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• Essential Tool for the Job - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Windows Vista (RTM Announcement)

  RTM Announcement - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Hello, It's been a few months since I last blogged about the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 - formerly known as WVHA or Windows Vista Hardware Assessment. Today, I'd like Read More... Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 9:53 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Hardware, Business Deployment, IT Professionals, Announcement, Featured News, Release-to-Manufacturing, Windows Vista Capable, Business, Release-to-Market, Microsoft Partner Program, Experience Blog, Desktop Optimization Pack, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista Hardware Assessement Tool, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, IT Pro, Enterprise

• Communicating Windows 7

  Typically when Microsoft ships a new OS (like Windows Vista), we immediately start talking about the next version-which begs two questions: 1) is Microsoft working on a new version of Windows, and if so, 2) why aren't you talking about it? I thought I Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:09 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows, Featured News, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1, Disclosure, Windows 7

• Automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1 begins today

  We're excited about the progress we've made with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. On March 18th, Windows Vista SP1 was made available for customers who chose to manually download and install it from the Microsoft Download Center or Windows Update in English, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:55 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Featured News, Windows Update, SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Automatic Update

• Updated Language Packs Released

  We have made available updated Language Packs for users using Windows Vista SP1 as well as those running Windows Vista RTM. For those running SP1, the Language Packs should be showing up for you under Windows Update. The specific language packs which Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:12 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Language Packs

• Releasing Windows Vista SP1 for more languages

  It has been almost a month since we released Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Update in 5 languages. To date: millions of people have successfully installed Windows Vista SP1 on their PCs. So we're happy to announce the next step for Windows Vista SP1 availability. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:00 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, Windows Update, Windows Vista SP1, Language Packs, Languages, Microsoft Download Center

• Windows Vista SP1 Update

  I have a quick update for you about Windows Vista SP1. The Microsoft Update Blog contains some important information about updates to the SP1 prerequisite distribution plan. Starting tomorrow, we are resuming the automatic update and installation of the Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 1:32 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Featured News, Windows Update, Windows Vista SP1, Prerequisite, Language Packs, Automatic Update, Microsoft Update

• Language Packs and Windows Vista SP1

  We have some information we'd like to share in regards to Windows Vista SP1 and folks running Language Packs. Some of you may have noticed that after installing Windows Vista SP1 on Windows Vista Ultimate - the Language Packs fail to appear on Windows Read More... Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 4:24 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Featured News, Windows Update, SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Language Packs

• Microsoft Readying Customers with New Assessment and Deployment Tool for the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 Launch!

  Hello IT Pros! February 27 is a big day. Windows Server 2008 will be officially launching in Los Angeles with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, kicking off in just a few hours. In support of this very important technology milestone as well as the Windows Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:43 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Office 2007, Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, Business Deployment, IT Professionals, Announcement, RTM, Drivers, Featured News, Release-to-Manufacturing, Networking, 2007 Office System, Windows Vista Capable, Windows Vista Premium-Ready, Release-to-Market, Upgrade Advisor, Longhorn Server, Windows Server 2008, SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Deployment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessement Tool, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Deployment

• Principled Technologies Tests Windows Vista SP1

  When Windows Vista was originally released just over a year ago Microsoft commissioned Principled Technologies to compare the overall responsiveness of Windows Vista to Windows XP SP 2 for some common business and home tasks. With the release of Windows Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:25 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, Windows Vista SP1, Test, Principled Technologies

• Update on Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287

  We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287 , the servicing stack update I blogged about last week, and I wanted to provide a quick update for you. Immediately after receiving reports of this error, we Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:41 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, Windows Update, Windows Vista SP1

• Deployed: Windows Vista SP1 RC on ALL of my PC’s

  Today Nick announced the availability of the release candidate for Windows Vista SP1. I had a chance to get the RC build of Windows Vista SP1 installed a few days ago. I decided to roll the RC out on all of my PCs which showcase a variety of device types Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:22 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, Windows Update, Networking, Windows Home Server, Windows Vista SP1, HP MediaSmart Server, Release Candidate

• Announcing Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC)

  Today we're making available the release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 via Microsoft Connect , and tomorrow subscribers to TechNet and MDSN will have access to those RC bits too. In addition, the RC will be available to the public next week via Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:06 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Featured News, Windows Server 2008, SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Release Candidate, RC

• Experiencing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta

  Today Microsoft is releasing the Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 which was announced by Nick White few weeks ago. I'd like to take the opportunity to share my very own experiences with Windows Vista SP1 Beta running on several PCs of my own. I decided Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 1:41 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Beta, Featured News, Windows Update, BitLocker, Windows Vista SP1, Disk Defragmenter