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Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release no

Does anyone have a link to actual release notes from SP1? I followed about 10 links, downloaded a *.doc that the microsoft site led me to believe had release notes, which actually only contained links back to the page I downloaded the doc from. Helpful site design.

Qz 16y ago
I just did the same and somehow ended up back at the page linked to in this submission... edit: okay, just got to the same document you did. Apparently microsoft considers 'release notes' to be 'notes about the process of releasing' which that document will have when there are any, rather than notes about the release itself, aka the Service Pack. There is another file on that link called 'Notable Changes in Windows 7 SP1' or something similar, which basically boils down the changes to: HDMI audio improvements, fix to XPS documents, and a change in the way 'restore previous folders at logon' works...
- sliverstorm 16y ago
  Seeing as these are not major notable changes, what seems most likely? 1) They released a SP as a milestone because it was 'about time' 2) They released a SP as a rollup to bring everyone to the same page 3) They need to push the HDMI audio updates extra hard...?
  - mrcharles 16y ago
    More likely they just hit a limit for hotfixes, and do a rollup because they'll do a reprint of the DVDs as well, so that new systems come without needing 200 hotfixes.
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- mrcharles 16y ago
  I dare you to click the release notes link on that page.
  - Qz 16y ago
    Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows!
  - InclinedPlane 16y ago
    Indeed. This is literally all that's there: http://imgur.com/HCPZC.jpg http://imgur.com/HCPZC.jpg The bulk of it is these three links, which just point back to the same pages: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194725 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194725 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194726 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194726 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194727 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194727
pero 16y ago
5 clicks after hitting the 'release notes portal' you can find: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=61924cea-83fe-46e9-96d8-027ae59ddc11&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...
- nailer 16y ago
  Why do they want me to download the release notes? Can't they just show them to me? In their own page, or, if they somehow need to be Word docs, using the Office web tools?
ztan 16y ago
It seems like they did not make a single document that contains everything. The information about SP1 is split up into four separate docs: 1. Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 2. Notable Changes in Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 3. Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1 4. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Test Focus Guide Depending on which type of information you are looking for you'd need to get the corresponding one. Note the list of hot fixes is an xls spreadsheet.

Qz 16y ago

I just did the same and somehow ended up back at the page linked to in this submission... edit: okay, just got to the same document you did. Apparently microsoft considers 'release notes' to be 'notes about the process of releasing' which that document will have when there are any, rather than notes about the release itself, aka the Service Pack. There is another file on that link called 'Notable Changes in Windows 7 SP1' or something similar, which basically boils down the changes to: HDMI audio improvements, fix to XPS documents, and a change in the way 'restore previous folders at logon' works...

sliverstorm 16y ago
Seeing as these are not major notable changes, what seems most likely? 1) They released a SP as a milestone because it was 'about time' 2) They released a SP as a rollup to bring everyone to the same page 3) They need to push the HDMI audio updates extra hard...?
- mrcharles 16y ago
  More likely they just hit a limit for hotfixes, and do a rollup because they'll do a reprint of the DVDs as well, so that new systems come without needing 200 hotfixes.

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mrcharles 16y ago
I dare you to click the release notes link on that page.
- Qz 16y ago
  Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows!
- InclinedPlane 16y ago
  Indeed. This is literally all that's there: http://imgur.com/HCPZC.jpg http://imgur.com/HCPZC.jpg The bulk of it is these three links, which just point back to the same pages: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194725 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194725 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194726 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194726 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194727 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194727

pero 16y ago

5 clicks after hitting the 'release notes portal' you can find: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=61924cea-83fe-46e9-96d8-027ae59ddc11&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=...

nailer 16y ago
Why do they want me to download the release notes? Can't they just show them to me? In their own page, or, if they somehow need to be Word docs, using the Office web tools?

ztan 16y ago

It seems like they did not make a single document that contains everything. The information about SP1 is split up into four separate docs: 1. Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 2. Notable Changes in Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 3. Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1 4. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Test Focus Guide Depending on which type of information you are looking for you'd need to get the corresponding one. Note the list of hot fixes is an xls spreadsheet.