Microsoft: You MUST Upgrade to Windows XP SP2!

Filed in: Microsoft — March 1st, 2005

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Microsoft is alerting customers that it will soon start delivering Windows XP Service Pack 2 to all customers using Automatic Update, whether they want it or not.

In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool that allowed companies to continue using the automatic update feature but temporarily block the security-oriented update from downloading.

However, the grace period comes to an end on April 12. Microsoft has posted a warning on its Web site, alerting people about the impending deadline.

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From Microsoft website:

UPDATE: Time is running out! Please note that the mechanism to temporarily disable delivery of Windows XP SP2 is only available for a period of 240 days (8 months) from August 16, 2004. At the end of this period (after April 12, 2005), Windows XP SP2 will be delivered to all Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1 systems.

Thought:
My office PCs haven’t upgrade to SP2 yet. If it force to upgrade, then I have to find out the free Windows XP Service Pack 2 Upgrade CD that I got from Microsoft last time… because my office only use single 56kbps line!

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  • http://www.mrkiasu.com/ mrkiasu

    i come to know that microsoft often install update to your pc automatically, and my friends are all complaining that they have stability problem with SP2

  • http://www.mrkiasu.com mrkiasu

    i come to know that microsoft often install update to your pc automatically, and my friends are all complaining that they have stability problem with SP2

  • http://www.ashweblog.tk/ ashie

    Automatic update mean download it from internet? let the firewall to do the dirty job for blocking the connection of automatic update! possible?

  • http://www.ashweblog.tk ashie

    Automatic update mean download it from internet? let the firewall to do the dirty job for blocking the connection of automatic update! possible?

  • http://www.sashiweb.com/ Sashi

    You can setup your XP to automatically download the updates, but not install until you choose to do so.

  • http://www.sashiweb.com Sashi

    You can setup your XP to automatically download the updates, but not install until you choose to do so.

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