MS Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released

Without a lot of noise, the most recent update to Windows Vista was released yesterday.

SP2 like always, has security and performance improvement fixes and also announces some new things:

: Native Blu-ray recording
: Support for Bluetooth 2.1
: Better WiFi performance when resuming from Sleep mode

IE8 isn’t bundled with SP2 and has a last note, please remember you’ll need to have SP1 previously installed.

You can find more info at Technet:

Technet – Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

Now, here the files:

MS Windows Vista SP2 32bit Vista & Server 2008

MS Windows Vista SP2 64bit Vista & Server 2008

Windows 7 Deployment FAQs

Microsoft has made available through Technet a new “micro website” with Frequently Asked Questions about Windows 7 deployment.

Although I’ve called it micro site, there’s already a lot of importante answers, for questions like:

What is different about imaging and image servicing in Windows 7 compared to Windows Vista?

Why is upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 not supported?

Take a look at:

Technet: Windows 7 Deployment Frequently Asked Questions

What’s New in Windows 7 for IT Pros (RC)

After Windows 7 RC release, Microsoft has launched a new website for IT Pros.

This website has already a lot of information like:

.: AppLocker
.: Deployment Tools
.: Group Policies
.: UAC
.: Etc

So, here’s the link:

Technet – What’s new in Windows 7 for IT Pros (RC)

Windows 7 Release Candidate: Download

Microsoft Windows 7 RC is finally released!

With no further delays…here’re the links:

Release Notes

Good Things to Know

Windows 7 Release Candidate Download

 

Enjoy it!