Windows 10: Windows 7 service pack 1 after upgrading to windows 10 not activated

Hi, So I was upgrading one of my friends home laptop from windows 7 to windows 10. The Laptop came with windows 7 pre installed and was activated. Windows media creation was not running in that laptop so created bootable USB from another laptop and upgraded to Windows 10. It was showing Windows 10 isn't activated and to enter the product key. As it came with original windows 7 I didn't have any product key. So I went back to windows 7 using restore point. And this time during windows 10 upgrade I did clean install. For this I had to format the partition because of some format not supported iss

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Microsoft Releases Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2

Yes, it is part of Windows 7 SP1: Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.xls
Open file and click on the "Update List" tab at bottom of MS Excel window to see list of KBs.

 

Microsoft Releases Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2

Microsoft today released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2, to all users. A Service Pack is a periodical cumulative of updates released between a period of time, that also introduces new features to the OS. For both operating systems based on the Windows 6.1 kernel, Service Pack 1 will provide all product and security updates released to date. A couple of new features that will benefit Windows 2008 R2 are also bundled. These include Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX.

Dynamic Memory lets Hyper-V administrators pool available memory on a physical host and dynamically distribute it to any virtual machine(s) running on that host, while RemoteFX lets Windows Server 2008 R2 administrators provide a rich end user desktop virtualization experience by delivering vivid content, independent of any graphics stack, to server-hosted virtual and session-based desktops. We put Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to test, to see how the updated OS benefits gamers, or if it does in the first place. Our performance analysis can be read here. A list of notable changes with SP1 can be read here.

 

Windows 7 Service Pack BETA

Download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta

Quote from MS site:
"Please Note: This early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users. The SP1 Beta does not provide new end-user features, and installation is not supported by Microsoft."

Neowin.net write up: Windows 7 SP1 public beta released

EDIT: Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta (KB976932)

Information about Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2


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