Re: Need SP2 Options
- From: "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:59:08 +0100
Listen very carefully - I will say this only once.......
You will NOT be forced to install SP2 if you don't want to - There never
have been plans for any such action, and there never will be.
If YOU choose to install it - or your system admin makes the choice for
you - then you will get it -otherwise you will not have SP2 installed -
ever!
If YOU choose not to use IE for anything, then you can still download the
SP2 update using whatever browser you want, simply by using a download
manager and going to the download center and getting the full 272MB download
from there.
http://www.flashgot.net/whats
Is a FireFox extension that allows many download managers to work properly
FWIW, I had no problems ordering the CD using FireFox - on default
settings - except for a couple of pop-ups asking me to verify microsoft.com
subsites as trusted for the session
I suggest that you rein in on the BS and stick to the facts - thye'll serve
both you and everyone better!.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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"lee" <loneweasel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Jesse wrote:
>> Well for one thing, why dont you just use IE for a few minutes while
> you
>> request the CD?
>
> I decide which browser I use.
>
>> Also, if that does not work take your computer to a friends
>> house who has a High Speed connection.
>
> No.
>
>> It just sounds to me that you have a
>> case of the "I hate Microsoft".
>
> I'm tired of Microsloth.
>
>> There is nothing wrong with IE.
>
> Why is it that hackers can attack me through Internet Exploder even if
> I never use it? Why can't I just uninstall the piece of junk and
> remove the threat of being hacked through software I never use?
>
> Answer me that.
>
>> Now that
>> alot of people are using Firefox there are ALOT of new security holes
> being
>> found with Firefox.
>
> Not that many, and Firefox fixed them promptly.
>
>> So... I reccomend IE because Microsoft patches it ALL
>> the time,
>
> Because if they didn't constantly patch it hackers would own your
> computer.
>
>> and it is imbedded in the OS which makes it ten times more
>> efficient.
>
> Also means whenever IE's hacked, the hackers have control of your
> system.
>
> Just like this enforced SP2 update, enforced storage of Exploder is a
> needless security risk, and a poor excuse for a web browser.
>
> [begin excerpt]
>
> Push Is Coming to Shove for XP SP2 Deployment
> By John Pallatto
> April 6, 2005
>
> Affecting all the XP users who have been avoiding or procrastinating
> about installing the Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrade, Microsoft is
> about to make the decision for them.
>
> On April 12, Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to turn on its Automatic
> Update service, which will deploy the XP Service Pack 2 to all PCs
> connected to the Internet regardless of whether corporate IT
> departments or individual PC users have prepared for it.
>
> [end excerpt]
>
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