LogMeIn), installing SP1 on both PCs sets up high-definition connection via a new technology Microsoft calls RemoteFX. Snappy name. Based on virtualization technology Microsoft acquired two years ago when it bought Calista Technologies, RemoteFX makes it possible for full graphics to show through on remote sessions. Someday, we're promised, you'll be able

to use RemoteFX with your phone. I'm not holding my breath — I'm not even sure I'd want it.

 

2) More Windows Live ID support: A technology Microsoft calls "Microsoft Federation Gateway" will give SP1-enhanced PCs improved Windows Live ID authentication to non-Microsoft sites, using a long-established Web services protocol known as the WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile. I thought Win7 already had WS-Federation profiles (detailed in an MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms996532.aspx) nailed, but apparently some fix is necessary.

 

3) An HDMI patch: I have no idea why MS emphasizes this as one of the noteworthy changes in Win7 SP1. It's a bug fix to keep HDMI working when a PC is rebooted.

 

4) An XML Paper Specification fix: The 10 of you who actually use XPS instead of PDF will be pleased that SP1 fixes a print bug affecting mixed portrait and landscape documents.

 

5) Even more-obscure fixes: These include restoring previous folders at sign-in, IKEv2 protocol improvements (used in VPN connections), and a hotfix rollup from November (KB 982018: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018) for Advanced Format disks. Little stuff.

Comment by bob3160 on February 26, 2011 at 2:41am

Can't say that I had any problems installing SP1. It took quite a while but that was to be expected.

You also didn't mention what kind of problems you ran into Lyael ?

Comment by roving cowboy /keith hall on May 26, 2010 at 10:23pm

not new new's to me travis movie maker from ms started only saving in wmv format for me 3 years ago on this xp pro system.

as to why your video is going away i don't know that either i tried to use quick time , vlc, some other programs and they all opened and let me adjust the mov file but none would save the file on the save button click it just closed? so there is something going on with movie editing? i wonder if the people at ms stuck a block file in with one of the updates from their update servers?

Comment by Starr on March 19, 2010 at 10:04am

I really liked and recommend Avast until they released this new version. I don't care for the new interface much at all, and it seems to be a bit more of a resource hog. I'll stick with 4.8, which still works fine.

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