Vista SP1 due out in next few weeks, sources say
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The wait is nearly over for Vista SP1, according to sources close to Microsoft.
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A beta of the first service pack for Windows Vista could come any day now, with a final release by November, sources close to the company say.
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With a major launch event next month serving as an unmovable anchor for Microsoft at this point, the ancillary launches for Vista Service Pack 1 and XP SP3 would probably raise suspicion if they were delayed.
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Microsoft's long, strange trip with Windows Vista came closer to an end Friday as the company released the first release candidate of its next-generation operating system. Jim Allchin made the announcement in an e-mail to TechNet subscribers.
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Get a closer look at some of the new features in Vista Service Pack 1.
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InfoWorld - Although Microsoft may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on enterprise adoption of the OS.
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Bowing to demand from customers, Microsoft will make the first major Vista update available to businesses on Friday and to developers later this month. The general public will still have to wait until next month.
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By Cater, Nick  For the non-techies among us, one word is all you need to know for the next few weeks: Vista.
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Blog: Tucked inside Microsoft's agreement to change Vista's desktop search is word that a beta of the first service pack for Vista will come this year. No word on when the final version will ship, however.
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When Microsoft Corp. unveiled the long-awaited details of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Wednesday, the compan...
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Blog: The software maker said Tuesday that it is ready with a near-final "release candidate" version of its software, which will find its way on to servers later this year.
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Microsoft Corp.  will most  likely ship its upcoming Windows Vista operating system on time  and meet its deadline for both corporate and retail consumers,  a Wall Street analyst said on Wednesday.
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A check of yesterday's status report from the Department of Justice officials monitoring the status of Microsoft's 2002 antitrust settlement revealed an interesting nugget: We can expect Vista's first service pack before the end of the year, along with Windows XP SP3.
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To get next version of Windows out on time, company to delay some planned features, sources say.
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Microsoft now says its Vista Service Pack 1 will become available to some business users before the end of this month -- an about-face from the software giant's earlier announcement of a delay of up to six weeks to fix a performance issue.
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Software maker plans first update to Vista for first quarter of next year, while third and final XP service pack is due before June.
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Microsoft Corp.'s planned release of its long-awaited Vista operating system on Jan. 30 is scrambling the calculations of computer makers, retailers, and shoppers in the final week before Christmas.