Microsoft in slip-up over Vista service pack

For a brief time Friday, it looked as if developers were going to be able to get their hands on a test version of the first Vista service pack, which is due for final release next year.

Enthusiast site Neowin noticed a posting on Microsoft's MSDN developer site that promised developers could "Get the latest preview of Windows Vista SP1 on MSDN Subscriber Downloads." The site also said, "This new release of SP1 addresses reliability and performance issues, and provides support for new hardware and several emerging standards," according to Neowin.

That would have been a big deal, since the software has been only in limited beta testing, and not broadly available to developers outside of Microsoft. However, Microsoft said late Friday that the post was a mix-up and that no test code was released, nor was any planned to be released.

"The MSDN notice about a Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview was posted mistakenly," Microsoft said in a statement provided to CNET News.com "No code was released today and the MSDN notice has since been removed from the MSDN site."

For those keeping track, this is the second such slip-up.

Microsoft said that it does plan a release candidate version at some point, but did not give details, although it is not expected to be issued in a matter of days. The company said it is on target to finalize the service pack in the first quarter of next year.

[shane--2008]

yeah right

"The company said it is on target to finalize the service pack in the <br />first quarter of next year."<br /><br />so in Vista years it should be out in.... carry the 2...... 2011?

[The_happy_switcher]

service pack

Does anyone even care? For this to be relevant there would have to be at least 10 people in the world using vista and I don't think there are.

[Super2online]

I know you can do better...try it again

I know you artistic mac types have a tough time with mathmatics so let me help you out with that figure - it's 88 million and counting.

[ferretboy88]

Ok Applelite

Vista works fine for me. They have sold 88 million copies. Steve <br />Jobs is a greedy jerk.

[cross platform]

Man! This Gets Tiresome!

Everytime CNET posts an article about an OS you get fan boys from both sides spreading untruths and personal bias! The truth is I used to be a Mac user ( for 10 years ). I switched because of games and other software I couldn't get for the Mac. I still consider OS X superior to Windows Vista. However Vista is a big step in the right direction and prefer it to XP which reminds me of an OS from the last century. I'm running Vista right now on my 4 year old 3.2 Ghz pentium 4! It runs just fine. My apps open and close about the same. My games play about the same. The functionality has improved though. I like Vista's new features ( yes they remind me of OS X ) and IE 7 works better in Vista! The thing is when you read wild claims on either side don't believe them. It's just fan boys spouting off. Yes Vista has some rough spots but so did OS x when it was new! And that's the god's honest truth folks!

[volterwd]

Reliability issues

my XP never crashed or locked-up... my new pc is 10x stronger and locks up frequently (mainly ie) and crashes occasionally... id say they need this the most.

[Leria]

It might not be locking up

You might want to wait a while, and see if Internet Explorer is actually locking up on you. I have thought that it has locked up on me a few times, only to find out that it is having problems with flash items in the page, that make it APPEAR to be locked up.<br /><br />There is a severe problem with IE7 on Vista and Adobe Flash and Shockwave, so bad that some sites are unusable on IE7.

[rapier1]

Try this

Under IE go to 'Tools' and then 'Manage Add-ons'<br />Disable all of your add-ons and restart IE. See if there is any improvement. If there is then there is a good shot that one of the extensions you are using needs to be updated or removed.

[ceoballmer]

MS Makes No Mistakes!

This is all just a misunderstanding, a company the size of MS does <br />not screw-up!<br /><a class="jive-link-external" href="http://fakesteveballmer*blogspot.com" target="_newWindow">http://****************.blogspot.com</a>

[inachu]

Not only Vista

Microsoft is also slipping up and trying to Force Internet Explorer 7 VIA windows update.<br /><br />This is their way to sneak more things on us?<br /><br />Even on a newly installed Windows XP system IE is so badly written I am sure it never left Aplha testing stage and they did this to retain market share.<br /><br />Even after their goof on forcing Windows Desktop search I still see it in the windows update site as a mandatory install along with IE 7.<br /><br />Microsoft is still smoking crack.