-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Order your MS XP SP2 CD
- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:49:00 -0700
I ordered the cd yesterday..it SAYS it's the SAME thing as what gets
downloaded that you have no choice to save..
----- Original Message -----
From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:07 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Order your MS XP SP2 CD
My question is -
Is it like other updates - where you can't actually save it somewhere, to
install later? or can you download it to a folder and install later - or
even
burn it to a cd??
that web site doesn't exist yet today - to order the cd
(Thurs. morning EST)
Cris
----- Original Message -----
From: cristy
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Order your MS XP SP2 CD
anyone know how long this sp2 update thing takes to d/l?
cristy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Order your MS XP SP2 CD
> From; http://www.winnetmag.com
> In the News by Paul Thurrott, thurrott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Windows XP SP2 Now Shipping Via Automatic Updates, Windows Update, and
> CD-ROM
> Today, as expected, Microsoft is releasing Windows XP Service Pack
> 2 (SP2) to XP Professional Edition users. The company also made the
> unexpected announcement today that it's now shipping the massive
> update to all XP users through Windows Update. In addition, XP users
> can now order the free XP SP2 CD-ROM. These announcements mean that
> virtually all 300 million XP users now have access to the long-awaited
> security update.
> "As you know, SP2 delivers the latest security updates and
> innovations from Microsoft, establishes strong default security
> settings, and adds new proactive protection features that will help
> better safeguard computers from hackers, viruses, and other security
> risks," a Microsoft representative told me last night. "Microsoft
> released SP2 to computer manufacturers on August 6 and made the update
> available to enterprise customers on August 9. Microsoft also began
> distributing SP2 to consumers through Automatic Updates on August 18."
> The company also revealed that it has shipped various international
> versions of XP SP2. Microsoft has now released SP2 to manufacturing in
> German, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese
> and reports that it's on track to localize the software into 25
> additional languages by early October.
> Users who want to order XP SP on CD-ROM will be able to do so from
> the Microsoft Web site at some point today (see the URL below). The
> CD-ROM also will be available through various computer-oriented
> magazines starting next month, and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
> customers will receive the release on CD-ROM this week. XP users who
> want to download the SP2 update will be able to do so starting at 9:00
> A.M. Pacific time today, Microsoft says.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/defaul
>
> t.mspx
>
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