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Windows Vista SP2 beta due next week
TG Daily - All News — ... is well on track to be delivered in Q3 2007, but before we see this evolutionary change over the current Vista, Microsoft plans on rolling out another Service Pack for its current operating system. Key customers, including hardware vendors, can expect the software to be made available on Wednesday, October 29, Microsoft’s Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Windows Product Management, announced today . There is no information when consumers will be able to get to download this software as “the final release date for Windows Vista SP2 will be based on quality,” Nash ...

Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week
All about Microsoft — ... .) Via the Vista Team blog, Microsoft said on October 24 to expect an even wider group of Technology Adoption Program (TAP) testers to get the SP2 beta bits on October 29 . Testers who received invitations to the Vista SP2 beta said they were told it would incorporate Windows Search 4, support for the VIA 64-bit CPU and Bluetooth support. Microsoft confirmed some of those fixes and features will be in the final SP2 in today’s blog posting. The company also said to expect SP2 to: I haven’t yet heard about any testers getting the Windows Server 2008 SP2 bits. That beta seemingly ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta
SuperSite Blog — I’ve already posted some early screenshots of the first external build of Windows Vista Service Pack 2, but it looks like Microsoft is trying to muscle in on my action now. :) Here’s the word from Mike Nash: We are committed to continually improving Windows, and we've been getting some questions about the timing of the next service pack for Windows Vista.  Following the success of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 last spring, we have been working hard on Windows Vista Service Pack 2. As a part of the development and testing ...

Microsoft details second major Vista update
The Microsoft Blog — Next week, Microsoft will talk up Windows 7, the successor to its Vista operating system, at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Picture But for now, the company's flagship operating system remains Vista and this morning the company announced its second major set of updates and fixes for Vista, Vista Service Pack 2. On the Windows Vista blog , Mike Nash, the corporate vice president for Windows Product Management, said the company would start providing a small group of customers with a beta version of the service pack to evaluate. An official release date, he ...

Just before Windows 7 deets, Vista SP2 info arrives
jkOnTheRun — ... Although many folks, including Steve Ballmer, are talking about Windows 7 these days, let's not forget about Windows Vista. The initial release left some people smarting, but SP1 has addressed many of the driver and reliability issues. Mike Nash is sharing some details on the second service pack for Windows Vista and it sounds good to me. The info is limited, but these bits are appealing from a mobile device standpoint: ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to Support "Emerging Standards" [Windows]
Gizmodo — ... So far it all sounds like a few minor but useful tweaks. And we'd agree with Microsoft that no one should wait for SP2 if they want to take Vista for a test drive. [Windows Vista Blog] ...

Microsoft to Release Vista SP2 to Developers Oct. 29
AppScout — ... Tech Adoption customers will get the second service pack for Windows Vista on October 29, Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Windows product management, wrote in a Friday blog post. ...

Microsoft to start testing Windows Vista SP2 Beta next week
Download Squad — ... It looks like the rumors were true. Microsoft is hoping to roll out Windows Vista SP2 before Windows 7 is publicly available. How soon? We don't know for sure. But the company is delivering the first beta version of Vista SP2 to a handful of Technology ...

SP2 for Vista, WS2K8 to enter beta Wednesday, will support Blu-ray
Betanews — ... expected to hear on Monday, Microsoft will release the first beta editions of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista to private testers on Wednesday, October 29. Those testers will be among the first, according to a blog post from Windows 7 corporate VP Mike Nash this afternoon, to test burning data directly to Blu-ray Discs using only the Vista OS. "Windows Vista SP2 Beta contains previously released fixes focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues," Nash wrote this morning . "We expect Windows Vista SP2 will retain compatibility with ...

Microsoft: Expect Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009
All about Microsoft — ... A quick update for those wondering when to expect the final version of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2): Microsoft is saying (via one of its Web sites, at least) that it is due in the first half of calendar 2009. The October 24 post on the Vista Team Blog from October 24 says the final SP2 release date will be “based on quality.” The October 24 blog post on the ...

Microsoft to ship Vista SP2 beta to testers this week
Latest from Computerworld — ... 's successor. In postings to company blogs, several Microsoft executives announced that the Vista SP2 beta would be given out to a small number of testers in the Technology Adoption Program, a long-standing group of company partners and customers, on Oct. 29. After Mike Nash , vice president of Windows product management, broke the news mid-day Friday, Celine Allee, a director in the Windows client IT team, ...

Microsoft starts testing Windows Vista SP2
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... On the Windows Vista blog, Microsoft's Mike Nash says: As a part of the development and testing process, we're going to start by providing a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers with Windows Vista SP2 Beta for evaluation next Wednesday, October 29. The final release date for Windows Vista SP2 will be based on quality. So we'll track customer and partner feedback from the beta program before setting a final date for the release. > > Continuous improvements since the launch have removed most ...

Linkpost | 10.25.2008
TechBlog — ... to apologize to Galvestonians, but still wants its due | Main October 25, 2008 Linkpost | 10.25.2008 • Next week: Full coverage from PDC and Windows 7 in the spotlight - Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference starts next week with the unveiling of Windows 7. • Microsoft's Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Microsoft's just not selling enough copies of Vista. • Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta • The Ultimate Windows Desktop/Mac Notebook Alliance - ...

Microsoft signals some improvements in Windows Vista SP2, still not moist and chewy
Engadget — ... It hasn't been too awfully long since Windows Vista SP1 hit the intertubes for real, but the Vista team is already talking up SP2. Granted, we all know Redmond is focused on moving beyond all of this Vista hoopla and forging ahead with Windows 7, ...

Windows Vista SP2: Mid-Life Crisis Management
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... Poor Vista. Interest in Windows 7 and the new Windows Strata "cloud OS" has left the current version of Windows getting little attention. Microsoft VP Mike Nash pulled customers back into the present with the announcement that Vista Service Pack 2 will be released to a select group for testing just two days before Halloween. ...

Vista SP2 Due in Beta Test This Week
PC World Latest Technology News — ... 's successor. In postings to company blogs, several Microsoft executives announced that the Vista SP2 beta would be given out to a small number of testers in the Technology Adoption Program, a long-standing group of company partners and customers, on Oct. 29. After Mike Nash , vice president of Windows product management, broke the news mid-day Friday, Celine Allee, a director in the Windows client IT team, ...