Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2

I_am_Rambi writes "On Tuesday, April 12, Microsoft will turn off the blocking feature that has made it possible for some enterprises to block Windows XP Service Pack 2 downloads by employees who use Automatic Update. That means in companies that used the blocking tool, SP2 will be downloaded automatically to desktop computers that use Windows' Automatic Update feature." An anonymous reader adds "Microsoft has published a list of known software that will not work with Service Pack 2. Most of the software will either not run or will display a blue screen of death during installation of the software or when you start up your computer." That may be why, as ErichTheWebGuy writes, "In a survey of PCs at 251 businesses in the U.S. and Canada, asset tracking company AssetMetrix of Ottawa found that only 24 percent of the systems running Windows XP had been upgraded to Service Pack 2."

Comments

Re:We have ways of making you do things.

[StalfrosGR]

Why aren't we all using Macs in the first place?

Re:We have ways of making you do things.

[Zeinfeld]

You vill download zee program and you vill love it!"

No, you lazy IT folk will not be able to stop your users from downloading and installing it.

I run an absolutely plain XP system on my laptop. The only company provided programs I use are office, Visio and occasionally Visual Studio. There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn't have used XP SP2 the day it was released. I can't download it and run it on my machine because IT is still checking out a bunch of apps they wrote that I never use.

Re:We have ways of making you do things.

[Christianfreak]

Why do you need PhotoShop when you can just use GIMP?

*runs from ensuing GIMP vs PS flamewar*