Windows 7 SP1 Beta

Wondering how many people on this forum have the same problem I and many people worldwide have.
The problem being in Windows 7 SP1 beta update running and are unable to uninstall the update which you have to do when the final SP come's out very shortly. If you have upgrade and have done any Housekeeping on your PC ( Defrag, Disk cleanup etc) then the only way to remove the said update is by reformatting your HD back to factory settings, you have to do this because the uninstall files for the update are placed in the Temp folder only and is deleted when you do any of the above.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Never install a beta on anything other that a dedicated test machine.

That's the life of a beta tester. I quite enjoyed it when testing 7 before release, now I've bought a copy I'm only installing proper releases...I use this PC daily and it's full of data I want to keep.

Can't you install it again?
thereby recreating missing uninstall info.

Edited by deleted (Thu 20-Jan-11 20:20:46)

Hi All,
Nope can't re-install it as it's already on the PC.
I understand about Beta and have done a log of testing but this is the 1st time I've come across anything like this.
Maybe MS will do something as a lot of people are in the same boat

You could always do a System Restore to a point before you installed the SP.

installed it back in sept 2010 no restore point that far back. I have to reformat my HD
Grrrrrrrr

Have you kept any old system images from Win7 Backup?

Simple answer is No I never did and yes I am a fool for not doing so but at the time had a lot of no PC issues to deal with so it just went out of my head.
I've done my laptop now and have installed and then uninstalled SP1 RC.
Still hope MS comes up with something
cheers

You can now download the full SP1 , as released to OEMs.
Note that it's 900+MB, and if your Win 7 fully updated, you won't need most of it.
May as well wait until it comes via MS Update.

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-discussion/56605...

Regards,
Martin