According to the Microsoft-Watch, the next exit assembly may Build 5506, should happen in a matter of days. The new assembling will include links to some Windows Live service.

At the Welcome screen assembly 5506, Microsoft will include a direct link to download Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live OneCare, Windows Live Toolbar and Windows Live Mail Desktop, judging by the screenshots of Windows Vista Ultimate 5506, published on Microsoft Watch.

In addition, according to another screenshot, include Microsoft Windows Live Messenger as an option in the Start Menu assembly 5506. But it is unclear whether Microsoft is fully replace the instant messaging component of Windows Messenger, which was still embedded in the previous assembly, together Windows Live Messenger.

Microsoft representatives did not comment on the assembly of 5506 and refused to name the date of withdrawal of fresh assembly Windows Vista.

Windows Live is a growing collection of additional software services for Windows. According to Microsoft representatives, there are about 20 such services but, judging from the latest version of Windows Live, the number exceeds 40.

Microsoft plans to distribute another assemble only a limited group of testers, program participants Technology Adoption Program (TAP). That assembly would most probably the last version before predfinalnoy Release Candidate (RC) 1.

RC1 will be available to millions of testers and their exit will bring the final version of Windows Vista, which Microsoft plans to issue in January 2007. According to the blog development teams Windows Vista, Microsoft plans to provide the company RC1 two million testers, plus participants programmes Beta 2/Customer Preview Program and other interested parties.

Although testers had expected RC1 Released at the end of August, is now most likely that predfinalnaya version will be released in September. Microsoft representatives did not make any official statements about the RC1 release in the third quarter.

Monitoring closely the developments wonder whether Microsoft will incorporate what Windows Live service either directly in Windows, remembering that the company is subject to the antimonopoly sanctions last few years in the United States and other countries. For example, the European Commission demanded that Microsoft previously that the company offered a par with the standard programmatic bundling Windows XP separate version of Windows XP, which does not contain a built-Windows Media Player. In South Korea, Microsoft was faced with resistance in connection with the integration of Windows Media Player and Windows Messenger in Windows XP.

Decision on Microsoft build Windows Live service whether in Windows Vista or not probably depends heavily on how Microsoft treats for themselves restrictions authorities of various countries, a decision eventually affect a user, "said Peter O'Kelly (Peter O'Kelly), an analyst with Burton Group.

"Actually, not so difficult to set up services Live, exactly the same provider's not difficult to change the default settings IE7. Therefore, I believe that regardless of whether the service Live, and many of their competitors in the embedded operating system, Windows platform itself will not be determinant in this competition ", says O'Kelly.

According to Scott Di Valerio (Scott Di Valerio), a corporate vice president unit to work with Microsoft's OEM partners, his unit is negotiating with the PC producer and collector systems at the preset some services for Windows Live machines to be run by a future Windows Vista . This contract was entered into in a little earlier this year between Dell Computer and Google, in which the company Dell predustanavlivaet Google search on some desktops and notebooks Dell. "Such an agreement on preset Windows Live, and we have," said Di Valerio, refusing to provide more detailed comments on the subject.

Microsoft releases new monthly assembly Windows Vista. Many testers noted progress in the performance and stability of the OS. However, last month, few of the most notable OS testers wrote in his blog that Microsoft should add another stage of testing - Beta 3, arguing that the OS is not ready to exit predfinalnoy RC1 and needs to be expanded. Other testers reported problems and the lack of compatibility of third-party drivers companies that also said that Microsoft needed more time to finalize Windows Vista.