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"Service pack 2 download site..."

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.

Cheers.

For most people, XP SP2 is the best Windows yet. It manages to tell idiots that they are in fact idiots, but without annoying them. Congratulations MS.

I've had problems installing SP2 - twice I've had to use System Restore. I think ti's cos I'm too lazy to uninstall Alcohol 120% which uses atapi.sys so I keep trying hacks to get around it. Some time I'll get round to uninstalling Alcohol then installing SP2.

Can't say I've had too many problems with SP2 if any, it seems the logical thing to do when there are so many exploits these days, obviously if my system was being funny with SP2 I would considering reverting back to SP1, but as it stands it's been fine on my 2 comps and laptop.

Yeah, downloaded SP1, updated that and then SP2 became available through Auto update. Everything working decent now.

Cheers.

phi11ip wrote:
> They've found a way to take control of a PC just by viewing a JPEG
> image.

Very true, though this isn't an issue if you have installed SP2 (unless I'm reading into this incorrectly).

I'd suggest getting Service Pack 2 as soon as possible, even if you are pretty competent at using XP. Sure, it has some fresh bugs in it, but those are outweighed by the new protection it provides. All software on the scale of an OS will have bugs.

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR, not to sure if you've had any success with the version gamesfreak linked you too, but I don't think XP SP2 is available from the web site, but rather the new automatic updates you should have found on your PC under your control panel.

I'm not sure as to how far your knowledge of PC's go, so if I'm saying things that are obvious to you, then I apologise, but if you look to the bottom right of your XP taskbar, you may see a small arrow pointing to the left, clicking this will extend your taskbar, and you may find the automatic updates logo there. Clicking it may reveal that SP2 has been downloaded, but is waiting for your say-so to install.

It could also be that your beta version is leading the automatic update software into thinking the full blown SP2 is already installed.

Maybe.

But in a light of recent found bugs, the jpeg one being mentioned below, it's best to patch up and be safe IMO.

Jesus... did I say that?

I apologise if I sound arrogant or whatever to you but I'm just saying that it'll be best to wait for another update.

And you are the mother of all knowledge of XP then?

For anyone with knowledge of XP, yes.

Vulnerable? Hah.

And that's worser then a vunerable SP1'ed system?