Windows XP SP2
 

Does anyone know when this is getting released?

what features will be added this time?

I hear some blockchecker and anti spyware

yeah it supposedly has a new updated version of IE with popup blocker...

and it's going to have some features that windows longhorn will have... (supposedly)

it'll be released in July 2004.

Built in popup blocker, let's see how could this affect our industry, there are tons of popup blockers around, but not all users know about them, since now all them will have it setup by default.

Yep, Console blocking is fully activated by default. You get a little bar at the top of any page that creates them informing you and you can choose to display them if you want - or totally block without being informed in the future.

Also Outlook Express won't display images any more by default so spammers can't detect active email addresses any more. Neither can email senders check whether you have read an email from them ;)

You also get the Windows Firewall for free - no need to buy any firewall products now - each time a program on your PC tries to use a port you are warned and can allow or ban it.

There's a lot more too!

- Robin.

interrrrrrrrrrrrrrresting

i have had next to NO problems with win xp... but only recently i get the occasional 'invalid memory referenced at address 00x089037307' or some shit warning... pahhh, its a lot better then ol' win 98' type bugs and crashes.

Summer sometime..

Ive been running the beta version for several months and love it. No need for the google popup blocker anymore. Also, the windows fire wall is set to on by default. Other than that cant really tell a big dffference.

$300 million update, youd hope its good

SP2 RC1 right here....

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...p2preview.mspx

it blocks ALL popups and ALL active-x prompts by default. this means dialer installations and toolbars.