Windows Vista SP2, which was released to manufacturing about a moon ago is finally getting pushed to Windows Update “in the coming weeks.” [Microsoft Update via ZDNet]
Microsoft has released to manufacturing Vista Service Pack 2, meaning it should be out real soon-like, so it still looks on track for May. Does anyone still care about Vista with Windows 7 being all like, right here? [ZD Net]
We know, it’s not Windows 7, but the Windows Vista Service Pack 2 release candidate is out now (for free) to all Vista users who don’t mind playing the guinea pig. [The Windows Blog]
Windows Vista? What’s that? Oh yeah, that Windows before Windows 7. The Vista SP2 Release Candidate went out to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday, and it’s gonna be available for everyone else next week.
It looks like Windows Vista SP2 will be squeezed out not too long before Windows 7 itself hits. TechARP, who originally reported to expect it in April, says its release date has slipped to May.
Kevin Tofel of jkontherun has put together a fairly comprehensive list of what’s inside the Vista SP2 update—just as the beta rolls out to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Here is what users can expect:
While Windows Vista Service Pack 2 has no public launch date at this time, Microsoft will distribute the SP2 beta to a small group of Technology Adoption Program members starting next week. So while that news means most of us will be left out in the cold, Microsoft has detailed many of the new features to expect in SP2—mostly to support “emerging standards.”
Microsoft has started dispatching the first major wave of invites for the Vista Service Pack 2 beta. Like SP1, so far it doesn’t appear to add any major new features, though it rolls up some formerly optional ones, like Windows Search 4, which vastly improves the OS’s internal search engine. It also adds Bluetooth patches, support for Via’s 64-bit processors, and other app compatibility updates. The beta itself is supposed to go out in the next four weeks, with the final hitting sometime before Windows 7 comes out. [Neowin via ZD Net]
Today Microsoft is hooking up all Office for Mac 2008 users with Service Pack 1. The company is also announcing the return of Visual Basic for Applications—in the next version, though, so no specified date yet. Hey, at least they heard your concerns, right? Here’s a link to the SP1 download, which is said to provide “increased stability, security and performance enhancements to the suite.” After the jump, there’s a press release with details on all the particular bug fixes.
