08-09-2004, 02:00 PM
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Windows XP SP2
I should have posted on this yesterday when I actually did the updates on all my machines but I highly recommend that everyone update their computers (computer running Windows XP) to Service Pack 2. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to get it off of MSDN but it should be rolling onto the Windows Update servers shortly. And while you are at it, do an Office Update as well since Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 is out as well. The upgrade to XP SP2 is long (took 15 minutes, can take up to 2 hours) but is smooth.
I have updated all my machines and the biggest change for me is that I have finally gone back to using Avantbrowser (IE wrapper) from Firefox (Mozilla). The new security features and popup blocker in IE are great. Of course, the biggest difference in this security minded service pack, is the upgrade to the built in firewall in XP. It is fantastic, giving the user fine grained granularity in how they want to configure incoming/outgoing connections.
Windows Media Player has also been updated though I have not had time to play with it. Apparently there were supposed to be big changes to Tablet PC Edition (I haven't noticed many) and the Media Center Edition (don't have it installed anymore). Finally, Windows Messenger gets reinstalled again thus messing with the MSN Messenger install, I really wish they would fix that and merge the two products already; it is so frustrating to deal with the two different messenger products.
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