Microsoft has reached release candidate phase in the process of developing the first service package for Windows Vista and plans to make it widely available next week.
This week the company is experienced code 15 to thousands of testers who are already experiencing SP1, and on Thursday it also publishes programs for participants MSDN and TechNet. On Wednesday, in his blog on Vista, the company also reported that it will provide a "blocker", which will allow customers Vista using Windows Update, update to block the final version of SP1 to continue testing. Microsoft offered a similar opportunity for Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Service Pack 1 is essentially a collection of patches and enhancements to improve performance and adds a few new features. Among the innovations is the opportunity to use BitLocker encryption volumes in multiple hard disks, as well as changes in the functions of local search made to satisfy antitrust complaints by Google.
This week, Microsoft also announced its intention to change the way the work of anti-piracy protection in SP1 by deleting system, which translates Vista machine, which it considered illegal in almost unfit for use regime "underweight" functionality. Instead, Microsoft will demonstrate a visible notification to the owners and offer to buy illegal license.
Since the start of testing SP1 company contributed to a number of changes. In particular, it has reduced the size and scope of renewal of free disk space required for its installation. Nevertheless, in a typical configuration, Vista still need to 4.5 gigabytes of disk space, although in the early betas required 7 gigabytes. Most of the space returned to the user. But for owners portative machines or those who installs Vista section on computers Mac disk, it can be an obstacle. Microsoft has significantly reduced the size and Windows Update- and complete versions of the service package.
Version release candidate Vista SP1 comes almost simultaneously with the same version of Windows Server 2008. The development of both operating systems are parallel, and the other, and planned to be published in the first quarter. However, the exact date of the two products may not be the same, especially if, for some of them have questions to quality.
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