As we posted earlier Windows Vista SP2 Beta was released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on 2nd December:
Windows Vista SP2 Beta Available to TechNet and MSDN Subscribers
Now it has been released to public and you can download it from following links:
Things to Know about Windows Vista & Server 2008 SP2 Beta
SP2 Beta Standalone updates for computers with one or more of the following five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. If your computer has any other language installed this option will not work.
SP2 supports new types of hardware. It improves the administration experience and eases certain management and support challenges. It also minimizes deployment and testing complexity for customers. In addition to all previously released updates, SP2 contains changes focused on addressing reliability and performance issues.
Following are a few interesting new features in SP2:
- SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
- Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media
- exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones
- Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance
- Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness
- Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
- Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed
- Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe) to help restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2
- Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
- Inclusion of Hyper-V
- Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
- Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
- Improved power settings for WS08
Release Notes for Windows Vista SP2 Beta
Release Notes for Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta
Hot fixes and Security Updates in Windows Server 2008 SP2/Windows Vista SP2 Beta
Deployment Guide for Windows Vista SP2 Beta
Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta
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Ahmed talal
is there any procedures we must take before installing it
VG
^^ You can download the standalone installer and run it.
Nikolaj
do this kill the theme patch i mean the modded dlls
wills
You need to uninstall any previous sp2 installed in ur system before installing this release.
VG
@Nikolaj
Yep. It might overwrite the patched files and you'll need to replace the files again. You can get the patched files for SP2 beta from following link:
http://www.withinwindows.com/uxtheme-patches/
Nikolaj
ok i will just wait
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PS: can anyone tell me a good image upload site?
Nikolaj
hay can anyone tell me what happened i made a blue box around "ok i will just wait" but i cant see it