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The race is still on to see which will come out first - Vista's second Service Pack, or Windows 7 - but when it comes to beta releases, you needn't wait long. In a blog post, Microsoft said Vista's SP2 will begin beta testing this week.
"Following the success of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 last spring, we have been working hard on Windows Vista Service Pack 2," writes Mike Nash, corporate VP for Microsoft's Windows Product Management. "As part of the development and testing process, we're going to start by providing a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers with Windows Vista SP2 Beta for evaluation next Wednesday, October 29."
Nash goes on to say that SP2 will incorporate both previously released fixes and unreleased updates into a single serviceability model covering both Windows Vista (client) and Windows Server 2008 (server) versions. A big focus on SP2 will be on improving hardware support as well as "adding support for several emerging standards." Some of the changes include:
No date has yet been set for the final release.
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FrancesTheMute
October 27, 2008 at 3:43pm
funny, isn't most of this stuff already available as downloads from Windows Update? That and Windows Search 4.0 sucks ass, but I guess anything is better than the craptastic search in Vista.
WindowsXP
October 27, 2008 at 6:17pm
Agreed. Windows search is just another slowdown on my pc. That and it indexes when I dont want it to.
tallshipsgo
October 27, 2008 at 2:36pm
Scoff at will – but I’m one of the, evidently few, folks that generally likes Vista. Of the irritations/complaints I do have is with the search function. I hate it passionately. It sucks balls to no end. The updated version four sucks just as badly. I would love to see this retooled prior to Vista SP2 or Win v.7
xs0u1x
October 27, 2008 at 11:44am
is there no official list of what all is coming in the service pack?
maybe it was just me that had a horrible time with sp1. I installed it and after that i had horrible problems with programs not working and the likes. I uninstalled it and waiting about 3 months before installing it again........the second install of sp1 went much smoother for me for some reason.
nekollx
October 27, 2008 at 4:08pm
It's a closed beta targeted at a select group so no...theirs no offcial list!
