Originally posted by muchspl2@1 April 2004 - 17:50
its the beta...Originally Posted by ROSSCO_2004,11 March 2004 - 09:06
I'm just looking at your sig and wondering why you've got SP2 on xp installed?
since i signed up on betaplace.com(well whatever the new url is) and i was actually able to legally download it does anybody know if i will get like a reward or something in the mail, i read on another website that these guys got a little cheap radio from microsoft for being beta testers on some project which i cant remember.
poor choice if you ask me, had to look for this post \cause I don;t know anyone who would want to install sp2
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1154004
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates has outlined Microsoft?s security strategy for the coming year in a letter to customers.
Security changes will be included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Long term, systems such as caller ID-style technologies for email and behavioural monitoring of software will be introduced.
"Given human nature, evolving threat models and the increasing interconnectedness of computers, the number of security exploits will never reach zero. But we can dramatically blunt the impact of cybercriminals, and are dedicating a major portion of our research and development investments to security advances," Gates wrote in the letter.
SP2 will be released by June. It will strengthen the Windows firewall and turn it on by default, block unsolicited downloads from web sites. It will also include software to work with the new generation of processors, such as the AMD FX 53, which have some anti-virus capability built in. The full letter can be seen on http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/
I could be wrong, but that sounds like they're trying to police the interweb. [/quote]
well ive been using it almost without any problems except that whenever any spyware comes onto the computer it would run extremely slow, and 2 days ago i was deleting the spyware with spysweeper when the program suddenly froze and i had to restart but after the restart it wouldnt start up anymore, not even in safe mode so i decided i would just format and not install anymore beta service packs...but other than that i have had no problems at all, and i've been using SP2 since newyears eve...
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The only programs I have ever bought were a couple of games, i think the only ones were the sims, rollercoaster tycoon+all addons and diablo 1 and 2 plus all addons.
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