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Windows Ultimate team provides an update on Extras

The Windows Ultimate Extras Team today posted a short notice on the Windows Vista Ultimate site updating the community on the status of Ultimate Extras; go here to read their post.  To sum it up for you here, the team recognizes that they've been dark for some time on the topic of Ultimate Extras, but want to go on record that they plan to deliver pending DreamScene and Language Pack Extras by summer's end, and expect to disclose a schedule of further Extras releases after that milestone.  The reason for the Extras' delay has been the team's staunch devotion to final quality; your feedback, on DreamScene in particular, has been key to ensuring their focus on meeting the community's exacting standards.  They plan to add to the Extras line up from then on out to make Ultimate the only version of Windows Vista you'll want to use.

And before you ask:  no, I don't have any additional details, as the team has priorities that supersede my questions (in other words, they're hard at work).  But, know that I'll pass along any feedback you may have for them, be it regarding the current slate of Extras or what you'd like to see the program deliver in the future.


Comments

  1. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 12:54PM  

    For me DreamScene beta and the current language packs work great, without any issue.

  2. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 1:46PM  

    Hi Nick,

    maybe you can pass along some feedback regarding DreamScene. When I tested it months ago, it wouldn't work all that good with RDP (that is, when you remotely log into a computer that has DreamScene installed). The [static dreamscene] desktop background would always show up even if you turn it off in the RDP connection settings. I found that a serious issue which made me uninstall the beta, since my RDP connection is not really fast. Hopefully it's fixed (or can be tested before release).

    Some additional technical info: I tested it on Ultimate x64 German with english language pack installed, both using RDP 5.0 and 6.0 and having XP Pro on the remote computer.

    Thanks a lot!

  3. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 2:30PM  

    It only took a couple weeks, but Microsoft's Windows Ultimate Extras team has finally opened up...

  4. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 7:34PM  

    Of all the extras, I like the hold'em poker game the best... I would very much like to see it become part of Longhorn Server! To some this would sound odd, but IMO the Server version of Windows is preferable to the client versions. It is easier to enable the stuff one need in the server version, rather than turn off the annoying stuff in the client version.

    But that Hold'em game is not annoying, and I'd love to see it in the server product.

  5. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 8:24PM  

    Hey Islander:  thanks for this feedback, I'll be sure that the DS team receives it -- much appreciated.

  6. Posted on: July 02, 2007 at 9:30PM  

    Nice to know that the Extras will be of a high quality, hopefully they will be fully supported when released to, i.e. in the unlikely event that there are any bugs in them after release they will be smoothed out and addressed.

    I loved the Powertoys in XP, never had a problem with any of them, they all worked 100%, no bugs...however the message saying not officially supported when you install them makes you think twice.

    Hopefully though the Ultimate Team will be behind the Extras before and after their release.

  7. Posted on: July 03, 2007 at 12:27AM  

    To anyone thinking about buying Vista Ultimate

    Please do yourself a Favor and wait till end of summer and see if they kept their word before buying.

    They said that we will get extras before and all we got was 3 useless extras and one of them is still in preview/beta. So that right there shows that they will not keep their word. Also how long did it take them to reply to this matter?? A long time so that proves that you should just wait. Also if you look on their site they removed the teams Bios because there is NO Ultimate Extra team anymore.

    If this message don’t get posted I will HACK the site. I will not be silenced from telling the TRUTH.

  8. Posted on: July 03, 2007 at 1:06AM  

    I was just joking about the Hack part

  9. Posted on: July 03, 2007 at 6:41AM  

    I'd be more interested if there were some details, some information about actual contact that isn't just visual bling (say : actual useful *tools*) and a ship date for Vista SP1...

    In the meantime, I continue to exercise my XP downgrade rights, and will do so until Vista is usable by business as well as consumers.

  10. Posted on: July 03, 2007 at 10:17AM  

    They only said what they said because they dont want us the users and they media that have been covering this issue to change sales because of not having the extras. this is just a PR stunt because Ultimate sales was down ever since this issue came up.

    I still dont trust them. i guess only time will tell in about 2 months time. but why in 2 months ??? that would be more then half a year without the extras and the extras was promised to use?? so what kind of deals is microsoft going to give due to the fact that they are making users wait for what they paid for and what should have been worked on and 100% done way before the selling of Vista .

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