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Microsoft readying RC of Vista SP2 for February 2009

Tom Warren
24 November 2008 - 13:22
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Citing a source at Microsoft, Techarp has revealed that Microsoft is targeting a release candidate (RC) version of Windows Vista SP2 for February 2009.

Microsoft sent invites to testers in mid October asking them to take part in the SP2 beta. Build 16489 was released to special group of testers in late October but Microsoft has been quiet since then.

TechArp also believes the RTM of Vista SP2 will be in April 2009. Microsoft is readying SP2 so there are additional incentives for customers to upgrade to Window Vista now, instead of waiting for Windows 7.

Microsoft will include Windows Search 4 in Vista SP2 along with Bluetooth wireless support (including latest BT 2.1 fixes), support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU and additional application compatibility updates.

Comments (42)

  1. GP007 - 24 November 2008 - 13:34

    Sounds good. Those using the beta haven't ran into any problems from the looks of things. I dunno if there is much if any sorta performance gains as yet though. Stability and compatibility improvements are there though.

  2. Reverend Spam - 24 November 2008 - 22:23

    I've found that coming in and out of sleep mode is faster but bootup is slower. anyone else finding the same results?

  3. leesmithg - 24 November 2008 - 13:36

    The problem I found was, that after install system seemed to speed up.

    However, it seemed to go back to how it seemed before install of SP2 beta.

    So I hope that the RC is working properly.

  4. badblood - 24 November 2008 - 13:39

    Excellent, and not soon enough. As long as some of the networking kinks are worked out, I can see this being nothing but a winner.
    If it improves my 7 minute boot up time, I'll be well chuffed.

  5. LTD - 24 November 2008 - 13:46

    badblood said,
    Excellent, and not soon enough. As long as some of the networking kinks are worked out, I can see this being nothing but a winner.
    If it improves my 7 minute boot up time, I'll be well chuffed.


    Excuse me? 7 minutes?? You're joking, right?

  6. badblood - 24 November 2008 - 14:27

    I wish. About 4 to get to the logon screen and another 3 to make the PC usable. I'm not taking into account the 3-5 mins it takes the network card to spring to life, cos that happens 3-5 mins after getting to the logon screen.

  7. LTD - 24 November 2008 - 14:30

    badblood said,
    I wish. About 4 to get to the logon screen and another 3 to make the PC usable. I'm not taking into account the 3-5 mins it takes the network card to spring to life, cos that happens 3-5 mins after getting to the logon screen.

    There must be something seriously wrong with your installation. But is Vista typically that slow to boot up in general once you've been using it for a while?

  8. Sacha - 24 November 2008 - 14:48

    Yeah something seriously wrong there. I'm using a laptop that is on minimum spec.
    512MB RAM
    AMD64 Athlon 3200+ processor.

    Boots up vista in about 30 seconds, another 10 seconds for desktop to become usable. Hibernate boots up in 20 seconds and desktop takes only about 2 seconds then. Sleep, well.. that's instant.

    Edit: And what's with your network card issue? My laptop connects instantly to the university across the road as soon as the desktop is visible.
    I have a feeling your computer is below minimum spec badblood. Should have stuck with XP or try Linux.

  9. +Kirkburn - 24 November 2008 - 14:53

    LTD said,
    There must be something seriously wrong with your installation. But is Vista typically that slow to boot up in general once you've been using it for a while? :s

    Not in my experience.

  10. Typhon - 24 November 2008 - 14:53

    Mine boots up in about 13 seconds. I have raid0 but even with my old laptop it took about 28 seconds.

  11. badblood - 24 November 2008 - 14:53

    I'm on a Core 2 with 4GB RAM and shed loads of hard disk space. So under spec'd I'm not. I am due a yearly reformat soon though, so that will probably clear the issues I'm having up. I hope.

  12. +techbeck - 24 November 2008 - 15:21

    Yea, u have issues dude if it takes 7min to load Vista. Check your startup and see what you have loading when Vista loads.

  13. SirEvan - 24 November 2008 - 17:21

    techbeck said,
    Yea, u have issues dude if it takes 7min to load Vista. Check your startup and see what you have loading when Vista loads.

    wouldn't surpise me if his HD is fragmented like humpty dumpty, or he has spyware/malware

  14. Vezineth - 24 November 2008 - 17:44

    Use this , your computer will definitely be faster.

    http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html

  15. FrozenEclipse - 24 November 2008 - 18:25

    LTD said,
    There must be something seriously wrong with your installation. But is Vista typically that slow to boot up in general once you've been using it for a while? :s

    No. Vista gets faster the longer you use it as it becomes familiar with your habits. Vista is at its slowest when you first install it.

  16. lt8480 - 24 November 2008 - 18:50

    Let me guess... you possibly have an external USB hard drives plugged in - and its probably a Western Digital like me. When plugged it at boot it causes my system to hang for about a minute... Unplug it and from power on to desktop is less than half a minute for me.

    Ive heard other USB devices causing similar problems - if ur network connector is USB it may be causing a similar issue - try unplugging that.

    Let me know if it works!

    *This is to do with the USB devices supporting boot from USB - however this doesnt work in Vista. However if your motherboard supports booting from USB also it will list your USB devices as bootable devices in BIOS. It will therefore scan them making ur system hang for a while. Sometimes running them through "non motherboard" USB slots will resolve the issue, or turning off booting from USB in the BIOS (if you can) will also solve the problem. Simply unplugging them will also obviously work if u can't do either of the above.

  17. MioTheGreat - 24 November 2008 - 20:33

    SirEvan said,
    wouldn't surpise me if his HD is fragmented like humpty dumpty, or he has spyware/malware

    It would certainly surprise me. Vista defrags automatically.

  18. nunjabusiness - 25 November 2008 - 04:06

    Vista's native defragging doesn't work worth a damn. Even Defraggler is better. Get Ultimate Defrag or JKDefrag and do what NEEDS to be done.

  19. usman767 - 25 November 2008 - 08:44

    In my experience, the faster your hard drive the better vista boot speed is, i have a fairly crappy system (E4500, 2 GB RAM) and it boots in around 20 seconds, constantly for last 1 month with no degradion in speed what so ever. but i tend to look after my start up a lot, so i have only sidebar and kaspersky loaded at start up, network card is also initialized instantly... u might wanna update your network card driver ....

    And to the guy who is running vista on 512 MB of ram ... "plz don;t do this, it hurts like hell" :P

  20. badblood - 25 November 2008 - 09:05

    Timed it last night, 5 mins to boot. I'm going to defrag the disk when I get home tonight,even if it's not 100% needed. I think a reformat will help though.

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