Saturday, November 8, 2008

Vista Service Pack 2 Beta

For those of you who use Windows Vista for your e-learning purposes, Service Pack 2 is right around the corner. Though SP1 was just released in the spring, SP2 began Beta testing on Wednesday October 29th with release date to be determined. The package will contain the usual "reliability, performance, and compatibility" fixes a windows service pack includes.

Some new features included in SP2 include:
Windows Search 4.0
Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack
Blu-Ray media recording capability
Windows Connect Now (WCN) (Improved Wi-Fi Configuration capabilities)

Source: Windows Super Site

3 comments:

Jenna said...

I doubt I'll install it right away. SP1 ruined my machine for days. However, if you install it, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.

When it comes to Vista, I like to hear from people who've worked out the kinks before I take the plunge.

Eric W said...

Could be worse. My USB card reader was slowing down Vista on my backup computer. God knows how it was doing it, but I changed the port it was on inside the machine, and suddenly my Vista loaded better.

I will not install SP2 until it goes late beta at the earliest. I'm planning on a hard drive replacement/format in the near future, so I might play around with it then.

Patti H said...

I'm still debating whether I should go back to XP or not! Not a big fan of Vista!