In case anyone is interested, Service Pack 2 is out for Windows XP. I have installed it and it works fine. It adds a Windows Firewall, has a built in pop-up blocker for IE (seems like everyone has one these days - my wife's computer has a pop up blocker with Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar, Ad Muncher, and now IE ) and has a better wireless network interface.
I have not heard of anyone having any major problems as of yet. So if you want to install it (Microsoft will begin rolling it out piecemeal by Windows Update in a few days) here are a few links. Remember that this is FREE and these links are a convenience. The download is 288 MB large, so it is NOT recommended for non-broadband (for broadband users, I got it at about 400KB/sec, a 15 minute download). The links are coded to prevent accidental clicking. You should copy and paste into your browser or download program.
Try this link first:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe[/code:1:47d68329f2]
This link second of the first is really slow:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us[/code:1:47d68329f2]
Here are some additional links in case the first two are down or you want ftp:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://dlb.pchome.net/system/patch/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://sccrc.onlinedown.net/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://ks.onlinedown.net/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://dllishui.pchome.net/system/patch/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
http://gzcnc.onlinedown.net/down/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
http://hb2.onlinedown.net/down/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe[/code:1:47d68329f2]
All links are for the same 288MB exe file that is a Windows XP Service Pack 2 executable file.
I have not heard of anyone having any major problems as of yet. So if you want to install it (Microsoft will begin rolling it out piecemeal by Windows Update in a few days) here are a few links. Remember that this is FREE and these links are a convenience. The download is 288 MB large, so it is NOT recommended for non-broadband (for broadband users, I got it at about 400KB/sec, a 15 minute download). The links are coded to prevent accidental clicking. You should copy and paste into your browser or download program.
Try this link first:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe[/code:1:47d68329f2]
This link second of the first is really slow:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us[/code:1:47d68329f2]
Here are some additional links in case the first two are down or you want ftp:
[code:1:47d68329f2]http://dlb.pchome.net/system/patch/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://sccrc.onlinedown.net/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://ks.onlinedown.net/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
ftp://dllishui.pchome.net/system/patch/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
http://gzcnc.onlinedown.net/down/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe
http://hb2.onlinedown.net/down/xpsp2_RTM_ENU.exe[/code:1:47d68329f2]
All links are for the same 288MB exe file that is a Windows XP Service Pack 2 executable file.