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Vista Service Pack 2 Available for Download
9:34PM John Herrman | Windows Vista SP2 is finally available for download, in all its apologetic, bug-fixing, compatibility-boosting glory. Windows Update should do the trick, but standalone downloads are hosted right here, and release notes are over here. [Neowin] More »
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Microsoft Squeezing Out Vista SP2 ‘In the Coming Weeks’
2:50AM Matt Buchanan | 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] More »
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Vista SP2 Coming Soon
11:39PM Matt Buchanan | 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] More »
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Download Windows Vista SP2 Release Candidate Now
11:47PM Mark Wilson | 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] More »
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Get the Vista Service Pack 2 Release Candidate Next Week
1:10AM Matt Buchanan | 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. More »
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Delayed
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | 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. More »
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Windows Vista SP2 Features and Fixes Unveiled, Beta Announced
8:54AM Sean Fallon | 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: More »
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to Support ‘Emerging Standards’
5:27AM Mark Wilson | 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.” More »
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Windows Vista SP2 Beta Invites Go Out to Special People
4:45AM Matt Buchanan | 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] More »
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