So, yesterday Microsoft announced that SP1 for Vista had gone RTM. This means that the first service pack for Windows Vista has been finalized and this is what we’ll have to live with until we see SP2. I’ve been plowing through the masses of SP1 related documentation to come out of Redmond and come up with a shortlist of reasons why I’ll be applying SP1 as soon as I get my hands on the code.
Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday.”Both products have released to manufacturing today, which is good news,” Ballmer said.
After months of speculation, Microsoft on Monday will release Windows Vista service pack 1 to manufacturing, according to a Friday report in the Malaysian hardware enthusiast blog Tech ARP. OEMs will also receive Windows Vista Service Pack 1 next week, according to the report.
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Federal agencies required to ensure security of their Windows XP and Vista PCs by the end of February are about to get a much anticipated list of validated assessment tools.The National Institute of Standards and Technology ’s (NIST) first list of tools based on the Security Content Automated Protocol (SCAP) will enable federal agencies to configure, assess, monitor and report that their Microsoft XP and Vista desktop systems adhere to the “Federal Desktop Core Configuration” standard .
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