Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 Media Refresh

Digital River is Microsoft's service provider for e-commerce. Basically every product that Microsoft sells in their online stores worldwide can be found on the Digital River servers. The links to the Windows 7 RTM DVD images are well known on the internet already. The latest links for images with integrated Service Pack 1 (SP1) however haven't leaked before. Here you'll find the official links for Windows 7 SP1 in Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.


New! Service Pack 1 Media Refresh (SP1 U) now integrated!:

Whereas there are already a lot of websites providing download links to Windows 7 RTM DVD ISO images, the links for the updated versions that have an integrated Service Pack 1 are brand new. Using a scraping script to browse the files on the Digital River servers, I came across these new ISO images more or less by a lucky guess. The advantage of the new images would be an up to date Windows installation right after the initial setup, without the need to download and install hundreds of updates afterwards. If you just need the downloads, you can scroll down. If you need further information, please read on here.

Microsoft released updated media refresh images in May 2011. They have the post SP1 hotfix KB2534111 integrated as well. The original versions of the SP1 integrated DVDs don't allow any non ASCII characters when assigning the computer name, which has been fixed with this update.


Are these illegal, cracked or pirated downloads?:

Since this is an official download channel, you can be sure to receive setup files that are virus-free, secure, legitimate and untouched. Downloading the files from Digital River is absolutely legal and completely free of charge. Without a legally obtained product key however, any Windows 7 installation will only run for 30 days. Afterwards, it needs to be activated, or the evaluation timer be reset.

For more information about Digital River, please refer to this press release.


Activate a different language or bit edition:

Still another purpose of these downloads would be to get a different language or bit version of Windows 7. Any valid Windows 7 product key determines only the edition (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise). It can, however, activate both 32 and 64 bit editions in any language. So, for instance, a key for the German Windows 7 Professional x86 edition can activate a Chinese Windows 7 Professional x64 edition. So if you already own a key, it can also activate some other Win 7 versions downloaded from Digital River.

The *.iso downloads come in two different shapes, as bootable disks, and as non bootable disks. Whereas the non bootable disks can only install the edition they're labeled with, the bootable disks can very easily be converted into universal installation media supporting all Windows 7 editions (except Enterprise). There's only a single file that needs to be removed on the DVD. The file named ei.cfg in the sources folder restricts the choice of Windows editions that can be installed with that particular DVD. To remove it, you can apply the ei.cfg Removal Utility very easily.

How to use the downloaded files:

Once you've completed your download, you can burn it to DVD using any DVD writing software that supports writing disk images. If you already run any Windows 7 version, it's also possible to write the ISO image to DVD just by double clicking it.

Many new computers these days come without any original installation media but only with a recovery disk that contains an additional lot of bloat ware besides Windows, making a clean installation impossible. The Digital River disks provide an easy way for clean installations in these cases. The product key needed for this can usually be found on a sticker under or on the back of your PC.


Windows 7 Test Drive:

Finally, the DVDs can be used to test and evaluate Windows 7 for 30 days, or to create a test environment within a virtual machine. Entering a product key during installation isn't mandatory. Just click the Next button without entering anything, and the Windows 7 Trial will be installed.


Reset the evaluation timer:

After 30 days of evaluation, you can reset the evaluation timer by opening the command prompt in admin mode, and typing in the command slmgr -rearm. You can repeat this procedure up to 3 times, so your evaluation time will be 120 days altogether.


What are E, N, K and KN editions?:

Microsoft had to introduce the E and N editions to the European market and the K and KN editions to the Korean market due to anti-trust appeals. The N editions don't contain any media player software; the E editions don't contain the internet explorer; the K editions contain additional selection screens to download alternative media player and messenger software, the KN editions don't contain any media player or messenger software, or any links to alternatives.


What are x86 and x64 editions?:

The x86 editions run with 32 bit, the x64 editions, with 64 bit. The most important difference is that x64 editions can address more than 4 GByte of memory. Most software isn't available in 64 bit yet, and some old software and devices won't work on x64. So it makes sense to use 64 bit if you have more than 4 GB of RAM, and/or your most important software programmes exists as x64 versions as well, and you're absolutely sure your soft- and hardware will work properly. If you're still unsure which one you should choose, please download an x86 edition.

Windows 7 SP1:

Windows 7 Home Premium x86 English
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 English
Windows 7 Professional x86 Chinese
Windows 7 Professional x64 Chinese
Windows 7 Professional x86 Danish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Danish
Windows 7 Professional x86 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional x64 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional x86 English
Windows 7 Professional x64 English
Windows 7 Professional x86 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional x86 French
Windows 7 Professional x64 French
Windows 7 Professional x86 German
Windows 7 Professional x64 German
Windows 7 Professional x86 Italian
Windows 7 Professional x64 Italian
Windows 7 Professional x86 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional x64 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional x86 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional x64 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional x86 Swedish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Swedish
Windows 7 Professional K x86 Korean
Windows 7 Professional K x64 Korean
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 English
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 English

Win 7 SP1 Media Refresh:

Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Spanish
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Spanish
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 English
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 English
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 French
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 French
Windows 7 Professional x86 English
Windows 7 Professional x64 English
Windows 7 Professional x86 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional x86 French
Windows 7 Professional x64 French
Windows 7 Professional x86 Italian
Windows 7 Professional x64 Italian
Windows 7 Professional x86 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional x64 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional x86 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional x64 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional x86 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional x64 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional x86 Swedish
Windows 7 Professional x64 Swedish
Windows 7 Professional x86 Chinese
Windows 7 Professional x64 Chinese
Windows 7 Professional x86 Korean
Windows 7 Professional x64 Korean
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Danish
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Danish
Windows 7 Professional N x86 German
Windows 7 Professional N x64 German
Windows 7 Professional N x86 English
Windows 7 Professional N x64 English
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Finnish
Windows 7 Professional N x86 French
Windows 7 Professional N x64 French
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Italian
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Italian
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Norwegian
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Dutch
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Portuguese
Windows 7 Professional N x86 Swedish
Windows 7 Professional N x64 Swedish
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 English
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 English
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 French
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 French
Windows 7 Professional x64 Danish
Windows 7 Professional x86 Danish
Windows 7 Professional x64 German
Windows 7 Professional x86 German

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