Oregonian Premium Member join:2000-12-21 West Linn, OR |
[WIN7] Windows 7 SP2?Microsoft has been very quiet lately regarding whether we will see SP2 for Windows 7. I'm guessing that we may never see it as they are concentrating on Windows 8. Anybody else have any information on Windows 7 SP2 availability / release? |
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markofmayhemWhy not now? Premium Member join:2004-04-08 Pittsburgh, PA
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Looks as if most rumors place it at H1Y2013 with a beta around November of this year. May be nothing more than a roll-up with IE10. |
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Oregonian Premium Member join:2000-12-21 West Linn, OR |
Thanks. Most of the chatter I have been seeing was saying H1 2012. I'm just wondering if we will ever see SP2 for Win 7? |
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NT4 = SP6 2K = SP4 XP = SP3 Vista = SP2 7 = SP1 8 = SP0 I think with broadband connections and Windows Update being more and more common, SP's will disappear. To be honest, I consider Win7 to be Vista SP3! |
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Oregonian Premium Member join:2000-12-21 West Linn, OR |
said by andyross:I think with broadband connections and Windows Update being more and more common, SP's will disappear. To be honest, I consider Win7 to be Vista SP3! But it is nice to have SP's when it comes time to reinstall the OS. Admittedly not something that we have to do very often. |
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But how much longer will we even have physical media? Even the install will probably be via broadband. You'd have nothing but a basic boot device that could set up network access to download the necessary files.
As it is, how do you install an OS on many of the newer computers that have no optical drive? |
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Oregonian Premium Member join:2000-12-21 West Linn, OR |
said by andyross:But how much longer will we even have physical media? Even the install will probably be via broadband. You'd have nothing but a basic boot device that could set up network access to download the necessary files.
As it is, how do you install an OS on many of the newer computers that have no optical drive? That's a good question for which I have no answer. I have not tried to install an OS on a computer with no optical drive. |
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio |
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said by andyross:As it is, how do you install an OS on many of the newer computers that have no optical drive? Boot from USB stick. » technet.microsoft.com/en ··· ick.aspx |
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OZO Premium Member join:2003-01-17 |
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said by andyross:But how much longer will we even have physical media? Even the install will probably be via broadband. You'd have nothing but a basic boot device that could set up network access to download the necessary files.
As it is, how do you install an OS on many of the newer computers that have no optical drive? Not from the network (or the cloud), I can assure you Of course form some USB/flash drive. Check your computer for that option. |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
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said by andyross:But how much longer will we even have physical media? Even the install will probably be via broadband. You'd have nothing but a basic boot device that could set up network access to download the necessary files.
As it is, how do you install an OS on many of the newer computers that have no optical drive? Flash drive also an autocad suite that was bought recently came on a flash drive so as long as you call a flash drive physical media then its not going away. |
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To take it a few steps farther into the future: client devices will have and need no local storage besides bootstrap. Everything you now think of as "filesystem contents" will be distributed, possibly in free volatile memory in nearby devices. That and of course in gigantic underground caves of server racks. |
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