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Arcane Wizard
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Brazucs
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What's the difference?
Now the best thing to download right now is "Service Pack 2" for Windows XP, even though it's like a 60 hour download. |
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leofox
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i downloaded DX90C right away!
Quote: Now the best thing to download right now is "Service Pack 2" for Windows XP, even though it's like a 60 hour download.
on dial-up, i hope  |
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Arcane Wizard
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brazucs16 wrote: What's the difference?
Direct X updates bring improved performance.
Quote: Now the best thing to download right now is "Service Pack 2" for Windows XP, even though it's like a 60 hour download. No, the best thing to download right now are the latest graphics cards drivers (both NVidia and ATI updated recently) and DX9C, SP2 just adds some improved security you don't need if you have a firewall and don't use IE. |
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Brazucs
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| Posted: 20 Aug 2004 03:08:37 pm Post subject: |
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leofox wrote: on dial-up, i hope
I was exagerating.. it only takes about 30 minutes, but I think it's worth it. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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Arcane Wizard wrote:
That's been available for a couple of weeks. Already been downloaded.  |
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DmitriB
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| i thouht that sp2 was still in testing, if its not would anyone care to link to it? |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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DmitriB wrote: i thouht that sp2 was still in testing, if its not would anyone care to link to it?
Have you tried the Windows Update website? |
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Arcane Wizard
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Jeremiah Walgren wrote: Arcane Wizard wrote:
That's been available for a couple of weeks.
Yes, but nobody posted anything about it.
Quote: i thouht that sp2 was still in testing, if its not would anyone care to link to it? Look what happens if I type in SP2 into google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=sp2&sourcei...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/winxpsp2.mspx
Quote: Get the Service Pack
Download and Deploy Service Pack 2 to Multiple Computers
Download this version of Windows XP SP2 if you need to deploy it to multiple computers over a network.
Use SUS to Deploy Windows XP SP2
Software Update Services makes it easy for IT administrators to automatically and silently deploy Windows XP SP2 to systems across their networks.
Use SMS to Distribute Windows XP SP2
Systems Management Server can help you streamline and control the deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2 on your network..
Block Windows XP SP2 Delivery via WU and AU
System administrators can temporarily disable delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 through Windows Update and Automatic Updates.
Coming Soon: Windows XP Service Pack 2 for a Single Computer
The best way that individual users can get Windows XP SP2 and other updates for their computers is by turning on Automatic Updates today. You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us do it for you.
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NETWizz
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SP2 is released for IT professionals, manufacturers, and developers.
You too can snag a copy. It seems very good. |
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Brazucs
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It is... it's much safer, faster, and cleaner. I love their firewall and the new pop-up blocking IE (even though I don't use IE).
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leofox
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tha service pack 2 is coming! It's downloading right now: 19%
whoohoo! |
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Arcane Wizard
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Quote: Service Pack 2, the long-awaited upgrade to Windows XP, will prevent the rapid spread of worms such as Sasser, according to a security company that has reverse-engineered some of the code
SP2 won't be secure for long. |
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Brazucs
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| lol... Can you do that on ASM programs too? |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Yes, you'd use a disassembler. |
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Brazucs
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| Never heard of 'em... any suggestions? |
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Arcane Wizard
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optimize
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| What I did is I simply made my own Windows XP SP2 bootable slipstreamed cd-rom, formatted everything, and installed it. Seems to be running a little cleaner. There are a few unnoticed updates, like before my cd-r/rw drive was running at DMA 33, now at ULTRA DMA 66, which really lets more though. Firewall dosen't do much, I just installed Norton Internet Security and told it to turn the microsoft one off, works well. |
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Brazucs
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| I like the firewall... As long as it doesn't let the "Messenger Service" things through, I'm happy. Then again, I disabled the service too, so any firewall could do that... even no firewall at all! |
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Arcane Wizard
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brazucs16 wrote: I like the firewall... As long as it doesn't let the "Messenger Service" things through, I'm happy. Then again, I disabled the service too, so any firewall could do that... even no firewall at all!
You can't stop something that isn't there. |
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