Re: 4/12/05 vs. Tax Professionals Deadline of 4/15/05. WHAAAAAT!!

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Contrary to the bad journalism reports you have read, SP-2 is NOT going to
be forced on any computer.
If the people you hired convinced you extreme measures are necessary to
prevent SP-2, you should hire someone with integrity willing to tell you the
simple truth instead of a complex lie.
The facts are here:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/forcesp2.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"A Numbers-Type of Guy in San Francisco!"
<ANumbersTypeofGuyinSanFrancisco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8DF2374B-FFAD-4AA4-9D76-E4FEA8B05B1D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm a sole proprietor CPA with p-t tax season staff in San Francisco with
> a
> lot of work staring me in the face and due before April 15th. When a
> friend
> of mine first heard about the forced deployment of SP2 onto the masses
> back
> on March 1st, due to occur on April 12th by good ole Bill, he quickly
> forwarded me the Tech Republic article with Subject Header: "Ready or not,
> Windows XP update is coming". Luckily, last December I had decided to hire
> a
> local IT support group, Proactive Network Consulting, who have
> successfully
> installed a Dell server with SBS software, Veritas b/u s/w and Symantic
> AntiVirus Groupware s/w. It's been a big relief to have them just a phone
> call away for help when it's needed. Lawrence (the Big Cheese at
> Proactive)
> has assured me he will see that no such automatic download and
> installation
> of SP2 will occur into my main machine at any time before 4/16/05. I just
> wonder ... didn't ANYONE working on the SP2 forced distribution consider
> us
> poor number-crunching tax preparers when they decided upon April 12th as
> their chosen date???
> --
> One of many 100's of members of "Mama's" Extended Family!


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