First Look: Windows XP Service Pack 2

By Kai Schmerer, ZDNet UK
25 March 2004 10:29 AM
Tags: sp2, windows, preview, xp, service, os, pack, screenshots
Improved Windows Update

 Windows XP SP2


 Introduction

 Improved network protection
 Memory overflow protection
 Safer e-mail handling
 More secure Internet browsing
 Improved Windows Update
 Requirements
 Conclusions
 Screenshots

Microsoft recommends that you activate its automatic update service. Currently it is pointed out during the installation of Windows XP that your PC is better protected with Windows Update enabled. However, many users report that automatic updating causes problems. Therefore, this feature is often switched off.

The new update service in Service Pack 2, which automates the installation of patches, also allows individual updates to be removed if problems subsequently arise.

Administrators of large networks should try out this feature first on a single computer. If the feature works perfectly, it can be switched this on for all the other computers on the network.


The new Windows Update improves the installation of patches.

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