Microsoft won't release Service Pack 2 for Windows 7

"From what I read, people are assuming Windows 7 SP2 will not be released when what was stated is that Microsoft was not currently working on a Service Pack 2. I'm not sure which is actually true but the two are definitely not the same. "

Okay then TechSpot is pandering for web hits once again by posting completely misleading and bogus headlines.

TechSpot headline for this article: "Microsoft won't release Service Pack 2 for Windows 7". That doesn't sound like a delay to me.

I sure hope, for Microsofts sake, it is simply a delay. The backlash from such a move would be more than I think they want to endure. Sometimes perceptions can be worse than the reality of things. And I "perceive" Microsoft not releasing Service Pack 2 for Windows 7 as a very dumb move indeed.

Regardless of what their true intentions are with this decision, it definitely feels like a push on their part for Windows 8.

Already started using linux with wine awesome. **** ms

Lol at the comments. it's been clear since Feb 09 that win 7 would not have multiple service packs.if not then then last summer when they first talked about and showed win 8.you didn't
hear them saying we will continue to support win 7 with service packs.it's been pretty clear for a year now that it's all hands on deck for win 8& it's successor not a service pack 2 for win 7.

Microsoft have a duty of care and it appears that they do not want to do it. An advantage of a Service Pack is that it makes most hot fixes available to users.

One has to assume that either Microsoft is financially stretched or does not believe it has the ability to issue a service pack that fixes the number of defects that exist in WIndows 7!

Ok microsoft I was considering moving up from vista to 7 but now im going to give linux mint a try instead
dual boot system to start with. I consider just one service pack as blackmail from ms I dont do blackmail.

Pacman -Syu => with just that one simple line I can update my entire system in a matter of minutes using arch linux or an arch variation such as archbang or cinnarch. rest in pieces M$!

I do a lot more than browse and do email use a tablet only for maps in the car and one of the free Android astronomy programs for when the night sky is clear here in Baja California. Everything else, I do on my desktop with a large monitor and no touchscreen. Got Android already, so a tablet OS loses me.
If MS drops Win7 support I'll just be double glad I keep a Linux Mint dual boot up to date. At least Mint has the sense to make a full menu system available. Linux really is a viable alternative now, not the hassle it used to be. Users no longer require what some wag described as an inborn need to hand-edit configuration files.

Windows 7 is just Vista SP3 anyway, it doesn't really need another service pack.

Pretty stupid decision by Microsoft. Are they that scared of creating another XP (I.e. a very successful and well-liked OS) that they are willing to kill support for Windows 7?

wow really you need to look up your facts man Windows 7 Was rebuilt from the ground up vista SP3 it is not.

Exactly - I nearly growled at that one, but suspected a deliberate send-up?

Well, I've been holding off a looong time. But I think it's time to take the Linux Plunge. MS has pissed me off for the last time!

I suppose the next genius idea Balmer/Sinofsky have is going to be to auto update Win 7 machines with the Metro Interface via windows update...

There are issues with MSE history under Windows 7 where as under Windows 8 it's called Windows Defender embedded. I am still on Windows 7 and I've been testing Windows 8 Preview for a few months. Windows 8 and Streaming media would need to sync-up before I would make the switch. I got 8 on Netbooks and had to trick the installer so it would see the netbook as 1024x768 instead of 1024x600 where 8 won't install on. It does now.

Before you go blaming MS because of the updates required post install, you could learn to use any number of FREE tools out there that will update your source. But I'm sure bloviations of ignorance are much more useful.

Or just keep whining because they actually made a product that was pretty darn stable and didn't need the 6 service packs that NT4 needed. Of course, you could also remember that NT4 SP7 was supposed to come out after Windows 2000 shipped and that promise was broken, but that would render your post devoid of emotional rantings without purpose.

Geez you guys are analyzing this WAY too much.

If you want to know what your lifecycle for your OS is on Windows 7, go look it up before you jump off the cliff. Since it is too much trouble for you to search I have provided the link. Windows 7 for the general public will still be 100% supported until 2015. For updates, it will continue until 2020. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/lifecycle

As for you Linux guys, all enterprise quality Linux distributions do the same thing. You just have to use the Long Term Support models. If you want to go use some abstract form of LInux and waste time with Wine, be my guest. I want to spend more time using my computer than recompiling kernels and trying to figure out why Wine app XYZ stopped working yesterday when I got a software update. Sudo -Givememylifeback_Iactuallygetlaid

For you Mac fans, Win8 Upgrades are priced just about the same as those service packs you buy every year. Did I say service packs? I mean OS upgrades. Yeah Yeah Yeah, there's new "functionality". Blah Blah Blah. Windows service packs have done that for years too. For free.