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July 3, 2007 |

Microsoft asks to be forgiven for delay of Vista Ultimate extras

By Jonathan Schlaffer





Microsoft asks to be forgiven for delay of Vista Ultimate extras Those who purchased Windows Vista Ultimate were promised a number of extras and add-ons which are still missing from Microsoft’s download section. To date a total of four add-ons for Vista ultimate have been released, one for bitlocker drive encryption and three games so of those on-offer there isn’t much there.

On Monday Microsoft issued an apology for the delayed release of two additional add-ons that are still in the works. That?s no excuse because there are still 20 missing add-ons that were promised and a feature that allows videos to be used a desktop backgrounds.

In a statement, Barry Goffe, director of Windows Vista Ultimate said, “We want to let our Windows Vista Ultimate customers know that we are actively working to deliver the remaining extras that we identified in January.”

He added that development is continuing and there are no further foreseen delays (that’s the thing with delays, they never are). The whole thing ended in an apology to all those who purchased Ultimate and Goffe added that they add-ons are coming and will be made available for download. He did not talk about a time frame for the remaining add-ons.

Some of the add-ons should be available by the end of summer but any mention of a specific time frame was dodged in typical Microsoft fashion.


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  • 2 Responses to “Microsoft asks to be forgiven for delay of Vista Ultimate extras”

    1. Windows Vista News » Blog Archive » Microsoft asks to be forgiven for delay of Vista Ultimate extras:

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    2. ForgeAus:

      You can always use VLC (VideoLAN Player) for desktop “wallpaper” video even in XP (although it may require an Active Desktop toggle)…
      but I am interested to know what the other Extras that are still coming are…

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