Any time that Vista Ultimate Extras were brought up last year (here, here and here), it was usually to talk about how disappointing that they were. Even though Vista launched in January, it took too long and too much silence from the Ultimate Extras team before they got anything pushed out the door. The most anticipated extra, DreamScene took forever to be launched

Every time I write about the Vista Ultimate Extras it feels like I'm beating a dead horse, but for one reason or another there seems to be a lot of news surrounding the nearly non-existent add-ons. There is even more news regarding the Ultimate Extras today, but I don't think you're going to like what I have to tell you.

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No, Microsoft is not ditching

A forum member over at WinBeta snatched up what appears the box art for a Microsoft Plus! Pack designed for Vista. It was taken from an online Canadian store, called Future Shop, who has since removed the listing from their site. It was priced at $39.99 Canadian dollars, and the release date posted was February 15, 2008. The box says that it

Long Zheng wrote a funny post yesterday regarding the forgotten Windows Vista Ultimate Extras. He wrote it in the form of a reminder email that you would receive from a service after not using it for a period of time. Here's a snippet from the article:

This is an automated message to remind you it has been 81 days since your last

Stardock is a company that is well recognized for their wide array of software applications that let users customize the appearance and functionality of Windows. Earlier this year Stardock announced the launch of a free product, called Deskscapes, who's goal was to make Windows Dreamscene even more extensible. You remember Dreamscene, right? It's the Vista Ultimate Extra Microsoft shipped which lets you designate

It's been nearly 9 months since Vista's consumer launch, and 11 months since Vista's business launch. It's hard for me to believe that it's been that long already, and Microsoft is finally delivering all of the Vista Ultimate Extras that had been promised to users. That's right, the 19 Language Packs have been pushed out the door via Windows Update.

I'm sure you're wondering

Microsoft was finally able to ship an update to the Ultimate Extras a few days after the deadline they had set for themselves. The new DreamScene download doesn't appear to have any different features from the preview that had been released prior to this, but it does include four new DreamScenes with it. Oh, and it doesn't work with Vista SP1 Beta.