Re: Service Pack 2 update

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/02/04 

Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:09:43 +0100

Nathan,

Ideally since as you suspect not everyone is not going to trust a "tinyURL"
you may be better off posting a full link.
However - it is best to avoid posting the absolute download location as they
are subject to change without notice - better to direct a user to the actual
page where we link from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx
Where they can not only find a link to download the SP2 Preview but also
links to other related information such as the Comprehensive Guide to
Functionality etc. 

-- 
Regards,
Mike
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"Nathan" <natedawg@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:uDVhwqLGEHA.2052@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> great article showing all the major changes in Windows XP SP2
> http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/xpsp2.asp
>
> I am running SP and have to say I think it is great.  It is a Release
> Candidate and is not the Final release.
>
>
> You can get SP2 here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/23aql
>
>
> ( If you are not familiar with www.tinyurl.com feel free to look at the
> site. But all http://tinyurl.com/23aql does is forward you to
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/a/f/5aff45ae-ef27-4821-b666-d2b6530cbe4f/xpsp2.exe )
>
>
> You can read what people are saying about  Service Pack 2 with the
> following:
>
>  From this MS webpage:
> http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us
>
> ..to view Microsoft newsgroups with an NNTP newsreader such as Outlook
> Express..
> Viewing these Newsgroups with an NNTP Newsreader
> Since these are private newsgroups, your server will require you to logon
> using the following information:
> Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
> Account name: privatenews\sp2user
> Password: password
> Note that the password is case-sensitive.
> Viewing these Newsgroups through Outlook Express
> Launch Outlook Express
> Select Tools - Accounts
> Select Add & click News
> Enter Your Name
> Enter an alias (you may want to consider avoiding posting with your real
> e-mail alias, as these newsgroups are exposed publicly through the web
> interface. More about e-mail aliases and privacy.)
> Internet News Server Name Page - enter privatenews.microsoft.com and check
> "My news server requires me to log on". Click "Next".
> Enter Account name - privatenews\
> Enter password (case-sensitive):
> Click Next & Finish
> Close and download the newsgroups.
>
>
>
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