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Anyone know one for XP Service Pack 2? For some reason it isn't appearing in Windows Update. Tried Microsoft.com but they only have the network edition for programmers.
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Just had a look at Microsofts web site, and you can in fact get it from PC world or a magazine, http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/sp2/where.mspx
cjh wrote:
> The CD is free from Microsoft
I thought it would be, but it's handier to just grab a magazine in a shop, plus then I get all the other stuff on the CD that I don't actually want until I have it, as well as something to read for a while.
> The CD is free from Microsoft
I thought it would be, but it's handier to just grab a magazine in a shop, plus then I get all the other stuff on the CD that I don't actually want until I have it, as well as something to read for a while.
gaybys wrote:
> And if I don't?
>
> I wonder if it's on cover discs of PC magazines yet. That's usually
> how I get big updates.
The CD is free from Microsoft, thought I expect it is on cover CD's from magazines too, and I believe Microsoft wanted to get the CD's in some large chain shops as well (PC World, Curry's etc) which would be free to collect, though that may never have been finally put together.
Tyla wrote:
> My only real complaint... Where's the damn standards compliancy in
> IE? They could have at least fixed that as this is the last version
> of standalone IE!!
Would have been nice.
> And if I don't?
>
> I wonder if it's on cover discs of PC magazines yet. That's usually
> how I get big updates.
The CD is free from Microsoft, thought I expect it is on cover CD's from magazines too, and I believe Microsoft wanted to get the CD's in some large chain shops as well (PC World, Curry's etc) which would be free to collect, though that may never have been finally put together.
Tyla wrote:
> My only real complaint... Where's the damn standards compliancy in
> IE? They could have at least fixed that as this is the last version
> of standalone IE!!
Would have been nice.
Mav wrote:
> It'll be updated and refined sooner or later.
And it won't be called SP2 either.
> It'll be updated and refined sooner or later.
And it won't be called SP2 either.
gamesfreak wrote:
> You can order a CD to install it with.
And if I don't?
I wonder if it's on cover discs of PC magazines yet. That's usually how I get big updates.
> You can order a CD to install it with.
And if I don't?
I wonder if it's on cover discs of PC magazines yet. That's usually how I get big updates.
gaybys wrote:
> How exactly are MS 'forcing' people to get SP2?
> I don't want some huge update downloading in the background on my
> beloved 56k that I can't stop.
You can order a CD to install it with.
> How exactly are MS 'forcing' people to get SP2?
> I don't want some huge update downloading in the background on my
> beloved 56k that I can't stop.
You can order a CD to install it with.
It'll be updated and refined sooner or later.
How exactly are MS 'forcing' people to get SP2?
I don't want some huge update downloading in the background on my beloved 56k that I can't stop.
I don't want some huge update downloading in the background on my beloved 56k that I can't stop.
SP2 has been released. That's it, it isn't going to change. It will be the same in 6 months time as it is just now. SP3 if/when it comes out will be different. But like it or not, MS are forcing everyone to upgrade to SP2.
As for the sixty odd apps that are incompatible, in the most part they are either legacy programs or just strangely coded.
As for the sixty odd apps that are incompatible, in the most part they are either legacy programs or just strangely coded.
Mav wrote:
> gamesfreak wrote:
> Many people are quick to "dismiss" SP2 because they feel
> they "know everything about Windows".
>
> It's not just that; there's plenty of faults with it - how does
> incompatibility with sixty-odd apps sound?
It's actually 104 and 45% of them are Microsoft own products. The reason, because of M$ fixing various buffer overuns, closing ports which should never been opened and tweaking the security in the registry it suddenly made a lot of applications incompaitible with the security M$ introduced.
This in itself is a good thing, why? Because it stops "vnerablities in existing apps from continuing to be vunerable. All vendors are releasing fixes as we speak.
Though I have yet to find any of my apps fail to work with SP2. I don;t use the in built firewall as it already detected my NIS and uses that instead. Same for the virus protection. The bigeest change I noticed was stability! My PC must be at least 40% more stable (I've been running IIS6 24/7 now for 18 days and no problems as of yet, probably hexed it now though!)
My only real complaint... Where's the damn standards compliancy in IE? They could have at least fixed that as this is the last version of standalone IE!!
> gamesfreak wrote:
> Many people are quick to "dismiss" SP2 because they feel
> they "know everything about Windows".
>
> It's not just that; there's plenty of faults with it - how does
> incompatibility with sixty-odd apps sound?
It's actually 104 and 45% of them are Microsoft own products. The reason, because of M$ fixing various buffer overuns, closing ports which should never been opened and tweaking the security in the registry it suddenly made a lot of applications incompaitible with the security M$ introduced.
This in itself is a good thing, why? Because it stops "vnerablities in existing apps from continuing to be vunerable. All vendors are releasing fixes as we speak.
Though I have yet to find any of my apps fail to work with SP2. I don;t use the in built firewall as it already detected my NIS and uses that instead. Same for the virus protection. The bigeest change I noticed was stability! My PC must be at least 40% more stable (I've been running IIS6 24/7 now for 18 days and no problems as of yet, probably hexed it now though!)
My only real complaint... Where's the damn standards compliancy in IE? They could have at least fixed that as this is the last version of standalone IE!!
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