Windows XP SP2 hits the pole position
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
As Windows users plagued by security problems eagerly await Microsoft's oft-delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) release, signs have finally started indicating that the wait, at long last, is coming to a close. First, Microsoft Australia mistakenly reported that SP2 had been released to manufacturing (RTM), and then quickly retracted the announcement. And this morning, I've been told by sources that Windows Update V5, the next-generation version of Microsoft's software updating service upon which the software updating features of SP2 are based, has been completed. Taken together, these two events suggest we should see the Web release of Windows XP SP2 within a week.