It may have arrived a bit sooner than originally expected, but I doubt anyone is complaining. Service Pack 2 build v6002-16497 (compiled October 17) for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has been posted for testers on Microsoft Connect. The five languages currently supported are English, German, French, Spanish, and Japanese, in both 32- and 64-bit flavors. Early reports indicate that performance has been improved yet again with this service pack.
With VistaGlazz you can easily patch your Windows Vista system files to use custom visual styles and modify your Aero msstyle to be transparent on maximized windows, similar to the UxTheme patch for Windows XP.
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Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, which the company hopes will have a smoother introduction than its predecessor, Windows Vista. While Microsoft has sold more than 180 million copies of Vista, perceptions of it continue to be defined by its bumpy start in 2007.Windows 7’s features will simplify tasks that often irk computer users, the company said.
Microsoft on Tuesday for the first time publicly demonstrated Windows 7, the next major release of its OS for PCs that Microsoft insists will reflect lessons learned from the widely panned Windows Vista. Microsoft also laid out a road map for the release of Windows 7 and handed out a pre-beta version to developers at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), where it also demonstrated new features in a keynote address Tuesday.
Last week, Apple launched the latest in its series of ads attacking PCs, this time ridiculing Microsoft for spending millions on advertising rather than on “fixing” its Windows Vista operating system. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally will be able to change the subject. At the company’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, the company is expected to detail for the first time its successor to Vista, Windows 7.
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