
Microsoft has quietly released <A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/07/Microsoft-releases-Vista-XP-service-pack-previews_1.html">pre-beta code to two forthcoming Windows service packs</A> to testers in the past week, but the company continues to remain vague about when the final code for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1 will make it to end-users.
Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it released preview code for both XP SP3 but still would not say directly when the updates to each OS will be released in their final versions.