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spyordie007

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Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
I just read that it was delayed until the end of this month...
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Where did you read that?

Everything I've heard has indicated that it was a few days away.
 
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Ionizer86

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Apparently this forum has links to screenshots of the Winbetas site along with a link of a file residing on the MS that may be this very one.

Edit: Someone else states it's a build from March :confused:
 
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That can't be it. The final 2180 that I'm downloading from the Windows Beta site is 266.01MB in size
 
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NFS4 is correct.

The above link is to RC2, a German version at that!
 
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Canterwood

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I can't understand why ppl are soooooooo desperate to get this service pack immediately. If you're a careful user with anti-virus, firewall and latest critical updates, you should be fine.

Its not gonna change the look of your XP, apart from the newbie security centre stuff. Its all under the hood.

I dunno, I guess I'm just not that excited by service packs. Will get at a later date when the fuss has died down a bit and the bug reports are in.
 
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Originally posted by: Canterwood
I can't understand why ppl are soooooooo desperate to get this service pack immediately. If you're a careful user with anti-virus, firewall and latest critical updates, you should be fine.

Its not gonna change the look of your XP, apart from the newbie security centre stuff. Its all under the hood.

I dunno, I guess I'm just not that excited by service packs. Will get at a later date when the fuss has died down a bit and the bug reports are in.
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It enabled DEP for Athlon 64 processors and includes a more robust wireless networking API. Not to mention the enhancements to Internet Explorer and the various tweaks here and there.
 
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Canterwood

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Heh! Are people still using IE? :shocked:

Anyway, I decide to jump on the bandwagon and d/l it, but I've had a few niggling problems after install.

Sigh

My SP2 eXPerience:

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Originally posted by: Canterwood
I can't understand why ppl are soooooooo desperate to get this service pack immediately. If you're a careful user with anti-virus, firewall and latest critical updates, you should be fine.

Its not gonna change the look of your XP, apart from the newbie security centre stuff. Its all under the hood.

I dunno, I guess I'm just not that excited by service packs. Will get at a later date when the fuss has died down a bit and the bug reports are in.
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I couldn't care less about the fact that it has a security center now, nor do I care about its built in firewall.

I need the service pack because it is solving a couple of compatibility issues that we're experiencing in my office (at least it solved them as of RC2). I've been running RC2 for a couple of months now, and I don't mind the enhancements to IE (when I use it at all; long live FireFox!) and a few other small tweaks.
 
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Bucksnort

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I heard they will have it on cd that you can get for free at software stores etc. Anyone seen anything on this?
 
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Ionizer86

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There's a torrent that's out, and the file size is indeed 266.01MB and the filename is exactly that pictured on the Windows Beta site: WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe.

I'm 8.6% done. I'm not sure if it'd be legal to post the Torrent because while SP2 is free etc, it may still be under some kind of NDA for now.
 
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stash

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Originally posted by: Canterwood
Heh! Are people still using IE? :shocked:
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Yes, and so are you. Using a different browser does not mean you are not using IE. Not updating and securing IE because you use a different web browser is naive.
 
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Canterwood

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Originally posted by: STaSh
Originally posted by: Canterwood
Heh! Are people still using IE? :shocked:
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Yes, and so are you. Using a different browser does not mean you are not using IE. Not updating and securing IE because you use a different web browser is naive.
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Woah!! Naive? Who said I wasn't updating my PC? I have the latest patches installed, including the newest IE one from last Friday, I have anti-virus and a software and hardware firewall!
Not rushing out to scramble for SP2 isn't going to have a major immediate effect on my box.
Don't take everything so seriously :shocked:
 
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Ionizer86

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For some reason, I still have a little feeling that the file on Windows Betas will be different from the web release.
The "About Windows" dialogue on SP2 RTM says:
Microsoft (R) Windows
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 : Service Pack 2)

But the "About Windows on my SP1 (which came from the web download section on MS's site) says:
Microsoft (R) Windows
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp1.020828-1920 : Service Pack 1)

Why the different formatting with the xpsp_sp2_rtm section of the version? Sure looks weird :confused: Maybe they'll change that part on the web download?
 
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spyordie007

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Originally posted by: Ionizer86
For some reason, I still have a little feeling that the file on Windows Betas will be different from the web release.
The "About Windows" dialogue on SP2 RTM says:
Microsoft (R) Windows
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 : Service Pack 2)

But the "About Windows on my SP1 (which came from the web download section on MS's site) says:
Microsoft (R) Windows
Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp1.020828-1920 : Service Pack 1)

Why the different formatting with the xpsp_sp2_rtm section of the version? Sure looks weird :confused: Maybe they'll change that part on the web download?
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Server 2003 says "RTM" if you look at the winver
 
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