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.

[fshalor]

try running lyx stable on windows

then talk to me about compatability for the software *I* need

then grab a mac and install fink

open source at your fingertips

Re:We have ways of making you do things.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Um, not that I consider Apple to be paragons of compatibility, but windows is about as low on this criteria as anything can be.

Microsoft has utter, plain contempt for open standards. They release service packs you can't block that break new releases of important apps like Photoshop.

Assuming that you meant Microsoft software when you implied you used "compatible" apps, your statement makes about as much sense as "I live on the moon because I like to breathe oxygen." And if you didn't mean Microsoft, then what is it that you think beats Apple so soundly?