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Microsoft Releases Changelist for Upcoming XP SP2

Posted by simoniker on from the times-they-be-a-changing dept.

kylef writes "As we know from independent sources, Microsoft is busy readying Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. They have published on their website a changelist document (link goes to TechNet download page) detailing the nature of the security-related fixes and updates. The document is targeted towards XP admins and covers some interesting things such as the new Internet Explorer Pop-up Manager and various security policy changes. Some other juicy tidbits from the document: Internet Connection Firewall will be enabled by default, and there will be new support for something called "Execution Protection" which allows developers to make use of the NX (no execute) page guard flag on Intel's Itanium and newer AMD processors. An interesting read."

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  1. Reminds me of by gily · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This story reminds me of Saddam Hussein's sons who didn't have what to do with their money. They lit cigarettes with $100 bils.

  2. Like, what? by JanusFury · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like, yeah, I was like, downloading this doc file, and like, I opened it in wordpad, and like, it was like beep beep beep, and it was gone. It was a really good doc file. I like, bought a mac? And now, I don't even need to read the doc file, because, like, who cares about windows anyway?

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  3. Better than IE by Dragoon412 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've been using Firebird/Phoenix since 0.5 now. A friend recommended Avant Browser, which I reluctantly tried. It finally got me away from Firebird.

    Avant's not really its own browser, but an add-on for IE. It includes a built-in pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, and 2-click filtering for flash, java, activex, sounds, movies, images, etc. Plus, it has a built-in Google search, and renders IE immune to most of the malware crap you'd pick up just by browsing (at least, in the 3 weeks I've been using it, Spybot S&D's only found 1 piece of spyware).

    It's worth a shot for anyone who's looking for a change in their browser. And while I wouldn't call Avant flat-out better than Firebird, it's definitely an equal, which puts both browsers head and shoulders above the overbloated Mozilla. ;)