Microsoft service pack 2.0 for windows XP
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Microsoft service pack 2.0 for windows XP
It was announced at my work. This download is now available. The file size is 200 MB. Makes you wonder what they forgot the first time.
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Early reports from Microsoft and many other places suggest that SP2 installations will not be glitch free.
Microsoft has produced a list of more than 50 programs that stop working properly when SP2 is installed.
Many of the programs affected are made by Microsoft itself. A lot of business users of Windows are delaying the installation of SP2 to complete testing and ensure it causes as few problems as possible.
Microsoft has produced a list of more than 50 programs that stop working properly when SP2 is installed.
Many of the programs affected are made by Microsoft itself. A lot of business users of Windows are delaying the installation of SP2 to complete testing and ensure it causes as few problems as possible.
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UPDATE: It seems that the plot thickens further as the list of programs that will work “differently” after the service pack 2 has expanded to 200 applications on the eve of the consumer roll out of the update.
Now major applications including Microsoft’s own packages will act differently when the new service pack is installed onto a PC running Windows XP.
The full list can be seen here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130
Now major applications including Microsoft’s own packages will act differently when the new service pack is installed onto a PC running Windows XP.
The full list can be seen here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130
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A vulnerability was reported in Windows Explorer in the processing of the Zone Identifier Object value. Windows Explorer fails to properly warn users when opening files in certain cases.
Jurgen Schmidt of heise Security reported that there is a flaw in Windows Explorer related to the Zone Identifier feature introduced in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
The report indicates that in XP SP2, files that are downloaded from an untrusted zone using Internet Explorer or Outlook Express are marked with a Zone Identifier of "3", stored in an Additional Data Stream (ADS). If a local user attempts to execute such a file, the user is presented with a warning.
However, the report states that Windows Explorer caches the Zone ID of files and may not recognize when a file's Zone ID has changed. It is reported that if a file with a Zone ID indicating a trusted zone is overwritten with a file with a Zone ID indicating an untrusted zone and the overwritten file is executed via a previously opened Windows Explorer window, Windows Explorer will fail to warn the target user.
Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry. The vendor reportedly has indicated that this flaw is not a security vulnerability.
Update: A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix. (??)
Jurgen Schmidt of heise Security reported that there is a flaw in Windows Explorer related to the Zone Identifier feature introduced in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
The report indicates that in XP SP2, files that are downloaded from an untrusted zone using Internet Explorer or Outlook Express are marked with a Zone Identifier of "3", stored in an Additional Data Stream (ADS). If a local user attempts to execute such a file, the user is presented with a warning.
However, the report states that Windows Explorer caches the Zone ID of files and may not recognize when a file's Zone ID has changed. It is reported that if a file with a Zone ID indicating a trusted zone is overwritten with a file with a Zone ID indicating an untrusted zone and the overwritten file is executed via a previously opened Windows Explorer window, Windows Explorer will fail to warn the target user.
Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry. The vendor reportedly has indicated that this flaw is not a security vulnerability.
Update: A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix. (??)
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coriolis wrote:Bring on Service Pack 3!
Actually, I received a courtesy e-mail from SBC Yahoo! telling me that they have a "patch" to download to help this new service pack and Yahoo work better together. I have XP and did download that patch from Yahoo!
I'm assuming that since I have Windows setup to automatically update that this service pack will automatically be downloaded?
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