• Microsoft Vista SP 2 RC Coming Next Week

    Microsoft Vista SP 2 RC Coming Next Week

    Techtree News Staff, Feb 27, 2009 1555 hrs IST

    Final version will come out in second quarter 2009

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Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2. The second Vista Service Pack will be available publicly via TechNet next week. This update will add support for newer hardware and emerging standards states Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's windows communications manager in a post on official Windows Team Blog.


The much awaited Windows Vista Service Pack 2 release candidate aims to improve compatibility for non-Microsoft applications, system performance, support for new hardware and reliability. Some of the changes include more non-Microsoft applications compatibility with Windows Vista after this Service Pack 2 update.


The Vista SP 2 RC will include improved Windows Search 4.0 with better indexing and search relevance. Windows Media Center will have a better content protection for TV, smells like stronger DRM for TV-based content. Application compatibility can be increased through a registry key change that will allow increasing the maximum number of TCP connections.


In terms of new hardware support, the Service Pack 2 RC adds Blu-ray media writing ability. For wireless connectivity, the new Feature Pack for Wireless brings support for recent Bluetooth v2.1 as per its specifications and Windows Connect Now for Wi-Fi configuration. It also provides improved Wi-Fi connection performance when system resumes from Sleep mode.


Standalone installer for 32-bit Windows Vista systems will be of 302MB and will contain five language packages. While for 64-bit Vista systems, the standalone installer would be of 508MB.


When exactly Vista Service Pack 2 Release Candidate would be available was not disclosed. The final version of Vista Service Pack 2 is expected in the second quarter 2009.

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(19) Comments
syedsarwath
,hyderabad, on Mar 13, 2009 11:04 PM
micrsoft windowsvista
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dibyojyoti saha
,Kolkata, on Mar 08, 2009 10:48 PM
oh yeah thats why seven is coming up so early huh
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Pradeip Thakare
,mumbai,India, on Mar 06, 2009 05:07 PM
vista has great look and much frank than other version,its advance tech version.........
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Pradeip Thacker
,mumbai,India, on Mar 06, 2009 05:05 PM
vista has great look and much frank than other version,its advance tech version.........
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dynamic
,paterson, on Mar 02, 2009 10:42 PM
u guys should just get tiny vista. Its way btter than the pig, resource hog vita. Google thepiratebay and download tiny vista. : p
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dynamic
,paterson, on Mar 02, 2009 10:38 PM
thats great!!!!!
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Tex Dad
,Dallas, on Mar 01, 2009 02:14 AM
Will this just be another update to download,and immediately throw away because it slows down you'r puter?.....like all the others
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Anonymous
,chengdu, on Feb 28, 2009 07:07 AM
i want to use that after it release
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Gary Harden
,bellingham, on Feb 28, 2009 02:30 AM
This update BETTER enable me to use my wireless card!!! Vista 64-bit is so far incompatible with many of my previously purchased programs!
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Fideatk
,saudi, on Feb 28, 2009 02:25 AM
NIC
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Yashmi Kura
,Glen Cove, on Feb 27, 2009 06:55 PM
One can not improve garbage, no matter what one tries or adds to it, it will always remain just that..garbage, just a bigger pile of it.
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Dominick
,Arcadia, on Feb 27, 2009 08:06 PM
wow, really. I find that odd that you took time to read the article and post a comment, if that is your attitude. If that was your attitude why would you even have read the article? I've got to say that when you look at the MS articles, then the Apple articles, and those that post on each - something really seems afoot. I would nto be surprised if you are just an Apple Fanboy trying to provide negative advertising for MS. Seriosuly? Can you explain why you would have read the article? I over see about 70 Vista and Xp desktops, half a dozen Mac's and several Linux servers. I don't find much fault with any OS's and I have an age range of 20's -> 90's that we support. So again... Seriously? Get a Life.
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Rick Hurst
,Lincoln, on Feb 27, 2009 08:07 PM
I think you want the Apple board for this comment. Really either way your comment means nothing. Vista in itself is the most advanced and stable OS out there.
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Vincent Vista
,Redmond, on Feb 27, 2009 09:52 PM
"Vista in itself is the most advanced and stable OS out there. " HA HA HA HA HA HA! ...oh wait, were you actually serious?
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Xander
,Columbia, on Feb 27, 2009 09:35 PM
I don't understand what the real problem people have with Vista is. When I built a new computer, I got Vista 64 HP OEM (since it was $80) and have never had a single issue with it. The only real problem I saw was UAC, which was solved when I turned it off. Beyond that, it may be a resource hog, but I've got plenty of resources left over for everything that I do. Did Microsoft originally release an inferior product? Yes. But they've fixed the issues that needed fixing. Beyond that, I think people just want something to complain about.
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Stanltaaf
,St. Louis, on Feb 27, 2009 08:55 PM
So, for people running HTPC's, we will see something like "All your base are belong to us"? No thanks.
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Grandpa Ed
,Fredericksburg, on Feb 27, 2009 08:27 PM
Thanks" I did not know Vista was that bad UNTIL YOU Told me.
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Anonymous
,CT, on Feb 27, 2009 07:54 PM
Still believing the hype Yashmi? Vista is far superior than XP as long as you have the hardware to run the pig.
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MOTI LAL
,allahabad, on Feb 27, 2009 06:16 PM
THANKS
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