Sometime in August we expect that Microsoft will release a long awaited service pack for Windows XP. Service Pack 2 will include many security updates and unfortunately is expected to cause some problems. The built in Windows Firewall will be turned on by default, and while firewalls are generally good things, it is expected that some users will have problems with some applications, although nothing that should be disasterous.
We have been running the early releases of Sevice Pack 2 for several months and find it pretty stable. We suggest that if you are planning to install the update yourself you test it on non-production devices before you roll it out. Clients on our Maintenance Plan will have the update installed by us during the following maintence cycle after the product is released.
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