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Windows XP SP2 In Release

Posted by Hemos on from the coming-out-soon dept.

mr_tommy writes "Service Pack 2 for Windows XP has been released to manufacturers (RTM), is available to MSDN customers, and will soon be available to all via Windows Update and Microsoft sites. At ~ 250 megs, the download is big, and Microsoft will be offering the option of getting it on CDs. The much awaited Service Pack comes with many security updates (new NX and DEP protection), extra features (firewall, security center), and improvements for Windows. New versions of IE and OE come with the release, as well as improvements in the wireless networking field. So far, the service pack seems to be very stable (no known major issues) and does seem to speed up most systems. A review of SP2 Final with some limited download links is available at Neowin.net. I'd urge all users (pirate users too) to deploy the service pack and benefit from the genuine effort Microsoft have made with regards to security in this release." We did cover this recently but since this is a major deal, we figured people would want to know more.

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  1. Think about new ways to harm our country by Hot+Summer+Nights · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said.

    "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

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    1. Re:Think about new ways to harm our country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wow, you are so incredibly lame

      i hope you get trashed on listerine and forget to vote

    2. Re:Think about new ways to harm our country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      President gaffes in terror speech

  2. dupe? by azatht · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    isn't this a dupe?

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  3. GOD this color scheme SUCKS by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    click here for the normal slashdot green

    seriously taco, this sucks. whats next, white on white?

    1. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Strange how on Gentoo with Opera, on an old Mag 17" monitor, as well as on my iBook G3 running Panther and Safari, this color scheme is impossible to read.

      OTOH, on my iMac 400 at work with same Panther and Safari, it looks fine, although a bit annoying.

    2. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Just strip off the "it." before slashdot.org in the address box for any article in the IT category.

      This color scheme certainly sucks ass. There are numerous comments about it in every thread in this category. You'd think that with so many complaints a simple color scheme change would be in order. I'd prefer the normal green over the current colors. How hard could that be?

    3. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS by Kenshin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      All of Slashdot's colour schemes suck.

      There's no getting around it. It's true the statement that code developers know nothing about aesthetics other than how to please themselves.

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    4. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS by dubious9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah, I hate replying to offtopic post (especally when I hate mod points). But I will complain in every thread that the color scheme is god-damn awful. I've not heard anybody that likes it, only people that don't mind it.

      And I hate having to remove the 'it' in it.slashdot.org to get normal green back. I can't figging read it like it is. Yeah, bitch, bitch offtopic whatever, but come on. Props to parent for complaining again.

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    5. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS by gmhowell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I've not heard anybody that likes it, only people that don't mind it.

      Taco will respond in a journal entry in another month (maybe) saying that while all of us trolls bitched about the color scheme on shit.slashdot.org, he received thousands upon thousands of emails saying how brilliant it was.

      I think the solution is clear.

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  4. Google News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the first time a /. article has made google news headlines:

    http://news.google.ca/news/en/ca/technology.html

  5. Re:GOD this color scheme SUCKS - Agreed by kryocore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That was my first thought when I clicked on this article... Glad someone else agrees.

  6. Ah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But where can I download my daily nicotine fix?

  7. Pop Up Blocker is a Bad Thing (TM) by Prien715 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll say it once and I'll say it again: Pop-up blocking in IE is a bad thing at least for Mozilla users.

    Why? Advertisers wants to get their ads to market. Pop-ups allow such a means. If their target audience is suddenly immune to pop-ups, it'll just mean more insiduous forms of advertising. Right now, at least, I don't have to deal with it. While no adverising for anyone is the preference, it can't happen, so I opt for no advertisements for me.

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  8. Code Developers Pleasing Themselves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's true the statement that code developers know nothing about aesthetics other than how to please themselves.

    Yeah, but we are (mmm) really good (oooh) at pleasing (ahhh!) ourselves. (YES! YES! YES! AHHH!!! OOOH GOD!)

    Sorry about the mess.

  9. In the other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Enlightenment, once known as the wm of the 1990's, has again seized operations on the development of dr 17. Quote one source close to the group, "we do not feel like it" Rasterman, who was at one time regarded as the next great thing to hit the fan, has been MIA in japan for many years. Only those close to the man know his location. It is rumoured that he is spending his days writting on the school boards, "I am not a coder" with coder mispelled.

  10. HELP PLEASE by Roark+Meets+Dent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I run the service pack 2, it unpacks its files and then says: "Could not verify the integrity of the file update.inf. Please verify the cryptographic service is running." It IS running, I even tried restarting it and no luck. What to do?

  11. Re:SP2 by Martin+Blank · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, I can call him an elitist. And if Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, or Bill Gates wants to use it, I'll call them elitist, too.

    It's confusing enough for most users to deal with the billion-bytes vs. GB issue on hard drives without introducing yet another measurement system, not to mention one that is in some cases difficult to pronounce and in the most common cases just sounds stupid and invites ridicule.

    For decades, it was understood that a kilobyte was 1024 bytes, with kilo having a slightly different meaning in the computing industry than elsewhere. "Gauge" as a measurement system still in common use around the world has different meanings depending on its application (wires based on the size of the hole from which they were drawn, shotguns based on the number of lead balls of the barrel's inside diameter were required to make up a pound, railways based on the distance between rails, steel the thickness of sheeting [borrowed, apparently, from wire gauge], and the amount of Plaster of Paris used in mixes to change dry rates). There's no reason, aside from a need to prove oneself to be "above" the common user, to make this kind of inane change.

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  12. Re:SP2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Learn some math.

    Martin Blank, learn not to be a fucking condescending prick. Shithead.