Five updates will be released on February 24 so that Microsoft can test Windows 7's ability to deliver and manage updating itself in certain scenarios.
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Microsoft has sent a quick e-mail to its MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) regarding five test updates that it will be sending out on February 24, 2009 to everyone that is currently testing Windows 7 build 7000.
The goal is verify how well Windows Update can deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7 in certain scenarios.
ActiveWin has snagged the full e-mail, an excerpt from which is worth quoting:
The updates will be clearly described as a test update in Windows Update, and they will not install automatically.
The updates will be offered interactively.
This means that users will be notified of available updates, but they won’t install automatically.
Users will need to go to the Windows Update control panel, select the updates, and manually start installation.
These updates will simply replace system files with the same version of the file currently on the system, and will not deliver new features or fixes.
Testers are getting restless as they've only received build 7000 so far from Microsoft, so I'd like to reassure them that a new build is on its way in the coming weeks.
The latest build is 7046, Build 7041 was compiled just a week ago.
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The public Release Candidate is expected to arrive sometime in April or some people think end February.
Microsoft Connect testers, MSDN and TechNet subscribers, will likely get a build before then but no one saw it yet (neither me)
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Last updated February 20
