• Vista & Server 2008 SP2 is now available in all languages

    Microsoft has now posted the all language standalone & dvd iso image editions of Windows Vista SP2 & Windows Server 2008 SP2. Here are the links to get them:

    Vista/Server 2008 SP2 – all language standalone (32bit)

    Vista/Server 2008 SP2 – all language standalone (64bit)

    Vista/Server 2008 SP2 – All Language DVD ISO Image

    Even though the download center info on “Date Published” says June 22, 2009 (aka. 6/22/2009) on these downloads, they were not actually available until the evening of June 30 pacific time as I checked myself.

    New recap of the release of Vista/Server 2008 SP2:
    RTM (release to manufacturing) or finalized April 29, 2009 for 5 languages
    released to MSDN/Technet subscribers as 5 language standalone downloads April 30, 2009
    released to MSDN/Technet subscribers as integrated SP2 DVD ISO images May 11, 2009
    RTM (release to manufacturing) or finalized May 21, 2009 for all languages
    released to MSDN/Technet subscribers as all language standalone downloads May 22, 2009
    RTW (release to web) or GA (general availability) > May 26, 2009 for 5 languages
    RTW (release to web) or GA (general availability) > June 30, 2009 for all languages
    Automatic Update distribution of Vista/Server 2008 SP2 also began on June 30, 2009

    If you don’t want Automatic Updates to download & install SP2, turn off Automatic Updates or use the SP2 blocker tool whenever available.

    Update: The Vista SP2 all language standalone downloads are also available on Microsoft Update Catalog & Windows Update sites. The “Last Update” date info on them says 6/29/2009.

    Softpedia recently reported the downloads of the Vista SP2 Multilingual User Interface [MUI] Language Packs also available from Windows Update.