KilJaden Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Microsoft Corp. said Friday that it would deliver the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) this coming week to a limited number of testers. The company targeted SP2's ship date for the first half of 2009, well before the expected release of Windows 7, Vista's successor.In postings to company blogs, several Microsoft executives announced that the Vista SP2 beta would be given out to a small number of testers in the Technology Adoption Program, a long-standing group of company partners and customers, on Oct. 29. After Mike Nash, vice president of Windows product management, broke the news mid-day Friday, Celine Allee, a director in the Windows client IT team, followed with more information, including a tentative ship date. "We anticipate broad availability for Windows Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009," Allee said. A week ago, the Windows enthusiast site Neowin.net reported that testers had received invitations to join the beta program, while others speculated that Microsoft would deliver Vista SP2 before it shipped Windows 7. Nash and Allee also said that Microsoft would produce a single service pack that would update both the client version, Vista, and the company's corresponding server software, Windows Server 2008. "Because we've adopted a single serviceability model, these improvements are integrated into a single service pack covering both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008," said Nash. They also confirmed the report by Neowin.net that SP2 will include Windows Search 4, Bluetooth 2.1 wireless support and support for Via Technologies Inc.'s 64-bit processor. Currently, Via is best known for its C7 chip, which powers some ultralight "netbook" laptops, including Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Mini-Note. Windows Search 4.0 is the newest version of Microsoft's desktop search engine and was issued to current Vista users via Windows Update last July; Microsoft released Bluetooth 2.1 support for Vista last April as part of the Vista Feature Pack. Other improvements slated for Vista SP2, said Allee, include faster resume from sleep when a wireless connection has been broken; enabling of the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps; and support for Blu-ray. Microsoft also said that Vista SP2 will require SP1 as a prerequisite. There will be no such requirement for Windows Server 2008 updates, since the server operating system has not had a separate SP1. Instead, Microsoft unveiled both Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 on the same day last February. In fact, Windows Server 2008 carried the "SP1" label in its version number from the start, one of the first clues that Microsoft was serious about keeping the two operating systems in sync. Windows Server 2008 SP2 will include the final version of its Hyper-V virtualization technology, which it issued as a free download in June; and it will include modifications to its power profile that will yield a 10% improvement over the original edition of the OS. A beta of Windows Server 2008 SP2 will also be seeded to testers on Wednesday. Allee urged users not to wait for the next service pack, "You can, and should, continue your plans for adopting Windows Vista SP1, and roll SP2 into your deployment image when it becomes available," she said.Original ArticleMore info in the Windows Vista Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp30690 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 vista really needs it, hope it'll be worth the wait..tho it won't be.. :hi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 vista really needs it, hope it'll be worth the wait..tho it won't be.. :hi:there is nothing wrong with vista unless you have computer that cannot handle it...same a XP when it first came out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 vista really needs it, hope it'll be worth the wait..tho it won't be.. :hi:there is nothing wrong with vista unless you have computer that cannot handle it...same a XP when it first came out...Well i don't agree with you there are lot of things wrong with vista first of all is the driver issues secondly i will like to give you a personal example like IIS is not working in Vista . :hehe: :fear: :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asianman6924 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Cool! I'm looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Anyone see the Mac commerials lately? "You think that amount of money is going to fix Vista?"Guy moves money over to marking pile"nope"Guess M$ has been spending some cash on getting Vista fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Vista = Windows 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Vista=Windows 7?nopeVista=Windows 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Vista = Windows 7?Partially right. It's windows 7's alpha stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Vista = Windows 7?Partially right. It's windows 7's alpha stageYeah Its fixed hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessjirval Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I'll hope this service pack will make VISTA much better but i have a feeling that VISTA can't be fixed right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 love vista going on 3 years trouble free, some people just follow the hurd, while others make their own paths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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