Microsoft Releases Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Blocker Tool

[leofelix]

Microsoft Releases Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Blocker Tool

Microsoft has just released a tool to block the deployment of the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and the Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 via Windows Update. The toolkit offers three different components to block the automatic deployment of the service pack via Windows Update. It has to be noted at this point that the blocker tool does not block the installation if it is initiate by the user directly, either by a direct download or from CD or DVD.

The blocker tool is available as

* A Microsoft-signed executable
* A script
* An ADM template

Companies and organizations can use either of the three to block the installation of the service pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 once it is released by Microsoft. The deployment is blocked for a period of 12 months after the official release of the service pack download link

Via Ghacks

[Boyfriend]

Thanks leofelix for news Releasing blocker tool means SP1 is coming soon

[JayCub]

Good to know SP1 for windows 7 is close now also Leo, shouldn't be too much of a download like previous versions, The server version unfortunately is too expensive to think about so i can skip this one