Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004 261
Aiua writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has pushed back the release date for the second Windows XP service pack to the third quarter of 2004 without giving any reasons." Update: 08/19 12:52 GMT by M : Another article claims it will be out three months earlier, no later than June 2004.
The press release has a typo in it (Score:5, Informative)
...and WinInformant says otherwise (Score:5, Informative)
A typo apparently... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Without reason? (Score:3, Informative)
How is that a reason? The exploit that worm used was fixed months ago.
Microsoft have been talking about making auto-updating enabled by default in a service pack which may be linked to the delay. They will need to make sure patches are installed without having too many adverse affects. And a way for business users to have it disabled because they would typically not want it enabled.
Re:One thing I don't really get... (Score:4, Informative)
Or, manually, you can simply click "Windows Update" in the start menu/programs, which will determine what patches are available and allow you to select/deselect which ones you want to download and install.
I'm not really sure how it could be much easier???
Re:Without reason? (Score:3, Informative)
I love how misinformation about this gets out, shifting the blame from MS to the sysadmins of the world.
Re:One thing I don't really get... (Score:4, Informative)
Let's see...
The blaster fix opened a hole on some systems
NT SP5 completely destroyed network connectivity
Tell me again why it should be automated downloads?
Re:calendar? or fiscal? (Score:4, Informative)
- http://www.neowin.net/
It is fiscal 2004, therefore somewhere in the first quarter of 2004.Windows update (Score:2, Informative)
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That's all it says - no where to click for an update. What's with that?
Re:Microsoft doesn't need to have reason.... (Score:2, Informative)
Many of these steps involve such things as:
an d Here's hoping Microsoft include a "Windows Update" for OEM Pre-installs...
moog
Re:Win XP SP2 = Longhorn?... um no... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:One thing I don't really get... (Score:5, Informative)
So, no one really has to look for it, unless they wish to change their wizard selections. If they do, it's on the auto updates tab in Control Panel > System.
Re:C64 SP 920293420 (Score:3, Informative)
That's the reboot sys call, right? It's been a good few years since my C=64 days.
Re:Windows update (Score:3, Informative)
Looks like the wonderful windows update site has failed again.
Re:Windows update (Score:2, Informative)
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/