As a recent member of tech-forum I was not surprised to find so many threads expressing concern or disappointement over XP Service Pack 2.
To quote from the August edition of Australian PC magazine, "SP2, more than any other of it's predecessors, is a risky patch job." And, "SP2 is no mere patch job. It's a major upgrade." As if this isn't enough, "SP2 focuses almost exclusively on security, even ahead of backward compatability. This means that some existing applications are going to break, and even some hardware may not work correctly."
Frightening. I would suggest that the extra security provided by SP2 is not worth the potential drama for the average user. I for one would be avoiding it like the plague without a complete system backup/restore regime.
To quote from the August edition of Australian PC magazine, "SP2, more than any other of it's predecessors, is a risky patch job." And, "SP2 is no mere patch job. It's a major upgrade." As if this isn't enough, "SP2 focuses almost exclusively on security, even ahead of backward compatability. This means that some existing applications are going to break, and even some hardware may not work correctly."
Frightening. I would suggest that the extra security provided by SP2 is not worth the potential drama for the average user. I for one would be avoiding it like the plague without a complete system backup/restore regime.