Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004

Aiua writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has pushed back the release date for the second Windows XP service pack to the third quarter of 2004 without giving any reasons." Update: 08/19 12:52 GMT by M : Another article claims it will be out three months earlier, no later than June 2004.

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Re:Register Reports a leak of Service Pack 2

[jayteedee]

Since Microsoft's service packs are close to beta or alpha products to begin with, why would anyone use a leaked or pre-release version of something Microsoft was planning on releasing. I rememeber (and I'm sure many, many others do too) the absolute fun to be had by installing the first few service packs on NT 4.0. What a game of roulette that was! Has anyone ever tried to uninstall a service pack on 2000 or XP? I see they have that option now (and the 100MB of extra system file cruft from the prior files stored on the HD) and was wondering if they actually work, or does it cause even more headaches. An actual uninstall feature on NT 4.0 would have been very welcome in leu of reinstalling from the get-go all over again. I'm real hesitant to even install a service pack these days, but have never worked up the courage to UNinstall a service pack, although I must admit I've haven't needed to lately either.