Storage feature pack coming for Windows

Dean Pullen the Inquirer, Saturday 16 August 2008. 18:25:00

Blu-Ray burning support among other additions

NEW DETAILS HAVE appeared about the future availability of a new feature pack for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The 'Windows Feature Pack for Storage' has been in beta testing for a while, but has now appeared on Microsoft Connect. This was spotted by Mary-Jo Foley who has received excited beta tester feedback. We're not sure there's that much to get excited about. The three main features available in the beta are as follows: Active Storage Platform: This pre-release package enables Windows to restrict access to portable devices (such as a USB flash dongles) via a certificate or password authentication Image Mastering API update for Blu-Ray media: This feature enables Windows to do master style optical burning on Blu-Ray media Smart Card Driver: Provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID Unlike Service Packs which generally bundle a set of fixes and security patches, feature packs are intended to deliver additional functionality between Windows releases....