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Action Pack Hold Up

There's been a delay in the Microsoft Action Pack kits for July, Microsoft acknowledged on Monday. Now Microsoft is telling partners to expect the quarterly update of free software by Aug. 15 or sooner. In any case, some interesting stuff is coming in the next Microsoft Action Pack for Registered Partners, especially the 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 and Windows Vista Beta 2.

Posted by Scott Bekker on July 11, 2006


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