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Thread ID: 44738	2004-04-28 23:59:00	News: Microsoft pushes back XP update	stu120404 (268)	Press F1

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232781	2004-04-28 23:59:00	From CNET News . com ( . com . com/2100-1016_3-5201656 . html?tag=nefd . top" target="_blank">news . com . com) Microsoft pushes back XP update By Ina Fried Staff Writer, CNET News . com Microsoft has delayed the planned release date of its next update to Windows XP by about a month, CNET News . com has learned . The software maker had originally said Windows XP Service Pack 2 would be released in its final form in the first half of this year, but a representative told CNET News . com on Wednesday that the release is now likely to come later in the summer . Windows XP Service Pack 2 is largely intended to bolster the security of Windows XP, but also will add features such as a pop-up ad blocker to Internet Explorer . Internally, Microsoft is now targeting a July release as opposed to the June release originally intended, according to a source familiar with the company's plans . Microsoft has already released one near-final "release candidate" version of the software but is planning on another one before it puts its stamp of approval on the software . The company representative said Microsoft is still trying to incorporate the feedback it has gotten from testers of the software . "Ultimately, it will ship when it meets the quality standards Microsoft customers demand," the representative said . Microsoft has shifted a significant number of its Windows staff to the service pack release, a move that has also pushed back the company's timeframe for launching Longhorn, the next major update to Windows .	stu120404 (268)
232782	2004-04-29 00:20:00	> Windows XP Service Pack 2 is largely intended to > bolster the security of Windows XP, but also will add > features such as a pop-up ad blocker to Internet > Explorer. Internet Explorer?? Whats Internet Explorer?? ;-) > The company representative said Microsoft is still > trying to incorporate the feedback it has gotten from > testers of the software. Well.. At least they're starting to listen... I think they're realising people are acting with their wallets and looking into Win98, or other alternative OS's. > "Ultimately, it will ship when it meets the quality > standards Microsoft customers demand," the > representative said. So they're saying they released a sub-standard product? Wow! > Microsoft has shifted a significant number of its > Windows staff to the service pack release, a move > that has also pushed back the company's timeframe for > launching Longhorn, the next major update to Windows. And about time... A lot of work needs to go into longhorn anyways.... Get this OS right before you tackle another I say! And what's this about Anti-Virus software... From MS? Will this be in the Final release of WinXP SP2? I know that in build 2082 there's just a place-holder for it...? Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
232783	2004-04-29 01:57:00	> By Ina Fried :^O	Greg S (201)
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