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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Expected Tomorrow

Posted by timothy on from the tomorrow's-tomorrow's-yesterday dept.

arcticstoat writes "After dishing out a few copies of the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to select customers in October, Microsoft has now decided to let the general public get their hands on the beta of the service pack, starting from tomorrow. The beta of the service pack will be made available via Microsoft's Customer Preview Program on 4 December, and it includes all the updates since Service Pack 1, as well as a few other bits and pieces. Most notably, Microsoft says that Service Pack 2 'improves performance for Wi-Fi connection after resuming from sleep mode,' and adds the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack, ID strings for VIA's Nano CPU and support for the exFAT file system for large flash devices."

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  1. Wireless on resume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Most notably, Microsoft says that Service Pack 2 'improves performance for Wi-Fi connection after resuming from sleep mode,

    Thank God, that really annoys the shit out of me.

    Wow, MS actually fixed something! Who would've thunk it?

  2. Re:Stigma by conares · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why dont you just tell the rest of us where you are?

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  3. Re:Beta SP? by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Funny

    Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Beta) ...
    Processing...
    Oops, an error was found, there is no C: drive anymore.

    See? You install a beta, they remove for you Windows, you install Linux, problems ended. It worked!

  4. Re:Beta SP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Exactly, the desperate beta testers who always need the newest updates and admins who are inherently all insane to begin with.

  5. Re:I thought everybody on Slashdot by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 2, Funny

    So why do you guys still tell us about whatever Microsoft is doing?

    Because it's not politically correct to point and laugh at slow kids.

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  6. Re:Stigma by not+already+in+use · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hah... Also in Wisconsin, and Vista has been rock solid for me as well. Maybe it's all the cheese.

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  7. Tags by amliebsch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can someone explain why "masturbation" is a tag for this story? Is this an inside joke or something?

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  8. Re:Stigma by ProppaT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Okay, seriously, is this what /. thinks is funny now? I might as well just start visiting digg.

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