Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Customer Preview Program (CPP)

Hi, Mike Nash here. In late October I announced the Beta  of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - beginning with a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers. This week we're opening up the beta to a broader audience. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta to begin testing.   

Beginning Thursday Dec. 4th, we will be making the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta available to everyone through a Customer Preview Program (CPP). The CPP will launch on TechNet and be available to anyone interested in trying out this service pack. The CPP is intended for technology enthusiasts, developers, and IT Pros who would like to test Service Pack 2 in their environments and with their applications prior to final release. For most customers, our best advice would be to wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack.

For those of you who choose to test this service pack, we encourage you to install the beta as soon as you can; your feedback will help us to ship a solid and stable service pack for Windows Vista.

Windows Vista SP2 builds on the solid foundation of Windows Vista SP1, and represents our ongoing commitment to Windows Vista today. Windows Vista SP2 includes all of the updates that have been delivered since the release of Windows Vista SP1, and incorporates improvements discovered through automated feedback from the Customer Experience Improvement Program (where users voluntarily opt-in to sending Microsoft error reports from their systems).  In addition to these updates, SP2 also includes support for new types of hardware and emerging standards that will grow in importance in the coming months. For specific changes in Windows Vista SP2 - see my previous post on Windows Vista SP2 or check out the notable changes document.

Your feedback from testing will help us deliver the highest quality release possible. As of today, we are tracking to ship Windows Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009.

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  1. dovella
    Posted on: December 02, 2008 at 5:21PM  

    Thanks MR Mike :D

    Congrat!!!!!!

  2. BuckFix
    Posted on: December 02, 2008 at 10:59PM  
  3. happyandyk
    Posted on: December 02, 2008 at 11:15PM  

    So the focus is going to be on addressing reliability & performance issues, supporting new hardware, & adding support for some emerging standards.

    Any UI changes, albeit, minor ?

  4. Windows Addict
    Posted on: December 03, 2008 at 5:13AM  
  5. BillD
    Posted on: December 13, 2008 at 7:50AM  

    Please enable the DEP in IE7 in SP2.

    Please enable the DEP in IE7 in SP2.

    Please enable the DEP in IE7 in SP2.

    This action will vastly improve the security of Vista and it will force the developers to write better add-ons.

  6. Lipl1
    Posted on: December 16, 2008 at 12:17PM  

    Off the subject.   Will the fax/scan capability ever be added to Vista Home Premium ?

  7. kgolding
    Posted on: December 16, 2008 at 6:13PM  

    My experience with Vista has not been all bad, but its not been a great experience either. Of all the new features in Vista, the only one I find myself missing when using XP, is the program search feature. Nearly all of the other features are neat, but I do not use many and those that I do, are still the same, like notepad. It would be very useful to have at least an improved text editor. Many of the improved security "features" are perhaps necessary, but they frequently get in the way causing me much annoyance and frustration.

    I also agree with keithbrooks100367... in regard to including the TV Pack, considering that the Windows Media Center page explicitly states it supports features that only are available to OEMs and farly new PCs from those OEMs.

    Finally, although this might be more of a Windows 7 request, all the versions of "Vista" are really annoying and has caused me some surprising issues with regarding to end user support.

  8. capitanu2k5
    Posted on: January 05, 2009 at 9:28AM  

    Hi!

    Pls.What about VistaSP2-Final Release?

    Thanks

  9. Borag
    Posted on: January 06, 2009 at 1:47PM  

    I'm a home user, with a used Optiplex GX620, a copy of WHS, a copy of Vista Home Premium/Ultimate, and  a TV card.

    I want to use the optiplex for a home server and a media center.

    Can it be done?

  10. Brandon LeBlanc
    Microsoft
    Posted on: January 06, 2009 at 3:08PM  

    Borag, yes you can certainly turn your Optiplex GX620 into a Windows Home Server. However you won't be able to run Windows Media Center as Windows Home Server doesn't accomodate this. And you cannot run Windows Home Server and Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate at the same time on the same PC other than dual booting which I'm not sure will won't do what you want it to do.

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