blogs.zdnet.com - 12/2/2008
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December 1st, 2008 With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track Posted by Ed Bott @ 5:05 pm Categories: Windows Vista , Microsoft , Windows XP Tags: Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows Vista , Service Pack , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft ...
windowsteamblog.com - 12/2/2008
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windowsteamblog.com —
Hi, Mike Nash here. In late October I
announced the Beta of Service Pack 2 for...
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - beginning with a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers. This week we're opening up the beta to a broader ...
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Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 ...
technet.microsoft.com - 12/2/2008
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technet.microsoft.com —
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Customer Preview Program...
(CPP) December 2, 2008 Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server ...
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 Beta
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/4/2008
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kara.allthingsd.com —
Former Yahoo tech star Qi Lu (pictured here)
is poised to take on the big job of...
being Microsoft’s top digital executive, according to several sources inside and outside the company. The appointment could be announced by Microsoft as ...
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Former Yahoo Tech Star Qi Lu Likely To Be Named ...
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Microsoft update cycle & Vista SP2
D' Technology Weblog —
... Ed Bott posted an analysis of “how Microsoft releases service packs and other major Windows updates,” after reading several reports suggesting that Microsoft was “rushing” ...
Windows Vista SP2: On Its Way
Technologizer —
... (incorporating a list of the service pack’s tweaks from Kevin Tofel). And Ed Bott has an interesting post that shows what the serivice pack cycle for Windows has been like historically (bottom line: the gap between Windows XP SP2 and SP3 was abnormally long and Vista SP2 gets things back on track). Should you install the preview version of Vista SP2? If you’re sensibly cautious, it’s entirely rational not only to skip the preview but to give the final version a few weeks in the wild before you install it, just so other folks suffer the consequences of any glitches. ...
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