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Windows Vista Sp2 / Windows Server SP2

  • Artikkeli

The Customer Preview Program (CPP) for Windows Vista® Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available so that you can download and test this release. Windows Vista SP2 is a traditional service pack release with all cumulative released security updates available since the SP1 and in addition support for new types of hardware and emerging standards.

Windows Vista SP2 release will be a single service pack which applies to both client (Windows Vista SP1) and server (Windows Server 2008) operating systems, since the code base for Windows Vista and Windows Server® 2008 is shared.

The key updates are

• Emerging Hardware Support

• Bluetooth 2.1 feature pack

• Ability to record data on Blu-ray media

• exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones

• Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU

• Support for ICCD/CCID smart cards

• Hyper-V

• Windows Vista SP2 includes Hyper-V™ technology, enabling full virtualization of server workloads

• Security

• Windows Vista SP2 incorporates previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes discovered since the launch of Windows Vista SP1

• Performance

• Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search

• Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets

• Wireless

• Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless

• Fixed issue where Wi-Fi connection was no longer available after resume from sleep

• Administration and Support Improvements

• Service pack clean-up tool: Restores hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (Windows Vista RTM and Windows Vista SP1) that are being serviced by Windows Vista SP2

All the information can be found in the following Notable Changes in Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta and Windows Vista SP2 Beta document.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2008
    The Hyper-V part is for the server side. Hyper-V was not part of the RTM bits, but now it is going to be fully part of the install for SP2 ( of Windows Server ). Hope this helps./