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• Microsoft: No Vista SP2 for you yet

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 April, 2009 08:22

  Microsoft Corp. Tuesday announced it had wrapped up work on Windows Vista Service Pack 2, but said it could be months before users get their hands on the upgrade to the problem-plagued operating system.

• Microsoft releases Vista SP2 RC to public

  By Gregg Keizer | 05 March, 2009 08:18

  Microsoft Corp. Tuesday quietly launched the release candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to the general public, making good on a promise from last week.

• Microsoft wraps up Vista SP2 RC

  By Gregg Keizer | 26 February, 2009 08:23

  Microsoft announced it has wrapped up a near-final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), and has posted it to a pair of subscriber-only services for download.

• Near-final Vista SP2 reaches testers, set for mid-May debut

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 February, 2009 08:30

  Microsoft has wrapped up work on a release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, according to reports on the Web, corroborating a schedule disclosed last month that slated final delivery of SP2 by mid-May.

• Microsoft delays Vista SP2, says report

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 January, 2009 09:00

  Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, and will now ship it to manufacturing sometime in May or June, according to a Web site that has accurately predicted Windows release dates in the past.

• Microsoft slaps Vista SP2 beta on Windows Update

  By Gregg Keizer | 08 December, 2008 08:49

  As expected, Microsoft launched the first public beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) late Thursday, making it available for download from both its Web site and through its update mechanism.

• Windows Vista SP2 beta launches tomorrow

  By Oliver Garnham | 04 December, 2008 02:42

  The first beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now in the hands of testers, after Microsoft released the update to subscribers of its Technet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) services.

• Microsoft spells out Vista SP2 contents

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 December, 2008 08:06

  Although Microsoft hasn't released a single, authoritative list of the contents of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), which will publicly launch as a beta tomorrow, the company has scattered information across its network of sites and bloggers.

• Vista SP2 due next April, says report

  By Gregg Keizer | 01 December, 2008 07:56

  Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to manufacturing in April 2009, two months after it issues a final test version to users, according to a Web site that accurately predicted several Windows ship dates in 2008.