Microsoft releases Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta on MSDN
CRN.com | at | by Mike
As expected, the Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta was officially released this week. The beta of the service pack, deemed significant because of the array of new security capabilities designed to make Windows more secure by default, was posted to the MSDN web site on Wednesday. Sources said the company plans to begin sending out CDs later this week.
The code will now move into mainstream beta testing and will be available by mid 2004, Microsoft said. As first reported by CRN, the beta of the service pack was slated to be released by the end of this week. The service pack beta incorporates an enhanced and renamed Windows Firewall, safer web browsing, better memory protection against buffer overruns, and safer e-mail and instant messaging.