Windows XP SP2 RC2 Available
Release Canadidate 2 of Windows XP Service Pack 2 is now available for download. Here's a link and a bit about it:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 Preview
To aid IT professionals in planning and testing for the deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft is making available this preview, based on Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of SP2. Additionally, we have established 11 newsgroups for sharing information.
Comments
- Anonymous
June 15, 2004
What about Sp1 for win2k3? Will there be any download site for that RC too?
//Johan - Anonymous
June 15, 2004
This is for test purposses - Anonymous
June 15, 2004
Hi Johan,
This particular SP is for Windows XP. I don't have information on service packs for other products. When that becomes available, I'll be sure to post it.
Thanks!
Brian - Anonymous
June 16, 2004
The comment has been removed - Anonymous
June 17, 2004
The new XPSP2 is really great.
I love it.
Everyone should have themselves this. - Anonymous
June 21, 2004
waiting to try it - Anonymous
June 22, 2004
The XPSP2 is very useful for the home users and corporate users and really great. - Anonymous
June 22, 2004
Question..will SP2 beta version become available any time soon for other languages than english, german and japanese? Do you know.. - Anonymous
June 29, 2004
Installed XP SP2 last night June 28, 2004 and have had no negative issues. Read my AVG AV as working and up to date, turned off the XP Firewall as I use another and will check out the options of the preinstalled one as I am more comfortable with this SP2 RC2. Another thing that I have noticed is a smoother running CPU. Using the same applications as before and staying within the 9-11% cpu range rather then the normal 25-30% that it used to be. The pop up stopper that comes with the updated IE6 works most of the time I'd say 85%. Tested it heavily on Tripod and Geocities sites as they bombard you with plenty. Hasn't been a whole 24 hours yet so we'll see as other applications are used to get a better understanding how well they work together.
HP Pavillion a288n
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ 2.1 GHz
Windows XP Build 2600, Service Pack 2, v.2149 - Anonymous
July 16, 2004
I beg to differ on anyone that states SP2 Rc2 or newer has great protection against spyware. Overall, I get a total of 10-50 new spy bots every week in the new RC2. So, Microsoft has done little to protect against these bots.But legally, they cannot do anything. The Government has no restrictions to help them. So, you cannot blame them too much.