Microsoft releases major Windows Vista beta update
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Microsoft released on Monday an updated beta version of its next-generation OS, Windows Vista, which improves overall performance and reflects request made by beta testers.
Return to Vista report The release, build number 5472, is now available to Windows Vista Technical Beta program participants, select Technology Adoption Program customers and Microsoft Developer Network subscribers. About 500,000 users should receive the build, said Mike Burk, a Microsoft product manager for Windows Client.
Specifically, the build makes setting up and controlling a user account on the OS "less chatty," Burk said. "Testers said there were too many prompts and dialogs, so we reduced the number of those," he said.