SP2 announcement and questions

this article just appeared
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-06WinXPSP2LaunchPR.asp

I'm wondering how much I really need SP2. I download all the patches
and I have Norton Antivirus updated every day. Am I taking that much
of a risk? Isn't there a risk of problems if I do get SP2?

Does anyone know how much SP2 in general will be??

Roger
Sat Aug 07 15:57:43 CDT 2004

SP2 is a free service pack.

It will become generally available as a download this week, or later as
a free CD. SP2 includes numerous enhancements, a number of which
are for your protection in this increasingly hostile network-world.

While it sounds like you have been doing your due-diligence to remain
safe, IMO you will be better off with the service pack installed, if for no
other reasons than making your machine eligible for all future patches
and getting the enhanced IE installed.

You may want to visit us in the Windowsxp specific newsgroups to see
how others have faired with the install - specifically with respect to
software
that you have installed that may be impacted, and then jump on in.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCDBA, MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
"Felix Oscar" <tree01@inreach.com> wrote in message
news:22986a60.0408071218.1143995f@posting.google.com...
> this article just appeared
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-06WinXPSP2LaunchPR.asp
>
> I'm wondering how much I really need SP2. I download all the patches
> and I have Norton Antivirus updated every day. Am I taking that much
> of a risk? Isn't there a risk of problems if I do get SP2?
>
> Does anyone know how much SP2 in general will be??

anonymous
Sat Aug 07 18:55:06 CDT 2004

meeooow
>-----Original Message-----
>this article just appeared
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-
06WinXPSP2LaunchPR.asp
>
>I'm wondering how much I really need SP2. I download
all the patches
>and I have Norton Antivirus updated every day. Am I
taking that much
>of a risk? Isn't there a risk of problems if I do get
SP2?
>
>Does anyone know how much SP2 in general will be??
>.
>

tc
Sat Aug 07 22:34:09 CDT 2004

On the 10th of this month Norton will have patch for
sevice pack two go into Norton Help and support and read
infomation. As far as service pack 2 will be i know
several people who have downloaded Service Pack 2 Bata if
you are not using personnal firewall might be a little
confusing for you The pop up blocker can be disabled from
internet Explorer If you are already using third party
personnal firewall that also will give you the option to
disable built in windows firewall by default beside all
that the bata service pack 2 is working well all
applications are runnning normal with the people i know
who are already using sp2 bata version i recomend you
install really wont be that bad just getting used to the
new features.
>-----Original Message-----
>this article just appeared
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-
06WinXPSP2LaunchPR.asp
>
>I'm wondering how much I really need SP2. I download
all the patches
>and I have Norton Antivirus updated every day. Am I
taking that much
>of a risk? Isn't there a risk of problems if I do get
SP2?
>
>Does anyone know how much SP2 in general will be??
>.
>

tree01
Sun Aug 08 17:06:24 CDT 2004

Are you saying I won't be able to get any more patches if I don't install sp2??


"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message news:<ujsjyEMfEHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> SP2 is a free service pack.
>
> It will become generally available as a download this week, or later as
> a free CD. SP2 includes numerous enhancements, a number of which
> are for your protection in this increasingly hostile network-world.
>
> While it sounds like you have been doing your due-diligence to remain
> safe, IMO you will be better off with the service pack installed, if for no
> other reasons than making your machine eligible for all future patches
> and getting the enhanced IE installed.
>
> You may want to visit us in the Windowsxp specific newsgroups to see
> how others have faired with the install - specifically with respect to
> software
> that you have installed that may be impacted, and then jump on in.
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)

PA
Sun Aug 08 18:46:14 CDT 2004

There will be no more patches for SP1, Felix.

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

WinXP SP2 Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;835935
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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Felix Oscar wrote:
> Are you saying I won't be able to get any more patches if I don't install
> sp2??
>
> "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
> news:<ujsjyEMfEHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
>> SP2 is a free service pack.
>>
>> It will become generally available as a download this week, or later as
>> a free CD. SP2 includes numerous enhancements, a number of which
>> are for your protection in this increasingly hostile network-world.
>>
>> While it sounds like you have been doing your due-diligence to remain
>> safe, IMO you will be better off with the service pack installed, if for
>> no other reasons than making your machine eligible for all future patches
>> and getting the enhanced IE installed.
>>
>> You may want to visit us in the Windowsxp specific newsgroups to see
>> how others have faired with the install - specifically with respect to
>> software
>> that you have installed that may be impacted, and then jump on in.
>>
>> --
>> Roger Abell
>> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)

Torgeir
Mon Aug 09 05:40:13 CDT 2004

Felix Oscar wrote:

> Are you saying I won't be able to get any more patches if
> I don't install sp2??
Hi

You will be able to get security updates for SP1 for a couple of years
to come I think (officially I think MS supports fully supports the
previous service pack for 1 year). But at one point in the future you
will not get any updates to SP1 anymore.

If you look at Windows 2000 (current SP level is 4), MS does not
release updates to SP1 anymore, and SP2 is about to come on the
no-update list as well (I think MS expanded the time limit for
Win2k SP2 because of customer demands).


--
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