Microsoft released vista to Manufacturing on Wednesday, and confirmed the consumer release of January 30th for the consumer edition of the operating system.

This starts the initial step to getting the software on store shelves by the release date. This means that any bugs found now will need to be fixed in a service pack, or patch.

Jim Allchin a co-president of the Microsoft Windows division re-iterated the previous statements by Microsoft that OEMs and other business would receive Vista by November 30th.

Like this article? Then sign up for my newsletter to get free tips and software sent right to your inbox once a week. Like you, I hate spam – I will never spam, or sell your email address.