Service Pack 2 for XP soon to be released

Finally... downloading the hot fixes since SP1 is like.... 80MB now....

A minute of download

from ms...

The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP includes several significant changes from the test version released last year. RC1 versions of software releases are typically bridges between the beta and the final release, incorporating changes based on tester feedback. The final version of SP2 is set for release in the second quarter of this year.

The biggest change in RC1 is the addition of Windows Security Center, a new tool that simplifies access to security settings in various Windows components, said Greg Sullivan, lead product manager for Microsoft's Windows division. Instead of having to root through separate "preferences" menus for Internet Explorer, network connections, Windows Update and other tools, Windows Security Center will allow XP users to manage everything from one place.

Plans for Windows XP after the final release of SP2 have been clouded in recent weeks by suggestions that Microsoft may release an interim version of Windows, tentatively dubbed "Windows XP Reloaded," to bridge the growing gap between XP and the long-awaited Longhorn operating system.

Haha, yeah i'll post this too... even if it is the same thing...


With XP SP2, Microsoft is revamping the operating system to address Network Protection; Safer Web Browsing; Safer E-mail and Instant Messaging and Memory Protection.

yea the RC1 is very good, theres not really alot different visually cause as it says it is mainly security fixes but the new firewall is pretty cool, u can configure it to certain programs so it only opens up the ports when the program is actually activated and closes the port after program shuts down unlike the old one which left the ports open the whole time after the program runs. Big fix to at about 280MB.