STOP THE PRESSES! WIN XP SP2 - will affect YOU!

[! !]

http://news.google.com/news?num=30&hl=en&edition=us&ie=UTF-8&q=sp2
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so many possible changes and inconveniences may occur in the name of needed security that will affect both your home and business work - that it is essential that * EVERYONE * take time to be informed - - or be caught off guard!

[NewComputer]

I am not sure I get it? Are we to be concerned about upgrading to SP2? All those stories were all over the place. The way I look at it, I use IE, so for me to be the most secure online, I need SP2...

[Lever]

! ! says it 'may' affect you...

The word here is "caution" - You're right, NewComputer, the stories are all over the place, but amongst the hype and heralding-in of an 'essential' new service pack there are mentions that XP SP2's more like an OS upgrade than a SP update.

I'd argue that as long as you've got a decent firewall and your brain's got the latest update then you don't need much else.

[Lever]

...in a bunker far far away some M$ tech guys have been building the ultimate Service Pack for Win XP...

Here's a news item (http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39123186,00.htm) I read today, it includes a link to the 40+ programs that mysteriously "snuff it" when SP2 comes to a computer near you...