Free Win XP SP2 CD

[JohnnyCNote]

I got this courtesy of AnandTech.com:

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD .

Amazing, but true, and it's official, from Microsoft. I went to the link and ordered the upgrade for free, no postage & handling fees, nada. I figured why not. This will definitely help those with slow Internet connections, and they're offering them in a variety of languages over the next few weeks....

[adam]

Well this should cover just about everything then right? They already offer a free disk for all upgrades to os'es prior to XP. That's pretty cool that they do this, and I will definitely order my copy, but I probably won't install it until more fixes come in. SP1 was smooth but SP2 looks a little rocky. I actually got a warning from my isp NOT to install SP2.

[JohnnyCNote]

So far I haven't had any problems with SP2, but I've also heard of problems. I guess it's inevitable...

[ViRaL1]

Waiting on the SP3 Beta.

[Capmaster]

Ditto. I'm not in any hurry to install SP2.

[§kipTracer65]

this bothers me slightly, why are micro$oft giving away free cd's, ?? the major thing is it actually states on the www site that you should pass this cd around to as many family and friends as possible, another attempt to enslave the world??? lol

[stk]

Microsoft rulz

[DVDDave]

JohnnyCNote,

Thanks for the link!!!!!

[DVDDave]

JohnnyCNote,

Thanks for the link!!!!!

[spiderman2k1]

There doing this for many reason's. There are so many people with hack copie's of XP. That alot of them there up date's do not work. There letting every one upgrade now. There are to many hole's in XP. It's just better for even one to be patched now so other computer's do not get sick.

[vioxx]

Thanks for the news & the link!

[JohnnyCNote]

Anytime, Gents!

[ViRaL1]

this bothers me slightly, why are micro$oft giving away free cd's, ?? the major thing is it actually states on the www site that you should pass this cd around to as many family and friends as possible, another attempt to enslave the world??? lol

Isn't it copyrighted?

They're inducing Piracy!!!

Where's Orrin Hatch when we need him?

[richdvd]

From what I've heard, you can only install SP2 on legit copies of windows. So why wouldn't Microsoft want people to pass the CD around?

[BJ_M]

From what I've heard, you can only install SP2 on legit copies of windows. So why wouldn't Microsoft want people to pass the CD around?

not true

MS has said specifically that this service pack will work on any version of XP , warez or legit .. and no call home either ...

[richdvd]

From what I've heard, you can only install SP2 on legit copies of windows. So why wouldn't Microsoft want people to pass the CD around?

not true

MS has said specifically that this service pack will work on any version of XP , warez or legit .. and no call home either ...

Here is the official Microsoft position on this topic:

We expect that nearly all Windows XP users, running genuine or pirated Windows, will have access to the security technologies in SP2. The same users that were blocked from installing SP1 - those that have used a small set of legacy pirated product keys - will be blocked from installing SP2. We believe that there are very few systems in use today that use these keys -- in other words, the pirates have moved on to other keys which we are not blocking.

[BJ_M]

thats kind of ambiguous -- in other words - they DID block a few keys , but not many (maybe)

not that i really care as
1. not going to install it
2. don't have any pirated copies of xp

[JohnnyCNote]

Let's just say it works on my copy of XP and leave it at that

[D.A.R.J.R.]

I ordered mine, heck its free. so what the hay?

Do we need Service Pack 1 before we install it or does it already have SP1 with it?

[BJ_M]

you don't need sp1

[DereX888]

I dunno is it just me or what, call me paranoid, but if Microsoft states something like this

We expect that nearly all Windows XP users, running genuine or pirated Windows, will have access to the security technologies in SP2

Seems so incredible I get chills along my spine. It doesnt sound like M$oft at all!
I would first cut all the phone and cable wires at home, blow up Wi-Fi router, barricade my house, maybe even cut the power in the house too and just run the comp on a UPS during installation of this SP2... and still would be praying for no legit m$oft trojans...
BUT
thx god I dont have any WInXP version, neither original nor pirated at home, and Im not planning to move 'forward' from Win2K for as long as M$oft supports it. I will worry when they stop supporting it

[ViRaL1]

What M$ was saying is that there were so many XP systems (legit and otherwise) that were getting infected / compromised, they couldn't afford to let all the problems go unpatched.

[ham hock]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368...displaylang=en

you can download SP2 here (266 MB)

[ViRaL1]

I think the CD is for people who don't have a fast enough connection to reasonably download 266MB.

[minggnim]

What would a legit trojan be?
Wouldn't anything that hurts your puter be illegal?

[Marvingj]

XP SP2 sucks! Stick with XP SP1!!

[BJ_M]

What would a legit trojan be?
Wouldn't anything that hurts your puter be illegal?

lots of legal stuff still can hurt your computer ..... in fact some well known software named something like norton can really wreck it (imo)

[gitreel]

sp2 does not suck. I am using it on two computers with no problems at all.

[burnman99]

I think this is only good if you have XP already. It won't upgrade from like 98 or the like.

Rog

[jimmalenko]

I think this is only good if you have XP already. It won't upgrade from like 98 or the like.

Rog

I don't think you'd have much luck trying to install Win XP SP2 on Win98, Rog.