Microsoft Releases New Build of Windows Vista

Written By
Peter Galli
Peter Galli
Published: Sep 23, 2006
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Microsoft has released an interim build of Windows Vista to its usual testers as well as to some 100,000 of the participants in its Customer Preview Program. Build 5728 includes ongoing fit and finish work based on the feedback Microsoft has received on Vista Release Candidate 1 since its release on September 1. The build includes a number of specific enhancements and changes, including the ability to turn-off start up music, general stability and bug fixing, as well as performance enhancements. Microsoft is still shooting for Vista to be available to volume license customers in November, with general availability in January 2007, a company spokesperson confirmed. But Microsoft and the European Commission are at a standoff over the bundling of security software in Vista, which could result in a shipping delay for the product in Europe.

Peter Galli

Peter Galli has been a technology reporter for 12 years at leading publications in South Africa, the UK and the US. He has comprehensively covered Microsoft and its Windows and .Net platforms, as well as the many legal challenges it has faced. He has also focused on Sun Microsystems and its Solaris operating environment, Java and Unix offerings. He covers developments in the open source community, particularly around the Linux kernel and the effects it will have on the enterprise. He has written extensively about new products for the Linux and Unix platforms, the development of open standards and critically looked at the potential Linux has to offer an alternative operating system and platform to Windows, .Net and Unix-based solutions like Solaris.

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