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Release notes for Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 November 2013. This was the final W7USP2 release.
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Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 x64 November 2013
Release Notes
What’s new in this version This version of Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 (W7USP2) includes many new features which maximise reliability, stability and security of Windows 7 operating system.
1. Internet Explorer 11
Released in November 2013, Internet Explorer 11 is the new browser from Microsoft with improved performance, faster page load times, new standards support for next generation sites, and completely revised F12 developer tools. It includes new capabilities to improve real-world Web site performance, support for the well-defined and commonly used features of the emerging ECMAScript 6 standard, support for WebGL, and high quality, power efficient HTML5 video without plugins. Internet Explorer 11 is compatible with existing sites, which just run faster and look better in IE.
2. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Windows Management Framework v4.0
An update to .NET 4.0 CLR, .NET Framework 4.5.1 improves the way .NET updates are serviced and adds new features to increase developer productivity and enhance application performance. Notes:
– Windows Management Framework 4.0 is not compatible with specific apps. These apps may require WMF2.0 or WMF3.0 to function properly. When you remove WMF4.0 from a system updated with W7USP2, you get WMF2.0. You will then be able to install WMF3.0, if you wish to do so.
– When you upgrade to W7USP2 from a previous version of Windows with .NET 4.0 or .NET 4.5, that version of .NET Framework is automatically upgraded to .NET 4.5.1.
3. More than 300 request-only hotfixes are included Windows Update normally offers security updates, but not hotfixes to address bugs in the Operating system, except for the most critical ones. This hotfixes can be downloaded from Microsoft at request, and so they’re called request-only hotfixes. A normal service pack includes them, and so this version of W7USP2 does. These hotfixes fix many known issues and some of them add new features to Windows, like the Windows Updates Disk Cleanup addon.
The Windows Updates Cleanup addon enables you to completely remove traces of superseded updates and hotfixes from your hard drive. Just select “Windows Updates” in Disk Cleanup utillity and the addon will do its job. Applying all these hotfixes manually on a single system would take several hours. With W7USP2, you’re up and running in less than 30 minutes with the latest Driverpacks.net drivers for SCSI/RAID, USB3.0 and Network.
4. Installing W7USP2 on an EFI system is now easier than ever before Installing W7USP2 on an EFI system could be difficult. Now W7USP2 makes it easier to install Windows 7 on a modern PC. Just disable Secure boot and continue in EFI mode, then Windows 7 setup will run normally. The EFI bootloader is also updated with the latest hotfixes.
5. Windows 7 Enterprise version is included in W7USP2 ISO. Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 All-In-One ISO now includes the Enterprise version of Windows 7 as well. This version of Windows is not available through retail channels but it is available to corporations. It can be activated using a MAK or KMS product key. As in previous versions, W7USP2 November 2013 x64 English version includes Microsoft Silverlight and DaRT – fully updated. DaRT is an exciting set of recovery tools designed to help you diagnose and recover from several issues. The hotfix uninstaller may be particularly useful with this release, which includes many request-only hotfixes. This tool allows offline removal of a hotfix, if it makes your system crash.
Installing Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 Windows 7 Unofficial SP2 is not available in the form of an EXE or MSU installer. It’s more reliable to distribute and install W7USP2 in the form of pre-slipstreamed installation media. There exist two scenarios to install W7USP2:
– Upgrade: In this scenario, you want to get all W7USP2 components without losing your existing programs, settings and files. To do so, you have to run an Upgrade installation. You can run an Upgrade from any Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 7 SP1 machine. Note: If you had OEM installation meda (not retail images) you have to use a retail product key provided by your OEM or try to retrieve the OEM certificate and product key (applies to Windows 7 only).
– Clean installation: In this scenario, you want to reinstall Windows from scratch. To do so, you boot from Windows 7 SP2 installation media, format your hard drive and install Windows. Existing files and settings are lost.
Burning W7USP2 November 2013 ISOs This version of W7USP2 is available in the form of 2 ISOs. Each of them can be burned on a single layer DVD-R disk (DVD5 media), to create 2 DVD-ROMs in total. However, you can also merge the contents of these ISOs into a single folder (= copy the install2.swm in the second ISO to the extracted \sources folder of the first ISO) and use this folder as a base to write files to USB flash or DVD-R DL media.
– To create two DVD-R disks: Use the built-in Windows ISO burner or another ISO burning tool to burn the contents of each ISO to 2 DVD5 disks. You will be prompted to insert both disks during Windows Setup.
– To create a bootable USB flash drive Download the free, standalone Rufus USB Flash drive formatting tool (Available at: http://rufus.akeo.ie/). Run the tool and select the correct USB flash drive – make use you choose the correct drive otherwise you may lose important data during format). Use these settings: For a BIOS-based system: For an UEFI-based system:
Now click the icon and choose the W7USP2 ISO #1 file. (We select the first ISO because it’s the only one that is bootable). Rufus will copy the ISO bootloader and files to the USB flash drive. Click Start to begin the format. When file copying is complete, you will see DONE in the status bar. You can then click Close to close the program. Using the freeware 7-zip extraction tool, copy the install2.swm file from the W7USP2 ISO #2 file to the \sources folder of the USB drive you just formatted. After the extraction is complete, the \sources folder of the USB flash drive should contain both install.swm and install2.swm files. You can then safely remove (eject) the USB drive. You can now boot from the USB drive to install Windows 7 to your system.
List of hotfixes included in this release
This is the complete list of the updates and hotfixes bundled in the W7USP2 installation media (515 updates in total):
KB2666914
KB969168
KB975541
KB974405
KB2849697
KB2849696
KB2841134
KB970985
KB2670838
KB2830477
KB2592687
KB958830
KB971033
KB917607
KB2819745
KB2276594
KB2401553
KB2417168
KB2427341
KB2443643
KB2446607
KB2456741
KB2457458
KB2461631
KB2462182
KB2462576
KB2462585
KB2465285
KB2466048
KB2466373
KB2466493
KB2467167
KB2472264
KB2475491
KB2477932
KB2479943
KB2480641
KB2480994
KB2483564
KB2486635
KB2486644
KB2487292
KB2492386
KB2493006
KB2493989
KB2495313
KB2495786
KB2496898
KB2502789
KB2503784
KB2506014
KB2506628
KB2506928
KB2508120
KB2509318
KB2511455
KB2512715
KB2514642
KB2516889
KB2519400
KB2519454
KB2519735
KB2520487
KB2520513
KB2521416
KB2525835
KB2526629
KB2529781
KB2529825
KB2533552
KB2535158
KB2537203
KB2538047
KB2539513
KB2541014
KB2545561
KB2545698
KB2545735
KB2546868
KB2547666
KB2549067
KB2549079
KB2550648
KB2551090
KB2551687
KB2554231
KB2554859
KB2554876
KB2555189
KB2555392
KB2555948
KB2559392
KB2560289
KB2560656
KB2561821
KB2563227
KB2564958
KB2566314
KB2568771
KB2569389
KB2570947
KB2574819
KB2575866
KB2575928
KB2577968
KB2578214
KB2579686
KB2581608
KB2581690
KB2582679
KB2584449
KB2584475
KB2584577
KB2588507
KB2589154
KB2591271
KB2591857
KB2594586
KB2597665
KB2599437
KB2600100
KB2600484
KB2603203
KB2603229
KB2604115
KB2608658
KB2612905
KB2614066
KB2614892
KB2615327
KB2615701
KB2616386
KB2616879
KB2618301
KB2618535
KB2618640
KB2618752
KB2619082
KB2619260
KB2619339
KB2619836
KB2620704
KB2621440
KB2624868
KB2625737
KB2627273
KB2627489
KB2631813
KB2635500
KB2636056
KB2636963
KB2638018
KB2639043
KB2639320
KB2640148
KB2640472
KB2641618
KB2641634
KB2642357
KB2643719
KB2644491
KB2645594
KB2645610
KB2647169
KB2647644
KB2647878
KB2648039
KB2649904
KB2652029
KB2653312
KB2653956
KB2654428
KB2655244
KB2656946
KB2659158
KB2660075
KB2660677
KB2661796
KB2662288
KB2662585
KB2663607
KB2664203
KB2665720
KB2667402
KB2668395
KB2671874
KB2674705
KB2674913
KB2675275
KB2675611
KB2675806
KB2676562
KB2680097
KB2680243
KB2682814
KB2683484
KB2683913
KB2684681
KB2684982
KB2685088
KB2685811
KB2685813
KB2685889
KB2685893
KB2685909
KB2686369
KB2686795
KB2687862
KB2688203
KB2690533
KB2690750
KB2691156
KB2693187
KB2695321
KB2695426
KB2697479
KB2697738
KB2698365
KB2698888
KB2698957
KB2699779
KB2699780
KB2700336
KB2701373
KB2701851
KB2701894
KB2703902
KB2704299
KB2704372
KB2704377
KB2705219
KB2706045
KB2706051
KB2706168
KB2707135
KB2707157
KB2707589
KB2708075
KB2708857
KB2709981
KB2710594
KB2710832
KB2712331
KB2712435
KB2717045
KB2718646
KB2718841
KB2719033
KB2719248
KB2719305
KB2719594
KB2719857
KB2720568
KB2721259
KB2722729
KB2724133
KB2724137
KB2725604
KB2726535
KB2727107
KB2727528
KB2728738
KB2729094
KB2729452
KB2732059
KB2732072
KB2732500
KB2732840
KB2733955
KB2735209
KB2735433
KB2736422
KB2736469
KB2738898
KB2740180
KB2740232
KB2741355
KB2741416
KB2741477
KB2741618
KB2742185
KB2742483
KB2742599
KB2743155
KB2746119
KB2750692
KB2750841
KB2752259
KB2752407
KB2755105
KB2755625
KB2756263
KB2756651
KB2756921
KB2760730
KB2761217
KB2763342
KB2765067
KB2765546
KB2767652
KB2767671
KB2768486
KB2768494
KB2768523
KB2769121
KB2769791
KB2770660
KB2773072
KB2775511
KB2777201
KB2779272
KB2780130
KB2780410
KB2780453
KB2782486
KB2782558
KB2783031
KB2783429
KB2784148
KB2786081
KB2786454
KB2787046
KB2791372
KB2791765
KB2794422
KB2796313
KB2796725
KB2796764
KB2797749
KB2797789
KB2797822
KB2798040
KB2798162
KB2799464
KB2799925
KB2799926
KB2800170
KB2800422
KB2800945
KB2801423
KB2801662
KB2803821
KB2807986
KB2808679
KB2809097
KB2809215
KB2809808
KB2810177
KB2812416
KB2812463
KB2813347
KB2813430
KB2815716
KB2815853
KB2815860
KB2818604
KB2819485
KB2820331
KB2820467
KB2821230
KB2823655
KB2824491
KB2824546
KB2824560
KB2824770
KB2826164
KB2826910
KB2827870
KB2829104
KB2829262
KB2829537
KB2831013
KB2831154
KB2831206
KB2831347
KB2832829
KB2833914
KB2833997
KB2834140
KB2834548
KB2834886
KB2834911
KB2834976
KB2835364
KB2835595
KB2836405
KB2836502
KB2836814
KB2837108
KB2839894
KB2840631
KB2843376
KB2843638
KB2844009
KB2844286
KB2845187
KB2845626
KB2846340
KB2846960
KB2847077
KB2847295
KB2847311
KB2847625
KB2847635
KB2847927
KB2848224
KB2848576
KB2851144
KB2851323
KB2852386
KB2853587
KB2853952
KB2855028
KB2855844
KB2856310
KB2856676
KB2857650
KB2858684
KB2859349
KB2860842
KB2861191
KB2861698
KB2861855
KB2862067
KB2862152
KB2862330
KB2862335
KB2862966
KB2862973
KB2863058
KB2863240
KB2863374
KB2863706
KB2864058
KB2864202
KB2865346
KB2866086
KB2866772
KB2868038
KB2868116
KB2868626
KB2868725
KB2870165
KB2870256
KB2870437
KB2870467
KB2870705
KB2871085
KB2871131
KB2871163
KB2872035
KB2872543
KB2872862
KB2873013
KB2875656
KB2875783
KB2876213
KB2876284
KB2876331
KB2876391
KB2876644
KB2876748
KB2877115
KB2877999
KB2878035
KB2878068
KB2878378
KB2878391
KB2878563
KB2880024
KB2882780
KB2882822
KB2883703
KB2884172
KB2884256
KB2884284
KB2885209
KB2885210
KB2885698
KB2886366
KB2888049
KB2889631
KB2889673
KB2891144
KB2893519
KB2893634
KB2894219
KB2894655
KB2894906
KB2895044
KB2895683
KB2896146
KB2896256
KB2897002
KB2898092
KB2898202
KB2900986
KB911589
KB949843
KB967351
KB972959
KB976002
KB976042
KB976902
KB982018
KB982559
Also included: Windows Update Agent 7.6.7600.256, Internet Explorer 11 RTM, Internet Explorer 11 English language tools, Microsoft Silverlight 5 (August 2013), Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 RTM, DirectX April 2011 Redistributables.