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Windows XP Service Pack 2 review

Saturday 18 September 2004, 9:15 AM

No problems here


I've got SP2 running on all my home built PCs (ranging from a 3.2GHz P4 to a Shuttle and an Athlon 1800) and have had no problems, all the PCs were up to date with all updates prior to installing it, have not yet found any problems or slowing down of the system.

Don't know if I've struck lucky but all the horror stories people told me about programs not working just haven't happened on the ones I've installed it on -- still plays all my games and burns CDs OK.

My advice would be to make sure everything's up to date and backed up and give it a try.

8.5

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Windows XP Service Pack 2



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Windows XP Service Pack 2

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Rating: 7.3
Verdict

We recommend installing Windows XP SP2, but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.

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