Windows XP Service Pack 2: Will it cripple your network?

Published on August 10, 2004 By Black Xero In WinCustomize News

Caution in all things…

While the eagerly awaited XP SP2 has finally got its release date, it looks like Microsoft's crown jewels of security revamps - thought to be costing the software behemoth $300m - could cause businesses as many headaches as it cures.

Many businesses may find installing the service pack plays havoc with their custom-built software as well as bought corporate applications, for example, as their systems are reconfigured by SP2.

It's a problem that has already hit two of the industry's heavyweights - Microsoft and IBM - according to reports. IBM has apparently posted an article on its corporate intranet requesting its users not install SP2 for fear that it may be incompatible with some of Big Blue's apps.

Redmond has also had to issue a fix for its CRM products to stop it falling over when Service Pack 2 was installed on machines running the programme.

Check the link to read detatiled article of "Silicon."

Comments

joetheblow

on Aug 12, 2004

I think what is funny about that is this is something that is always true when changing something with a system. With SP2, it is a very serious upgrade and it will have problems.

PixelCargo

on Aug 13, 2004

On Paul's site they say:
code-named Blackcomb, will likely ship two to three years after Longhorn.
By then the bugs might be fixed that show up in Xp sp2 lol.

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