Microsoft is making it clear that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP — a more than 220-MB software update dubbed “XP plus” and “mini-Longhorn” by some industry watchers — will have a sizeable effect on other applications as it seeks to shut out security weaknesses in enterprise systems. Microsoft claims it has worked hard to test the impact of SP2’s features, such as a default-enabled firewall. However, the company also is spending a fair amount of energy and resources to warn developers about applications that could be at risk in an upgrade.
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Microsoft Warns of XP Service Pack Impact
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 5, 2004 01:08 PMMicrosoft is making it clear that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP — a more than 220-MB software update dubbed “XP plus” and “mini-Longhorn” by some industry watchers — will have a sizeable effect on other applications as it seeks to shut out security weaknesses in enterprise systems. Microsoft claims it has worked hard to test the impact of SP2’s features, such as a default-enabled firewall. However, the company also is spending a fair amount of energy and resources to warn developers about applications that could be at risk in an upgrade.