XP Service Pack 1
Hello, I was curious is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where? Thanks for your help Poxnor
Hello,
I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?
Thanks for your help
--Poxnor
I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?
Thanks for your help
--Poxnor
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Not from here but i do have MSN geordie_guy2000@hotmail.com
If you are a beta tester you'll have already been given both a copy of Beta 1 on CD and given download locations for newer builds as they become available.
Beta 1 has some serious issues and I cannot recommend putting this on any machine you use regularly.
Beta 1 has some serious issues and I cannot recommend putting this on any machine you use regularly.
The problem list is massive.
Loss of stability, DirectX Games hanging.
Internet browsing issues
Network Issues
I'd say we've got a fair few more beta releases before it sees the light of day.
Loss of stability, DirectX Games hanging.
Internet browsing issues
Network Issues
I'd say we've got a fair few more beta releases before it sees the light of day.
Well doesn't SP stand for Stops Processing!
Latest build has fixed a few issues but has introduced a few new ones.
I've also had two of my bug reports closed with the solution "We at Microsoft feel that Windows is currently operating correctly with respect to this bug report" so it would appear they may well just want to get SP1 out and then immediately get to work on SP2.
Thankfully the two they closed with this reason are cosmetic/slightly annoying rather than show stoppers.
If they want it out for the beginning of August that gives them less than two weeks to go gold with the code, I really cannot see this happening.
I've also had two of my bug reports closed with the solution "We at Microsoft feel that Windows is currently operating correctly with respect to this bug report" so it would appear they may well just want to get SP1 out and then immediately get to work on SP2.
Thankfully the two they closed with this reason are cosmetic/slightly annoying rather than show stoppers.
If they want it out for the beginning of August that gives them less than two weeks to go gold with the code, I really cannot see this happening.
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Hello,
I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?
Thanks for your help
--Poxnor
Rule of thumb:
Never download a beta (bugs) that is required to fix bugs (bugs)
Hello,
I was curious -- is Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta available for download anywhere? If so, where?
Thanks for your help
--Poxnor
Rule of thumb:
Never download a beta (bugs) that is required to fix bugs (bugs)
The SP includes all of the CRITICAL/SECURITY/Application Compatibility updates from Windowsupdate.
BUT the featureset was frozen long long ago in a galaxy far far away. So as soon as you update to the latest SP you'll need to go to Windows update to download the latest updates.
The reason why SP's are better is that theoretically they have been beta tested longer since it's common practice in corporate environments to push out SP's to the workstations and only deploy specific windows update fixes to those workstations that need them. Now that SUS is out this practicle will change a little.
BUT the featureset was frozen long long ago in a galaxy far far away. So as soon as you update to the latest SP you'll need to go to Windows update to download the latest updates.
The reason why SP's are better is that theoretically they have been beta tested longer since it's common practice in corporate environments to push out SP's to the workstations and only deploy specific windows update fixes to those workstations that need them. Now that SUS is out this practicle will change a little.
