Vista SP2 BETA Is Available

Posted December 3, 2008 – 5:13 am in: Freeware, News, Vista Tweaks

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The much awaited Vista service pack BETA is here. Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP2 BETA for Technet and MSDN subscribers to download and will release the same for public on December 4th (fourth).

Vista Service Pack 2 comes with few new features like Bluetooth feature pack, Windows Search 4 and Windows Connect Now Wireless Configuration.
Features and changes:

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

Source: Technet Springboard