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If you are feeling game, SP2 has been released as one pack for both Vista and 2008 Server in various flavours.

Features

Emerging Hardware Support

• Bluetooth 2.1 feature pack
• Ability to record data on Blu-ray media
• exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones
• Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
• Support for ICCD/CCID smart cards

Hyper-V

• Windows Vista SP2 includes Hyper-V™ technology, enabling full virtualization of server workloads

Security

• Windows Vista SP2 incorporates previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes discovered since the launch of Windows Vista SP1

Performance

• Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search
• Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets

Wireless

• Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
• Fixed issue where Wi-Fi connection was no longer available after resume from sleep

Administration and Support Improvements

• Service pack clean-up tool: Restores hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (Windows Vista RTM and Windows Vista SP1) that are being serviced by Windows Vista SP2

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Here’s your chance to take part in one of Microsoft’s traditions: The Customer Preview Program, where you can play an integral part in our development process. Check out the Customer Preview Program (CPP) for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. This is a traditional service pack release containing all cumulative security updates available since the Windows Vista SP1 release in March 2008; however, either Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 is a prerequisite for installing this service pack. What makes the Windows Vista SP2 release unique is that it is a single service pack for both client and server operating systems. Since the code base for Windows Vista is shared with Windows Server 2008, a single update can be deployed across your full infrastructure.

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