Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC)

Microsoft announced that the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) will be available via Microsoft Connect as well as to MSDN and TechNet subscribers tomorrow. For those anxious for SP1, the RC will be available to the public next week.

Reminder:

Release Candidate is still Beta. Although service packs are generally uninstallable, it is not recommended that it be installed on production machines.

The final product is expected to be released to manufacturing (RTM) in the first quarter of 2008. For the complete story, see the references linked below.

References:

• Nick White: Announcing Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC)

• Brandon LeBlanc: Deployed: Windows Vista SP1 RC on ALL of my PC’s

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