Author Topic: Windows Xp SP2 (Read 1874 times)

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **on:** March 20, 2004, 08:39:42 PM »

Was looking through filemirrors when i noticed a sp2 for xp. It doesn\'t seem to be on the windows site. So i\'m guessing its a beta.. anyone tried it?

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/a/f/5aff45ae-ef27-4821-b666-d2b6530cbe4f/xpsp2.exe

« **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2004, 01:49:24 AM »

I wouldn\'t install it till there is an official release, it can screw the OS if it\'s bugs.

« **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2004, 02:24:51 AM »

Whats the difference between Service Packs and the Windows updates?

« **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2004, 05:29:30 AM »

I\'m running the latest sp2 beta and my system is much more stable now than before. And it\'s also has better security. Pop-up blocker for inet explorer. Internet access for programs are now controlled by xp by default, i.e. a dialogue appears asking if you will allow the program to access the internet or block it. It\'s pretty cool if you ask me.
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/a/f/5aff45ae-ef27-4821-b666-d2b6530cbe4f/xpsp2.exe

Description:
Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview

Published: March 19, 2004

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides an enhanced security infrastructure that defends against viruses, worms and hackers, along with increased manageability and control for IT professionals and an improved experience for users.

To aid IT professionals in planning and testing for the deployment of Windows XP SP2, Microsoft is making available this preview, based on Release Candidate 1 of the SP2. Additionally, we have established 11 newsgroups for sharing information.

WARNING! This technical preview is unsupported and is intended for testing purposes only. Do not use in production environments.

Additional Information:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2predl.mspx

« **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2004, 03:28:16 PM »

273 MB\'s lol

« **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2004, 03:32:59 AM »

Tried it. Commented on it on in the forums. Was ignored. I am not happy with the beta release at this point. Before you all say that is why it is in beta form. I have used MS beta\'s that were better then the gold release.

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2004, 04:47:09 AM »

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Originally posted by PS2_-\'_\'-_PS2
Whats the difference between Service Packs and the Windows updates?

Windows updates are for individual updates.
A service pack is pretty much all patches/updates thrown together with extras

« **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2004, 05:48:09 AM »

Well I\'m pretty amazed that it\'s running so well on my Toshiba craptop, sorry laptop. It\'s been up and running for over a week now. Before I installed SP2 I\'d get a BSOD every 2-3 days.

« **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2004, 07:25:01 AM »

My computer\'s running ok, and I don\'t have any security concerns, as I take care of that stuff myself.

I would say that unless you have concerns about your systems performance, or you really want some of the features (and don\'t want to go out and get pop-up stopper or something), then wait until it\'s officially released AND gone through a month or so of error reporting.

« **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2004, 09:09:38 PM »

If you want a pop-up blocker. Get the google toolbar. Unless MS makes serious changes say a new sus update. Then this is going to be a nightmare to deploy. It is going to break more things than it fixes. Unless you are home user of course.

« **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2004, 07:17:50 AM »

Only reason I installed SP2 was because my system wasn\'t stable and I was planning on re-installing OS anyway. Thought it couldn\'t hurt to try out SP2.

I wouldn\'t recommend installing it on an already stable machine.

« **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2004, 07:36:53 AM »

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Originally posted by Capcom
If you want a pop-up blocker. Get the google toolbar. Unless MS makes serious changes say a new sus update. Then this is going to be a nightmare to deploy. It is going to break more things than it fixes. Unless you are home user of course.

/me shudders at the thought of the google toolbar.

Google is one of the worst companies for privacy invasion. I wouldn\'t trust them with a toolbar if they were the ONLY pop-up stopper out there... and they aren\'t. Find a small freeware or shareware one... there are plenty out there. If you get a pre version 3 pop-up stopper from panicware their\'s was great.

« **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2004, 09:37:06 AM »

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Originally posted by FatalXception
/me shudders at the thought of the google toolbar.

Google is one of the worst companies for privacy invasion. I wouldn\'t trust them with a toolbar if they were the ONLY pop-up stopper out there... and they aren\'t. Find a small freeware or shareware one... there are plenty out there. If you get a pre version 3 pop-up stopper from panicware their\'s was great.

Google does not collect any info if you disable the advanced features during setup. MS collects more info than they do.

« **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2004, 11:19:14 AM »

If you want a browser with built in pop-up blockers use Mozilla or Opera. Very good browsers.

« **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2004, 02:31:02 PM »

Download some software to see where your packets are going... google toolbars report plenty of information, even with privacy options on. Microsoft too... you can\'t trust any of those biggies!

(mad paranoid eyes roll)

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Author Topic: Windows Xp SP2 (Read 1874 times)