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Testers get invites to SP2 betas for Vista, Windows Server 2008

Selected testers are reporting that they’ve received invitations for the Service Pack (SP) 2 betas for Vista and Windows Server 2008. Neowin was first to acknowledge the delivery of the SP2 invitations. Other testers are now confirming that report. The broader-scale SP2 betas are exptected to begin within the next four weeks for the new service packs, Neowin says. Some testers — a very select few — already have a test build of SP2 for Vista (not sure if also for Windows Server 2008) in hand, as I noted recently. I’m hearing Microsoft’s goal is to deliver the final version of both SP2s before the company releases Windows 7, which is expected to be released to manufacturing in the latter half of 2009. …

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