Re: XP SP2
- From: Justin Haygood <jhaygood86@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:50:01 -0400
Its not just extra protection, it also contains updates to current software. A 180 day grace period was given so that software could be updated to work with SP2, and most companies have patched their software for SP2.
Updates in Service Pack 2:
-- New Security Enhancements: IE 6 SP2, D.E.P., Windows Firewall, Security Center, new Automatic Updates, Windows Messenger 4.7
-- Networking Enhancements: Microsoft Peer to Peer Functionality, IPv6 support, Better support for Wireless Networking, Better DNS cacheing
-- Updated Multimedia Experience: Windows Media Player 9 Series, DirectX 9.0C, Windows Movie Maker 2.1
-- Better hardware support: IEEE 1394 works without eating RAM, Hardware Specific Fixes for certain hardware devices, USB devices no longer randomly disappear
As you can see, its not just a big security hole, its a worthwhile update to many people, not just for security reasons.
Sitara Lal wrote:
Why is MS so keen to have as many XP users ''upgrade' to SP2 as possible? Even if SP2 offers superior security, why does MS seem to almost shove it down our throats - after all we are all grown up and can decide for ourselves whether we need that 'extra protection' or not.
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