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Last week, Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 arrived on MSDN, TechNet, and Connect. We noted that testers would not be getting slipstreamed ISOs of the operating systems but ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is set to be released as a public beta version Thursday, Microsoft has confirmed. The program, which has been under limited testing since October, will become available on ...

Microsoft announced on Wednesday the availability of the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate (RC) for the general public. The software was initially put on ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it has released Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to manufacturing. The new service pack, combined for both Windows Vista and Windows Server ...

Microsoft has wrapped up work on a release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, according to reports on the Web, corroborating a schedule disclosed last month that slated final delivery of SP2 ...

Microsoft has told select testers to expect this week a near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). Microsoft released on February 19 the RC build of both Vista ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft put a KB article placeholder for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. Since it was just a placeholder though, details were still scarce on the upcoming service ...

Good news, Vista users: Microsoft finally seems to be getting a handle on the Windows code base. First we learned that Windows 7 would not introduce any new performance hits (see “Windows 7 unmasked” ...

Microsoft Corp. today released the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to subscribers of its developer services and said it would open the preview to the general public on Thursday. The single ...

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. The ...

With most of the talk about Windows centering on Windows 7, Microsoft has been continuing to work on improving Vista and yesterday they announced that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows ...