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Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2
TheViffer writes "Beginning April 12, 2005 Microsoft will remove all temporary blocking of Windows XP SP2 by automatic update and Windows update which it has granted to those organizations that requested it. So unless you run Software Update Service (SUS), chances are you will get a mix of SP1 and SP2 running at the same time. Let's just hope you have these programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer and these programs that seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 patched, upgraded, or removed. Might be a good time for help desk personal to pencil in a week (or two) of vacation."
Why are they forcing this service pack on us? I run it on my laptop, because I only use that for light browsing and chatting, but I would never run it on my desktop. The "security enhancement" treats the user like an idiot. I know I don't have a firewall, I have a hardware one. I know I don't run anti-virus programs, I don't download anything on this machine. I know some people need to be secured by force, but I'm sure the majority of us /.ers don't need to be told what do do with a computer.
I've turned off automatic updating on my desktop, and don't plan on installing XP SP2 in the near future.
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Like any programs worked on Windows in the first place?
A short list of programs with known functionality loss or who cease to work after SP2...
- Norton antivirus
- Norton systemworks
- McAfee
- BlackICE
- Zonealarm
Hmm... *increased* security eh! Maybe if you know how to fix those problems... but for Joe User.... ?
"Scattered showers my ass" -Noah
i dunno what is up, but it appears to me that a disturbingly high percentage of recent stories are either dupes, or have miserable errors in them. wassup with that?