Windows Vista SP2 RC Build 6002.16670.090130 released to testers
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As various Windows blogs are reporting, Microsoft is issuing some test updates for the official Windows 7 Beta (that's build 7000) this month, on the 24.
Windows 7 is alone in its evolution from Beta to release Candidate. Even with increasing reports that Windows 7 (7048) Build 6.1.7048.winmain_win7rc1.090211-1625 is actually fake, fact is that Microsoft is already cooking RC-branch builds of the next iteration of Windows beyond 7000, which was the Beta version number.
And cooking alongside, but this time around in the Windows Vista pot, is the Release Candidate for Vista's second service pack. Microsoft has made available Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate (RC) Build 6002.16670.090130 to a select pool of testers.
At the end of January 2009, the Redmond company moved Vista SP2 RC into Escrow, focusing on how to stop bugs and regression issues that could impact moving the development process into full Release Candidate stage. At that time, Vista SP2 RC-Escrow Build featured the following version number 6002.16659.090114-1728. In this context, Build 6002.16670.090130 of the full Release Candidate of Vista SP2 is a superseding version.
