Microsoft refreshes Vista SP1 RC
WinInfo | at | by Mike
In an unexpected move, Microsoft late last week delivered a near-final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to the public, just days after stating that this release would be issued only to beta testers. The Vista SP1 Release Candidate Refresh, an updated version of the RC code that Microsoft shipped in December, originally went out to 15,000 beta testers on January 9.
"In the interest of gaining additional tester feedback, on Thursday, we made the Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh available via Windows Update to interested testers on the public site," a Microsoft statement reads. "We are still on schedule to deliver [the final version of] SP1 in Q1 CY08.