Is XP Service Pack 2 really service? Depends on your definition of the word

Windows XP Service Pack 2 is still in the air, more ways than one. There's actually a way to preview this uberfix. Beware that this jewel is from Microsoft and the dude writing about it warns this is not a "supported" application (what does that really mean?).

Windows-help.net has an article for the ITs and sysadmins. You can intergrate SP2 into every new XP installation by using a process known as Slipstreaming. Interesting...

After much googling I finally found the Microsoft Knowledge Base article that lists the known applications that are 'fubared' by Service Pack 2 -> 842242. Amazing how things that are pertinent get buried when it comes to Microsoft snafus. Check this out if you have installed XP SP2 and are having problems. Good place to start anyway.

Beagle's wait and see attitude seems best after hearing all the horror stories about how this wonder of wonders really can't be un-installed. All I can say is come on FreeBSD and Linux! Razzle dazzle us with a way we can run our applications within your operating systems.

"How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"
-Shakespeare, Othello