Vista SP2 Public Beta

[MrChuang]

Someone over at Jcxp claims to have a source saying a public beta of Vista SP2 will be released later today, can anyone confirm this, release is Q1 next year, this seems a bit soon

Neowin seems to make the link as spam, so just head over to Jcxp and look under the Operating Systems > Vista/Server 2008 in the forums

Edited December 2, 2008 by MrChuang

[-KJ]

I think Neowin covered the link as spam.

[George P Global Moderator]

There's a new post out saying MS will have a RC out in Feb, I dunno about a public beta, but a public RC maybe?

RTM in April, or so the story goes.

[Kevincvz]

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvi...rogram-cpp.aspx

Beginning Thursday Dec. 4th, we will be making the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta available to everyone through a Customer Preview Program (CPP). The CPP will launch on TechNet and be available to anyone interested in trying out this service pack. The CPP 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. For most customers, our best advice would be to wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack.

[Kudo]

More news here http://www.winvistaclub.com/e54.html

December 2nd 2008. Windows Vista SP2 Beta will be available for Technet and MSDN subscribers to download via those sites on Dec 2nd and then will be available for public download on the public TechNet and MSDN sites on December 4th.

Windows Vista SP2 supports new types of hardware and emerging standards that will grow in importance in the coming months and years. It improves the administration experience and eases certain management and support challenges. By providing these fixes integrated into a single service pack, covering client and server versions, Microsoft provides a single high-quality update that minimizes deployment and testing complexity for customers.

Windows Vista SP2 builds on the solid foundation laid by Windows Vista SP1. The incremental improvements provided in SP2 come primarily from the feedback we have received from customers and partners.

In addition to all previously released updates, SP2 will contain changes focused on addressing reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards.