Windows Vista SP2 arriving in April?

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Windows Vista SP2 arriving in April?

Windows Vista service pack 2 is due for release in April 2009, according to a high profile website.

Vista SP2 will bring the normal patches and fixes, and according to the previously reliable TechARP.com, it will be available in April next year, following a two month trial.

TechARP has already nailed dates for SP1 and XP SP3 this year, and it has insisted that a release candidate will be made available to the normal testers and partners in February, with a full release in April and public release soon after.

Beta out

The beta version of the service pack appeared last month, but Microsoft will be keen to avoid exaggerating the early arrival of the final product.

Much of what is contained in SP2 is already in the public domain, with support for Blu-ray, the arrival of Bluetooth 2.1, faster resume from sleep mode when Wi-Fi has been broken and Windows Search 4.

As Microsoft have insisted in the past, much of this functionality has already been rolled out in minor updates and downloads, as it tries to change the public's perception of service packs as major upgrades to an acceptance that rolling updates are the future.

As you may expect, SP2 will require SP1 before it works. There will also be an update for Windows Server 2008.


Source:tachradar(Patrick Goss)

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The second service pack for Microsoft's Vista operating system will be made available to the public tomorrow.

The Redmond giant opened beta testing back in October to a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers, however it has now announced the general public will be offered the beta through Windows Update.

Disk images and stand alone downloads will be added Thursday to both TechNet and MSDN, though Microsoft has warned casual users away from the download.

"The customer preview program is intended for technology enthusiasts, developers, and IT pros who would like to test Service Pack 2 in their environments and with their applications prior to final release," said Microsoft vice president Mike Nash. "For most customers, our best advice would be to wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack."

The service pack updates Vista and Windows Server 2008, bringing a host of performance tweaks, as well as support for Blu-ray and Bluetooth 2.1.