Microsoft釋放了窗口景色服務組裝1 (SP1) `發行候選人』 (RC)。 在官員SP1在第一季度釋放2008年之前，這是最後步。 注意這仍然不是正式代碼，那麼那裡可能仍然是臭蟲(但嘿，更將有臭蟲在正式發行)。 如果您安裝此，您很可能將需要在安裝最後的發行之前去除它。

如果您有快速的網絡連接，容易的方法安裝將是以一个 獨立安置者包括一切您需要開始。 請採摘哪一個您需要，根據，如果您是跑32位(最共同性)或64位，和什麼語言您使用(從最後二選擇，如果您使用多語言)。

• 32位用英語，德語，日語，法語，西班牙語
• 64位用英語，德語，日語，法語，西班牙語
• 32位在36種窗口景色語言
• 64位在36種窗口景色語言

另一個方式得到它(在不可避免的P2P連接旁邊)將直接地通過窗口更新下載它。 微軟描述它當`經驗吳基於景色SP1設施

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今天我們使成為可利用發行候選人(RC)窗口景色SP1通過 微軟連接和明天訂戶對TechNet和MDSN也是將得以進入對那些RC位的。 另外， RC對公開以後星期將是可利用的通過微軟的下載中心。 發行候選人階段Beta版軟件典型地是最後形勢，在RTM (發布對製造業)之前產品并且表明代碼獲得了表現和穩定的一個重大水平。

讓我召集從Beta發行做的幾變動服務組裝1 -許多，其中來自由於直接反饋我們Beta測試的社區(謝謝!) ：

• 獨立安置者的大小顯著減少了。 For example, the standalone installer packages consisting of all 36 languages (x86 and x64 chip architectures) are smaller by over 50%. The standalone installer packages consisting of just the 5 languages (again, x86 and x64) slated for initial release are more than 30% smaller in size.
• The required amount of disc space for SP1 installation has also decreased significantly. Furthermore, with the RC, if more space is required to install SP1, an error message will now display exactly how much space is needed

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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate build is live. Microsoft is hammering away at the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and is making consistent headway in the matter. Truth be told, since the 2004 availability of XP SP2, and after the numerous delays of SP3 across 2006 and 2007, Service Pack 3 is long overdue. But at the same time, the refresh is getting closer and closer at a fast pace. Microsoft has in fact synchronized the development milestones of Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3.

The third service pack for XP was initially introduced as a Beta preview version concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1 pre-Beta in mid July 2007. Ever since that point, Vista SP1 and XP SP3 have been joined at the hip. In this regard, Vista SP1 moved into Beta stage at the end of September 2007, with XP SP3 Beta following closely behind in early October. Last week, Microsoft opened up the test driving process of Vista SP1 with a preview of the first Release Candidate to the service pack shipping to approximately 15,000 testers. (more…)

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