Vista and Server08 SP2 RTM-Escrow is distributed to testers

[US 1105 Group for IT expert network] It is reported that this week, Microsoft Connect testers can get RTM for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. Escrow version. Testers can get a separate installer package (all languages) and a collection of English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese. As always, there are 32-bit, 64-bit, and IA64 versions, but for some reason, Microsoft does not include a patch as usual to allow testing of this version via Windows Update.

Interested people can understand that the version number of this version is "6002.17043.090312-1835", Microsoft claims that the service pack includes 793 patches (the official list on TechNet is still called RC version) . If there are no bigger changes, we can foresee that SP2 will be included in SP2 released sometime next month.

The escrow build is when the code development has been completed and the beta tester captures the "showstopper" bug. The only interest the company is in returning and confirming corrections, not functional recommendations. Like the previous managed version, Microsoft asked testers to fill out two different questionnaires: one for Vista SP2 and one for Server 2008 SP2. I want to remind testers that you must uninstall any previous versions before you can update to this version.

After asking the testers to try the RC-Escrow version (6002.16659.090114, 656 fixes) in January, Microsoft released the RC version (6002.16670.090130, 691 patches) to the public earlier this month. In December 2008, SP2's public beta was released, but it all began with the first beta of SP2 released to testers in October 2008.

Update

In an email to testers on Thursday night, Microsoft added a patch for the Windows Update installer. With Windows Update, the SP2 version of Vista and Server 2008 is available for all supported languages.

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