Shelly Palmer

Microsoft may not have plans for a second Windows 7 service pack, and it isn’t talking

Windows 7

Is Microsoft planning a Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows 7? I thought it was inevitable. It turns out that unlike previous Windows versions, the software giant might just end at one service pack. The company will instead urge consumers and businesses alike to upgrade to Windows 8. Earlier this morning, a rumor suggested that Microsoft has no plans for a Windows 7 SP2. The software giant will instead keep updating the operating system with monthly patches until its support expires, according to sources close to Microsoft’s sustained engineering team, which builds and releases service packs, cited by The Register. Read the full story at The Next Web.