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Thread ID: 42921 2004-02-26 23:26:00 Who's tried WinXP SP2? Chilling_Silently (228) Press F1
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218443 2004-02-26 23:26:00 I just thought I'd start a thread on this lil topic.

Ive just downloaded WinXP SP2 build 2082 (Beta) and find it quite nice so far...

The Security Center is a major improvement!
The firewall seems a lot more in-depth, and the Popup stopper in IE is LONG overdue (So a welcome addition - Ive been using Firefox for 18 months and its done just this!).

Installation went without a hitch.

Anybody else have any experiences on the Update they want to share? Im keen to hear....


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
218444 2004-02-27 00:07:00 For those people who have not heard much about this up & coming release of WinXP SP2 here is the news about it

XP SP2 to increase security (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz)

News: XP SP2 beta and other news... (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz)

IE Overhaul Part of Windows XP SP2 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz)
stu140103 (137)
218445 2004-02-27 00:29:00 I've had mixed reactions on two seperate machines with different hardware.

System 1, installed without a hitch, apart from obvious improvements, system appears snappier.

System 2, installed without any problems, but post install reboot took close to a minute and once up and running there apears to be a general slow down on this machine. This was not evident before installing SP2.
b1naryb0y (3)
218446 2004-02-27 03:38:00 Well now everyone probably has there systems redeayed for NGSCB after installing SP2.

Correct me if I'm wrong :-)

Forrest.
forrest44 (754)
218447 2004-02-27 03:54:00 I heard that when you install SP2 on the new Athlon FX processors it enables TCPA functions on them PoWa (203)
218448 2004-02-28 01:45:00 Never mind SP1 or 2; How long before XP gets fixed enough to go to Beta? R2x1 (4628)
218449 2004-02-28 01:56:00 > Never mind SP1 or 2; How long before XP gets fixed
> enough to go to Beta?

?:| ?:|

Win XP is all ready released & is on the market, the SP are just fixes / updates for it, in other words, win xp has passed BETA a long time ago.
stu140103 (137)
218450 2004-02-28 02:05:00 He was taking the mickey out of XP stu, if you didnt already know MrBeef (342)
218451 2004-02-29 20:54:00 I installed the Service Pack over the weekend, and there are very few problems. The only major issue is that *.zip files will no longer decompress using the "Built In" XP software.

Seems to boot faster than before, but I havn't timed anything...
Marlboro (4607)
218452 2004-03-03 01:43:00 I have sp1 with my XP
My son has used XP for a couple of years now and it has never been updated in any way. He has never had any problems, except a dicky hard drive, in all this time.
I gave it (HP Pavillion) a once over recently, & apart from transfering everything from the old drive, and running Anti-spy and Norton Utes & cleaning out all the dust, there was nothing wrong with it.

I wonder if these updates are to our advantage, or to Microsofts advantage? XP is definately faster with out SP1. The only reason I installed SP1 was because a D-Link USB modem I was using needed it.
Mzee (158)
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