The much more Microsoft tries to maintain a lid on Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 details, the much more testers and buyers are going from their way to obtain leaks.There was a lot ado at final month;s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) more than a Vista SP1 sighting during a presentation.On June 7,
Office 2007 Standard Key, quite a few bloggers noted that Microsoft had posted for download via the Microsoft Downloads internet site “Windows Automated Installation Kit Documentation (Windows Server code named “Longhorn” & Windows Vista SP1) Beta 3.” (Unfortunately,
Windows 7 Starter, there was nothing specific inside the ReadMe about Vista SP1. I checked.)Also this week,
Office Professional Plus 2007 Key, the Windows Connected web-site noted that there were some remote server admin tools due out around the time of SP1. Again, no word on when that might be.Readers have been sending me Vista SP1 sightings,
Microsoft Office 2007 Pro, as well. One,
Windows 7 32 Bit, who asked not to be named noted that on Web page 23 of the June 2007 edition of TechNet Magazine, there;s an article that mentions Vista SP1. Article author Joseph Davies notes that “A computer running Windows Vista (with enhancements planned inside the forthcoming Service Pack 1, currently scheduled for release later this year.”Another sent me a link to a thread in a Microsoft IIS 7.0 support forum that mentions a fix for an IIS 7.0-related bug would be part of Vista SP1 which is “coming soon.”Microsoft;s secrecy around Windows client futures is backfiring. Not everyone wants to get their Vista fixes in dribs and drabs by way of Windows Update — especially not corporate clients. If SP1 really is due later this year, as we keep hearing, it would seem Microsoft might want to get a significant volume of testers within the loop at this point to make sure it;s ready to roll.