Re: Where is WinXP SP2 ?
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Date: 08/25/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:23:09 GMT
"Eduardo Valencia" <EduardoValencia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I do not find WinXP SP2 for download anywhere.
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> I am getting bored about this delay.
Microsoft XP SP2 rollout to resume Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Last week Microsoft postponed automatic distribution of the service pack.
Story by Joris Evers (ComputerWorld/IDG New Service)
AUGUST 23, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - After a nine-day postponement,
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday plans to start pushing out Windows XP Service
Pack 2 to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition.
Taken off guard by the large number of business customers who rely on the
Windows Automatic Updates feature for patches, Microsoft last week postponed
automatic distribution of the mammoth service pack. The software maker sent
a note to corporate customers saying the delay was in response to requests
for more time to install a registry key that will block the automatic
delivery of SP2.
"When we designed Automatic Updates, we had consumers and small businesses
in mind. We have been surprised by the number of enterprises who use
Automatic Updates," said Jon Murchinson, a program manager at Microsoft.
Faced with concerns from business users, Microsoft two weeks ago made
available a tool that allows users to set a Windows registry key that will
instruct the system to skip downloading and installing the service pack for
120 days, but still download other critical updates. The tool was released
one day after the network installation package for SP2.
SP2 is more than the usual roll-up of bug fixes and updates; it makes
significant changes to Windows in the name of increased security. As a
result, SP2 can render existing applications inoperable. Because of those
changes, many businesses want to hold off on installing the update and are
taking time for testing. Automatic Updates initially didn't give users that
flexibility.
Although Microsoft advises consumers to enable Automatic Updates, the
company recommends businesses use patch management tools such as its Systems
Management Server and Software Update Services or third-party products.
The initial schedule called for Microsoft to begin pushing out the already
delayed SP2 to all editions of Windows XP a week ago. Systems running
Windows XP Home Edition finally started downloading SP2 last Wednesday.
Thomas Smith, manager of desktop engineering at a large Houston-based
company, is pleased Microsoft is listening to customers. Smith manages about
5,000 desktops running Windows XP Professional Edition, most of which use
Automatic Updates.
"Microsoft finally sees the issues that we see from the corporate world
about how serious this is," he said. Automatic Updates probably would have
crippled his business by making certain Web-based applications inaccessible,
Smith said.
Still, Smith feels Microsoft's decision to automatically push out SP2 is
wrong. "I think it should never go out as a critical patch." Instead, he
said, Microsoft should have offered feature updates that users could decide
to install on their own terms.
Aras Memisyazici, systems administrator at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, is testing SP2 and has disabled Automatic Updates. "If
it was enabled, it would cut my network performance almost in half because
of all the traffic," he said. Memisyazici plans to start updating his
department's approximately 140 PCs in about a month by applying new software
images.
Microsoft has labeled SP2 a "critical" update and urges all Windows XP users
to install it as soon as possible. The software maker expects about 100
million PCs to be updated by October via Automatic Updates alone. As of
March, Microsoft had sold about 210 million Windows XP licenses, not
counting volume license sales to businesses. There are about 600 million
Windows PCs in use worldwide, Microsoft estimated last month.
Caution on the side of corporate users when it comes to installing SP2 seems
warranted. Microsoft has published several articles in its "knowledge base"
listing more than 200 applications that may not work correctly after
installing the update.
"This is not just a patch; this is a material update to your operating
system. You want to roll it out with a standardized IT control methodology,"
said Dwain Kinghorn, chief technology officer at software management tools
vendor Altiris Inc. in Salt Lake City. "You have to look at it as a new
operating system."
Microsoft has repeatedly urged developers and IT professionals to test SP2.
A first beta of the service pack was released in December, followed by
Release Candidate 1 in March and a second release candidate in June. The
service pack represents one of Microsoft's most broadly tested products to
date, the company has said.
While users and Microsoft are busy distributing SP2, security experts and
hackers are racing to be the first to find a security problem in the
software. Researchers at German Heise Security in a bulletin published Aug.
13 said they found two problems with a security feature in SP2. Microsoft is
investigating the reports but has said it isn't aware of any way for an
attacker to use the flaws to gain access to a Windows machine.
Reprinted with permission from
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Story copyright 2004 International Data Group. All rights reserved.
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