Microsoft Vista SP2 for February 2009

Citing a source at Microsoft, Techarp has revealed that Microsoft is targeting a release candidate (RC) version of Windows Vista SP2 for February 2009.

Microsoft sent invites to testers in mid October asking them to take part in the SP2 beta. Build 16489 was released to special group of testers in late October but Microsoft has been quiet since then.

TechArp also believes the RTM of Vista SP2 will be in April 2009. Microsoft is readying SP2 so there are additional incentives for customers to upgrade to Window Vista now, instead of waiting for Windows 7.

Microsoft will include Windows Search 4 in Vista SP2 along with Bluetooth wireless support (including latest BT 2.1 fixes), support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU and additional application compatibility updates.

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Microsoft weighs in on “Save XP” petition, sort of

It’s no secret that there’s quite a few folks hesitant (to say the least) to upgrade to Windows Vista, and Microsoft has somewhat accommodated them by extending sales of the tried-and-true Windows XP until June of 2008. That has unsurprisingly done little to satisfy most people, however, and some 75,000 of ‘em have even signed a petition started by Infoworld that’s attempting to “Save XP.” After a couple of weeks, that now seems to have caught Microsoft’s attention, although the company’s response likely isn’t what they were looking for. As Computerworld Australia reports, Microsoft says it’s aware of the petition but that it’s “listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs.” As Slashdot points out, that statement’s a little odd considering that most of the folks signing the petition are Microsoft customers, but either way it seems pretty clear that Microsoft is intent on showing XP the door as soon as possible.

Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Update 32Bit RTM Build 6001.18000 Download!

ista fans, yup here is it! Long awaited Service Pack 1 in RTM version released by nDn (funny is, they are movie group mainly). What RTM – “Release To Manufacturing” does stands for? Well, in short it’s exact same version which will appear in March aka final version. Check wiki for more details about RTM. Keep in mind that this is only Service Pack 1 itself, it’s not Vista SP1 ISO! So, you can download it and install on any (32bit) Vista edition. Also make sure to READ NFO for more details & explanation. For those ones who have pirated copy of Vista (well, who doesn’t?), I’m not sure will this work with that popular OEM BIOS emulation crack by PARADOX (Microsoft’s states something like – No way dude). Anyway, try it out and drop us a comment…

UPDATE: I’ve personally tested this release with Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Ultimate.X86.OEM.DVD.READ.NFO-NoPE (one of those which uses OEM BIOS cracking method), fresh Vista install + this SP1 and all i can say is that works fine (still says it’s genuine). Here is a proof.

UPDATE 2: Ok, this is for all those non-believers…
Proof 1: If you go to installers file properties and check version it says 6001.17028 indeed, but if you extract that installer and check the file versions inside it actually shows 6001.18000! Look Here.
Proof 2: Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Look at the “BuildLabEx” string… It says:
6001.18000.x86fre.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840
Proof 3: The directx is listed in dxdiag as DirectX10 and not 10.1 but if you look in your system32 folder you see that 2 new files has appeared: d3d10_1.dll & d3d10_1core.dll which means directx10.1 is included!
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