i want to know if the 2nd service pack for xp is a lot or at all better than sp1
mikeandike22 18 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Puckdropper 7 Posting Pro in Training
AFAIK (As far as I know) Service Pack 2 hasn't been released yet. All that's out there is "Release Candidates" which may contain bugs themselves. Wait until SP2 is officially released and then get it.
Catweazle 140 Grandad Team Colleague
What do you mean by 'better'?
That's a value judgement, and difficult to apply to an operating system. There's nothing wrong with Service Pack 1 after all!
SP2 contains all the updates that have been issued since the inital release of SP1, plus improvements to Internet Explorer, Internet Connection Firewall, improved networking features and security, and a host of other improvements, mostly security-related.
Get it here! WARNING!! It is 'beta' software, not final release, and may still contain 'bugs'!
Slade 66 Practically a Master Poster
Like CatWeazle said, you don't compare the two. Service pack two has fixes that improve on the fixes contained in service pack one. Hence the term "Service Pack" sp1 is the first service pack, and sp2 will be the second.
mikeandike22 18 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok thanks i will backup my system and try the beta version
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