Windows Vista SP1 Beta Install Fiesta, Vista News Discuss Windows Vista SP1 Beta Install Fiesta, in the Windows Vista forums; Microsoft is hard at work hammering away at the first service pack for Windows Vista. But at the same time the Redmond company is test driving the refresh in order ...

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Microsoft is hard at work hammering away at the first service pack for Windows Vista.

But at the same time the Redmond company is test driving the refresh in order to evaluate the evolution of development milestone releases in respect to the quality standard that will recommend SP1 for the final launch. Just the past week, a preview of the first release Candidate of Vista SP1 went to approximately 15,000 (Official) testers (plus Pirates). Still, Microsoft is also hosting on-location events focused around Vista SP1.

With just 88 million copies of Vista shipped to channel partners worldwide, White felt the need to explain SP1. "What is Windows Vista SP1? Windows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 also addresses some management, deployment and support challenges", he stated.

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and the reason for this is:

Concomitantly with the availability of Microsoft's latest operating system, speculations surrounding the future strategy of the Windows client started contouring, pointing to Vista as the last release of its kind.

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