Microsoft is planning to end a feature which allows users to block the automatic installation of Windows service packs. The company revealed on Thursday that it would be removing the option of blocking the Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 updates from the Automatic Update service. Microsoft first created the blocking feature to allow administrators the ability to keep the service packs from reaching end-users while the updates could be tested for possible compatibility and stability problems.
Windows Vista will be the first to see its update blocking taken down. The company will remove the feature for Vista SP1 updates on 28 April. Users will still be able to block the Vista SP2 release.
For Windows XP SP3, the unblocking option will lifted on 19 May.
In other Windows news, the company announced on Friday that it would be ending the Windows 7 beta program. The next publically released version of the operating system will be a release candidate, usually considered the last step before a formal release of a product.
While the company has yet to name a specific target date or month for release, Windows 7 is expected to reach the market some time in the first quarter of 2010.
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1 Comment at "Microsoft is going to unblock Windows Service packs"
typical Microsoft
Things I hate about MS include Changing with a SP things like your shutdown procedure(wants you to download their latest upgrade or go to the shutdown step that’s underlined below. Trying to force us to upgrade from SP2 to SP3, among other things such as reenabling Messenger when you’ve turned it off.
I am really concerned with the changeover from XP to Win 7. Sounds just like they want the computer suppliers to have a boooming business plus discourage sales of used computers. They ought to be drawn and quartered! soB
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