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Windows XP Service Pack 2 review

Sunday 3 October 2004, 8:28 PM

Pure evil


This is a real piece of crap. It has completely hosed one of my laptops (system restore was turned off). I can't even stay on long enough without the BSoD to uninstall. It is banished from my other laptop and 2 PCs. Anyone who is serious about computing was already better protected via firewall, spyware exterminators, and virus protection than they will be with this SP anyway. It is unstable and horrific as far as compatibility.

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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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