Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 public betas arrive

[Nagisan]

Any changes to the UAC? I like having it enabled but I would like to always automatically allow specific programs (such as BF2).

[scratch42069]

You will need to uninstall any beta service pack before installing the final (or any new future beta's)

Ah thanks for the answer. Not a major deal for me since I'll likely reformat before final release anyway :)

[(Spork)]

So those of you brave enough to install SP2 on Vista, have you noticed any improvements in performance, speed, etc? Give us your results.

nothing major

[ViperAFK]

seems the same as sp1 here but vista is already fast as hell for me. I just installed it in the hope the folder view bug might be fixed lol.

[CPressland]

Well, as tempted as I am to install it, there is no logical reason to try it out. Might as well wait for the Final.

[Slimy]

seems the same as sp1 here but vista is already fast as hell for me. I just installed it in the hope the folder view bug might be fixed lol.

Is it? I've never had the problem, but I'm still curious.

[Belazor]

I've noticed the first (major for MY uses) improvement in this beta over SP1:

* When resuming from Hibernate, the keyboard now works right away.

For those of you who don't use Hibernate (I use it every night when I turn off the computer), in RTM / SP1, the screen graphics was drawn about 3-5 seconds before the keyboard was "activated". Thus, if you use a password on your account, your actual cold resume -> desktop time would be 3-5 seconds slower than needed.

This now appears to be fixed.

As I use this feature every day, that's a pretty neat improvement.

I've also noticed no crashes or glitches thus far (normal application usage, an amount of WoW gaming).