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On February 11, responding to client unrest, Microsoft introduced it'll make Vista Services Pack (SP) one readily available previously than it originally promised.Initially, the earliest anybody was gonna be able to get the bits labeled as last was mid-March,Windows 7, even though Microsoft truly released-to-manufacturing (RTM) the code on February 4.On February eleven,Windows 7 Ultimate Key, Microsoft introduced an about-face in its planned rollout schedule. Microsoft has made the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) develop of SP1 accessible to individual who participated in the SP1 beta system, as of “late Friday” (February 8). At the end of this week,Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft will make the English version of Vista SP1 offered to its volume-licensing customers,Windows 7 Product Key, with other languages to follow “soon after.” And some time later this month,Microsoft Office 2010 Product Key, Microsoft will make the ultimate SP1 bits available to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet Plus subscribers.Mid-March is still the date when Microsoft is planning to make SP1 broadly available to customers who are less technically savvy, according to a new posting about the Windows Vista Team blog. And it sounds like there;s no change within the targeted availability date — April — when PC makers will start offering the ultimate SP1 bits preloaded on new machines.Many tech enthusiasts and some corporate customers were unhappy with the original availability routine that Microsoft outlined on February 4. Microsoft initially said customers would have to wait more than a month to obtain the final Vista SP1 bits. Microsoft cited driver-compatibility issues as the reason it was delaying availability.(By the way, the last Vista SP1 test create and the ultimate RTM build are the same, in spite of having different create numbers.)While it;s good Microsoft is listening to customers, I have to say the company;s disclosure policy on SP1 — from start to finish — has been rather convoluted. But at least customers are finally getting the SP1 bits that many have been awaiting.