Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Preview with more new features to beta testers through Microsoft Connect. Windows Vista SP1 RC is currently available for download from the Microsoft Connect website for 15,000 SP1 testers.

“The RC Preview incorporates feedback from users in our beta program, including changes to the setup and installation experience,” one of the Microsoft executive said via e-mail.

She added that “We will release a [release candidate] of SP1 to a broader group of testers soon,” the spokeswoman added. “And we are targeting the first quarter of 2008 to release SP1 to manufacturing.”

Microsoft is planning to release the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to public via Windows Update in the first quarter of 2008. Many organizations are waiting for it’s release before upgrading to Windows Vista.

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