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Windows XP SP2 In Release
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.
So will just about everyone else who has auto-updates disabled. Many people will never install this patch. Even if they do spend the time to install it they will likely have issues out the ass.
It yells at you if you don't have virus protection enabled. It asks if you want to run your own Firewall but its is enabled by default. If you have both running it could cause you problems.
I don't particularly care for the pop-up blocker and I can't imagine that most users will care for it either.
This is going to be a big hassle for people who don't know what they are doing and it's likely going to be a big hassle for everyone else too.
I heard some jerkweed hacked it up so after installing SP2, your box is likely fail.
"An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program."
And most of the complaining will likely be done by open source advocates whose choice of software also has the net effect of putting the same utility programmers out of a job.
M$ is teh bad!1
It doesn't "yell" at you for not having antivirus software, it announces, and quite rightly too.
Announcing is telling me once and going away (possibly once a boot would be acceptable w/o having to click something else). "Yelling" at me is telling me quite frequently that I don't have it installed.
Another ridiculous thing to say. The popup blocker was the most requested feature, and anytime anyone dissed IE in the past, it included that particular lack. Where do you get these ideas from?
I got them from running the Google toolbar pop-up blocker. It is much easier for me to understand. I can only imagine that it would be easier for someone else as well.
Another ridiculously empty statement: yes, it may be hassle for some people, but they have to learn somewhere. How hard can it be to click "next", "next", "finish"? For every person that goes through installing it, it means _less_ hassle for the rest of us, not more. At this point, it is clear to all that you are just engaging in pointless FUD, either for the sheer fun of trolling or perhaps regrettably, you are as dumb as you sound.
You are such a troll. First off, it's not difficult to download and install, as that wasn't what I was talking about. It is, however, an annoyance that most users will not care to deal with (these are the same people that get trojans, viruses, and spyware because they click YES through everything and fail to read what they are doing). You think that they want firewall and anti-virus notifications to pop-up? You think that they want to have their popups on valid sites not show because they have the pop-up blocker installed by default? I don't.
IBM is telling their customers NOT to deploy -- that it is unstable and can wreck systems. Computerworld Article
...that makes it fun?
Just pulled the 450+ mb ISO off of msdn and installed it. Seems to be working ok at the moment. Tthere aare ssome llittle tthings err wtf was that? err...uninstall.. hehe
Oh cool, will it run on my machine with an AMD processor? Oh? It wont? Well then maybe you need to STFU.
If you build it, nerds will come. Soylentnews.org