SP2 updates over 5 millions lines of code in Windows XP
in order to enhance its overall security and fix previous
known issues.
Your "firewall, popup blocker, virus scanner, update Office
independently and use of Firefox" is not a substitute or
a good rationale for not installing SP2.
You may wish to view the following:
Top 10 Reasons to Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/topten.mspx
List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default...t=windowsxpsp2
Learn About Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/preinstall.mspx
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../sp2chngs.mspx
What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
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"Dr. Bone Head" wrote:
| Apparently I need to do some registry hacking in order to peovide for
| inadequacies in the installation routines for SP2. I wondering, if I run a
| firewall, popup blocker, virus scanner, update Office independently and use
| Firefox, then do I really need the grief which I see others having and myself
| experiencing with the SP2 update?
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