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News.com is reporting that Microsoft has set a timeline for the long fabled Windows Vista SP1 in a court filing regarding their desktop search product.

But it’s worth pointing out that, as part of its court filing on the desktop search changes, Microsoft says it will have a beta version of Vista Service Pack 1 before the end of the year. It’s especially noteworthy given how little Microsoft has said on the matter until now.

There’s no word in the filing on when the final version of SP1 will arrive, so I’m guessing that means 2008.

We have to wait until 2008 for Microsoft to patch some of these large Vista holes?! Can anybody wait that long?

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