Now the Vista service packs 2 are available for download by the public. As of April 28th, 2009 the Windows Vista SP software2 Beta program concluded. The Beta version was a prerelease and provided for testing only. That is, if Server 2008 users install SP2, they do not need to download Hyper-V separately.Now Windows Vista users can download Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, the latest and probably the last official service pack to this Windows edition.Įarlier Microsoft had released Windows Vista SP2 Beta as part of a Customer Preview Program (CPP) launched on TechNet and was intended for technology enthusiasts, developers, and IT Pros. Windows Vista SP2 does not include Internet Explorer 8, but SP2 Windows Server 2008 natively includes Hyper-V, Microsoft's virtualisation technology.
"In the consumer space, the majority of customers have already installed SP1 over Windows Update or will be doing so before SP2, so incorporating SP1 into a cumulative SP2 would take unnecessary time and bandwidth." "Having a cumulative SP2 that includes the updates from SP1 would have made the size too large," according to Microsoft. There were a number of reasons given, primarily size. "Even on AU, SP2 will not install automatically until the End User License Agreement has been accepted," the company said in the FAQ.īefore downloading and installing Vista SP2, users must have SP1 installed. Microsoft said that SP2 will not be a mandatory update through Windows Update, but after it has been on the Windows Update site for some time it will be offered via "Automatic Updates" (AU), if users select that option.
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