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Much Ado about SP2

Wednesday, September 1st, 2004 at 8:32 PM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog 6 comments

Plenty of WinXP SP2 news popping up. We’ve reported a few here already and there have been a few more. Here’s a round up of the latest SP2 articles:

Get security updates without SP2.

Personal Computer World offers a guided tour of SP2.

The mega-sized SP2 is available on CD. The download is 75 megs for personal PCs and 266 megs for the full “network install.” The CD is free, but takes four to six weeks for delivery.

Microsoft has released a kit for finding compatibility problems, instructions on rolling out fixes, and deployment road maps. All this is available through the Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 “will assist IT professionals to test and mitigate application compatibility issues arising from these more stringent security technologies.” This Microsoft Knowledgebase article discusses applications that stop working after installing SP 2, which may require the manual opening of a port.

Support information is available specific to IT Professionals and Developers.

TechRepublic provides details on how SP2 affects wireless networking. A person shares his experience in installing SP2 and IT managers are happy with SP2 while another article indicates a third of IT managers are struggling with it.

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6 comments

Posted by Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics on August 29th, 2004, 8:34 PM
SP2 Round up

Plenty of WinXP SP2 news popping up. We’ve reported a few here already and there have been a few more. Here’s a round up of the latest SP2 articles: Get security updates without SP2. Personal Computer World offers a guided…
Posted by Jeff Laughlin on August 31st, 2004, 8:54 AM
The Toronto Windows Server User Group (TWSUG) will be hosting a session “Windows XP Service Pack 2 Security Technologies” on Sept. 15. 2004. The even is free for all and is sure to be an informative and interesting evening.

visit http://www.twsug.com for more info.
Posted by Jim on September 2nd, 2004, 8:22 AM
Hi, i ordered my SP2 cd on aug 26 & received it 1st class mail on aug 30
M$ was on the ball
Posted by Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics on September 2nd, 2004, 6:27 PM
SP2, Emails, and KB

I think by now I don’t have to say what SP2 is, but for safety’s sake, I speak of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Earlier, I provided a bunch of SP2 resources in one place. This update covers an email…
Posted by George on September 4th, 2004, 4:07 AM
I too ordered my SP-2 CD on 8/26, and received my CD on 8/30. My compliments and Aloha to the MS team, who is really great!
Posted by Bryon Sp[ier on September 9th, 2004, 9:21 PM
Excellence. Ordered Aug26,rec’d Aug29. Loaded very very fast. ( I’m always up to date.) Had to turn things off/on. It DID change some settings that I had to tweak. The pop up block is far better than the free ones I have tried. (Compatibility? with XP?) This load was faster/better than the SP1 disk I received.