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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.
What?? You mean there are problems with XP?
-- "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
- Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
Due out November 12th 2003
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There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
Isn't that the time that "Clean" up worm is set to expire?
Sig it.
Of course, the real reason for the delay is that after SP1, XP is almost completely bug free (except for thost pesky third-party apps that keep crashing...)
Maybe it's not ready yet?
The security community breathed a collective sigh of relief that there would be no new influx of security patches to patch the new service pack until late next year.
Then they went back to tracking the CURRENT vulnerabilities.
-- You can't idiot-proof anything, because they're always coming out with better idiots.
They finally understand what a buffer overflow is, and this time, they'll *really* *really* fix all of them.
Windows users will have to wait till 2004 for a new set of features that can be exploited.
(Isn't it a good /. tradition neither to read the article, nor to have any idea what it is about, while participating in the discussion?)
They probably want to make their Windows Server 2003 customers feel better by making sure *their* SP comes first. Y'know, to make up for the "but it's secure out of the box!" gaffe.
Or maybe they are thinking about stuffing in the virus scanning "features" they've been rumoring about...
Eh, it's just a service pack...
Yeah and which calendar - I'm assuming Gregorian, but if they mean the Liberalia Triday Calendar then that's next Friday :o
Sometimes it really concerns me when my computers have more "MS Hotfixes" installed than actual programs.
Hmm... I guess the more you install the better it runs. That sure sounds odd.
Hard loop..... huh?
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Then why hasn't Microsoft changed the typo on this page
They've been trying, but their machines keep rebooting on their own for some reason...
Linux: The ultimate NT servce pack.
Second, clicking 3 times (Windows Update, Scan for Patches, Install) is a lot simpler than the 10 or so that Red Hat requires. (I only have Red Hat Network to compare to, so if there's any better way to update RH8, someone let me know.)
OK. From a mostly default install of RH7.1 on my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop (which installed flawlessly btw):
1) I click the little red circle with the '!' on the task bar. This opens the "Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool".
2)Click "Launch Up2date"
3)Enter root password
4)Next
5)Next
6)Click "Select all packages"
7)Next
8)Next
9)Next
10)Finish
11)Close the "Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool"
See, that easy. 11 easy steps instead of 3 for Windows.
Uh, shit...
(Non-gamer, so no Windows machine. Is it really just 3 clicks to update Windows? Probably needs at least 1 reboot though. HAH!)