The beta of Windows 7 SP1 can now be downloaded.
Microsoft has released the first public beta version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, but warned end users to steer clear until the official release (scheduled for the start of 2011). ”The SP1 Beta does not provide new end-user features, and installation is not supported by Microsoft,” the company said in a blog posting. Service Pack 1 pulls together all the security patches and bug fixes released since the operating system’s launch, and if you want to try it out now you can get it from here.
(For a full guide to Windows 7, order the Essential Windows 7 Handbook 3rd Edition, on sale now from newsagents and online.)
