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Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status, coming Q2 2009
Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status, coming Q2 2009
Well that didn't take long. Just last week, we heard about the Release Candidate (RC) builds of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 making the rounds, and now the official Windows blog has confirmed the updates should soon be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, with a ...
Try the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC Today!
windowsteamblog.com — Last week we announced the Release Candidate (RC) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack... 2 . We initially made it available for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Today, we’re making it available to anyone interested in testing SP2 for ... (more) Try the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC Today!
Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
neowin.net — Update: The download pages and TechNet website are now updated with the SP2 RC information As expected,... Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can download the ... (more) Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
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Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 Release Candidates now available to download
Engadget — ... / Server 2008 Service Pack 2 that hit Release Candidate status last week? You can now download and try for yourself, should you feel inclined and not patient enough to wait for the final version that's rumored for sometime this quarter. It's available for Vista x86 and x64 platforms and Server 2008 in x86 / x64 / IA64 varieties. Of course, anyone keeping this in tuned to the going-ons at Redmond probably already installed Windows 7 beta, but if you kept Vista and want Bluetooth 2.1 support and the ability to record data to Blu-ray discs, now's your chance. ...

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