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Oct 13 2008, 09:17
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Quote - Information about Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Article ID : 948465
Last Review : October 2, 2008
Revision : 2.1
Beta Information
This article discusses a beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.
No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this beta product. For information about how to obtain support for a beta release, see the documentation that is included with the beta product files, or check the Web location where you downloaded the release.
INTRODUCTION
This Microsoft Knowledge Base article will be updated with more information about Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) when the information becomes available. Currently, the product release notes and related information about Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 are not available. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;948465
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Oct 13 2008, 09:20
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This is a surprise. I mean, Vista is working so flawlessly for me I can't imagine why 'SP2' is needed.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:20
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Well well! Getting there  Can't wait TBH. Hopefully some big improvements to be had in SP2. Little surprised that they're doing a SP for both Server & Client in the one move, but that's still welcome 
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Oct 13 2008, 09:22
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wow, i'm surprised too. that's quite fast. hopefully there are great features besides higher security in it.  hope the wait is worthwhile.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:26
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What can I say, I tried...
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Hopefully they remove the "Turn off UAC" option ut instead set it up as in Windows 7 Milestone 3. BTW were still missing Ultimate Extras...Tinker and the sounds won't cut it. Put some new visual styles at least. Oops I'm going off topic now. I see no need for an SP2 yet let alone they announce XP SP4 with it.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:26
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They both come at the same time because they both share a majority of components .
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Oct 13 2008, 09:28
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Quote - (Raa @ Oct 13 2008, 10:20)  Little surprised that they're doing a SP for both Server & Client in the one move, but that's still welcome Why? They did it with SP1, remember that they share the same kernel
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Oct 13 2008, 09:28
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Why are people talking about features?
Service Packs are not meant to be feature rich, they are meant to be a roll-up of individually released fixes.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:28
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SP2 is what made XP a good OS, hopefully it improves UAC a bit. I've only recently switched to Vista (after some 10 or so attempts every few months) when I was satisfied enough with the system itself and driver availability/stability/maturity and it's working quite okay now. XP still has better performance, but the difference is not as large as it used to be and is down to acceptable levels of a newer OS now.
Looking forward to it.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:30
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i personally never upgraded my vista machine to sp1 because when i tried it it ruined the installation and i had to use the rescue disk...
I am kinda hopping for vista sp2 to be like xp sp2 and really improve on what's missing and what people are having troubles with...
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Oct 13 2008, 09:32
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I could have sworn someone posted about this article lastnight and got a slap in the face by members telling them it was just an article meaning nothing. How fickle neowin can be nowadays.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:39
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Quote - (DaDog V12 @ Oct 13 2008, 10:26) Hopefully they remove the "Turn off UAC" option ut instead set it up as in Windows 7 Milestone 3. BTW were still missing Ultimate Extras...Tinker and the sounds won't cut it. Put some new visual styles at least. Oops I'm going off topic now. I see no need for an SP2 yet let alone they announce XP SP4 with it. Please no. While I love UAC, I still disable it on a fresh install while I install all my apps, then re-enable it.
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Oct 13 2008, 09:50
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Oct 13 2008, 09:53
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Quote - (LonelyCooler @ Oct 13 2008, 10:32) I could have sworn someone posted about this article lastnight and got a slap in the face by members telling them it was just an article meaning nothing. How fickle neowin can be nowadays. Was practically thinkin the same thing.... Its not like the article says BETA will be out in x amount of days. 
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Post #15
Oct 13 2008, 09:54
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But for me.. It was Tuesday
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Quote - (Denholm @ Oct 13 2008, 10:20) This is a surprise. I mean, Vista is working so flawlessly for me I can't imagine why 'SP2' is needed. SP's are really just to make it easier for IT support/System Installers to deploy new machines without having to install 1000's of updates. It's also handy as it includes the hotfix's that MS don't release publicly, rather you have to call them for access to them. If you ask me, It's something that MS should do yearly anyway, It got really stupid towards the end of SP2 on XP, you'd have well over 150 updates to install on a fresh SP2 machine.
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