Re: Compulsory SP2 after April 12?
- From: "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:12:58 -0700
Karen;
Apparently that publication is guilty of bad journalism.
SP-2 will not be forced on any computer.
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/forcesp2.htm
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"Karen Nogan" <kanog@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I recently read in a German Publication that as of April 12 the
> service pack 2 for windows xp will be a prerequisite to contimue
> using windows update. Systems without SP2, incl. systems with only
> SP1, will be forced to download patches from a MS download page and
> by doing so will loose a practical way of checking which patches have
> been installed when.
>
> Is this true? And if so, will SP2 still be available under windows
> update, because no MS download site offers the Service Pack 2 for
> home users.
>
> If this is true this limitation of customer's free choice is a rather
> questionable way of forcing users to install a Service Pack which is
> by far not free of multiple bugs and shortcommings as dozens of MS
> articles prove.
>
> Karen
>
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