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Received a pop-up in my system tray today that said: Updates ready for your computer. Click here to download. I clicked the icon and noticed the update was for Windows XP Service Pack 2. The Download button was highlighted, but I chickened out and clicked Cancel instead. SP2 is big update, both in scope & size (75-266MB). The list of fixes is posted here. This update is mainly about security (which is a good thing). But the update also breaks things, because not all programs conform to Microsoft's guidelines for interacting with Windows (which have been published for a long time now). Programs that interact with your network or the Internet have a greater likelihood of being affected by this service pack. ••• continued ••• I use Windows XP Pro. I hear that SP2 for the 'Home' edition was available last week. I've been receiving a lot of mail about this update, asking what I plan to do. Well, I'm going to wait - a week or two, to give companies time to fix problems. And I'm sure other problems are yet to be found. This is all normal, or course, especially for such a big/major update. I'll let the "early-adopters" blaze the SP2-trail for me. I'm considering downloading the IT update direct from the M$ site. Kudos to Microsoft for having the courage to address security fixes, even if it meant breaking some programs in the process. As always, make a back-up Ghost image before installing the update, so you can go back if something goes horribly wrong. If you install the update, let me know how it goes. |
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