Try the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC Today!

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 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 prior to final release.

You can download the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC from our Customer Preview Program site or install through Windows Update using our Windows Update Experience Kit.

If you have the SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Beta installed, you will need to uninstall that first before installing the RC. 

You can also check out the SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 RC notable changes here. And you can submit feedback on SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 here on the TechNet Forums.

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  1. brkkab123
    Posted on: April 07, 2009 at 11:40PM  

    When is the final release going to be available. Also , I found a bug in the System Health program. Security Center shows PC Tools Security Suite 2009 protecing my pc. System Health Report however says I don't have antivirus protection. Rhis is a BUG . IT NEEDS FIXING IMMEDIATELY.

  2. medelastyle
    Posted on: April 10, 2009 at 3:49AM  

    I want to know when are they going to release the final version.

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  3. medelastyle
    Posted on: April 10, 2009 at 3:50AM  

    thanks for sharing!

  4. windows-service...
    Posted on: April 18, 2009 at 9:10PM  

    I downloaded and Installed on my Windows Vista. I think this will gives some more protection for me. Anyhow this is good for us.

  5. windows-service...
    Posted on: April 18, 2009 at 9:12PM  

    I downloaded and Installed on my Windows Vista. I think this will gives some more protection for me. Anyhow this is good for us.

  6. Penny Barr
    Posted on: April 28, 2009 at 11:03AM  

    I need help.  I am having problems with my Windows Vista.  I don't know what updates that I need to install either.  Can you advise me?  I bought my computer 4 months ago, so I'm a new user to Vista.

    My recent frustration that I can't resolve is that it is blocking a file SmartTabs28.ocx.  I'm trying to download an update to my Ultimate Business Planner.  

    Can anyone help me?  The technical support at Atlas Business Solutions have no idea how to resolve it.

  7. AnthonyMKing
    Posted on: April 30, 2009 at 12:21PM  

    I’m disappointed to see that search and index was removed as a feature of the application server role in server manager. I really thought that server manager was supposed to be the one-stop management interface for my 2008 server. It’s unfortunate that this concept has been abandoned.

    Windows Search is simply installed and enabled even though I had previously not selected index service in server manager. Even better, the fact that Windows Search is enabled doesn’t show in server manager after the service pack.

    I predict a lot of complaints over this. Thousands of administrators are going to install the service pack and expect their server to perform as it was before the service pack. But, they will find that their server is perceptibly slower, and if they have multi-terabyte volumes, they’ll be mystified by the slow but steady loss of drive space on the system drive (as the index consumes all available space).

    This was easily avoidable. Every server feature should be visible in server manager. And, a service pack shouldn’t change the configuration state of the server. If indexing was off before, it should remain off.

    This type of behavior may be acceptable for a desktop OS, where a reasonable argument could be made that the vendor knows the best configuration for most people. On a server OS, I should always have complete (and fine-grained) control. Server 2008 started out this way. But, it is slowly being moved back to the old Microsoft way of doing things.

    This is the kind of thing that causes disproportionate community response, and makes people think they need to use Linux (where they can feel like they are in complete control).

  8. Ryan Ericson Canlas
    Posted on: May 08, 2009 at 4:35AM  

    Has anyone tested WINDOWS VISTA in an INTERNET GAMING CAFE ENVIRONMENT running 10-20 PCs?

    Will WINDOWS VISTA be at par with WINDOWS XP being the best OS so far for NETWORK GAMING?

  9. bariyer
    Posted on: September 02, 2009 at 1:26AM  

    windows vista and server operating systems come out sp2 been very good thank you, this was a necessary job

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