Microsoft has announced it's released another updated test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
The company said that the new version, dubbed Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2, has been released to about 15,000 beta testers. The code is not being made available publicly, Microsoft said.
The product is still on track to be finalised this quarter, Microsoft said, while offering its standard caveat. "The final release date is based on quality, so we will continue to track customer and partner feedback from the beta program before setting a final date," the company said.
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Earlier this month, Microsoft released the first refresh to the release candidate of Vista SP1 to about 15,000 testers and later to the public.
As for XP, Microsoft said it had already released Windows XP SP3 RC Refresh 2 to beta testers on Wednesday. Microsoft said it is aiming for a release sometime in the first half of this year, but added: "Our timing will always be based on customer feedback as a first priority".
Microsoft is also making guinea pigs out of it's Windows Home Server customers as well. That's because WHS has got a proven data corruption design flaw that's been around since the very beginning last year in November, which Microsoft hasn't resolved and isn't expecting to provide any relief until sometime ahead in June 2008.
Doesn't Microsoft actually test it's own software to work with it's own applications?
Windows Home Server Drive Extender technology causes data corruption with the following Microsoft applications...
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Money 2007
Microsoft Office Excel
Microsoft Digital Image Library
Microsoft Windows Vista Photo Gallery
Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
Microsoft Zune Software
Microsoft Virtual PC 2008
Microsoft Project 2000
Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 Beta
So why is Microsoft still selling WHS with a proven data corruption design flaw?
A design flaw that's been around since last year!