Microsoft can say what they want, but consumers as well as enterprise customers have not flocked to Vista even with the first Service Pack already having been released. News that a second service pack for Vista is coming was not a real surprise, but the fact that it might go Gold as soon as April with a release candidate likely in February is a bit surprising.Unlike the Service Pack 1 for Vista which primarily focused on performance enhancements and bug fixes, Service Pack 2 for Vista will add some new features, along with all of the usual things found in service packs from Microsoft.Sources are suggesting that additional Blu-ray support along with the new Wi-Fi support called “Windows Connect Now” will be two of the major additions along with Windows Search 4.0 and new Bluetooth 2.1 support. Some additional new features are planned for the Service Pack 2 for Vista release, but sources indicate those will be on a somewhat smaller scale focused on enhancements and revisions to things that are already found in Vista and were new at the time of release.The news that Microsoft is pushing hard to make a release candidate available for Service Pack 2 in February is not really that much of a surprise, as Microsoft may view it as necessary in order to help salvage some of the capitol that Microsoft lost with consumers and IT professionals with the release of Vista. Microsoft may view a quick release of Service Pack 2 as necessary to help build credibility and momentum prior to the release of Windows 7, which many are banking on as the necessary replacement for Windows XP.
