29 April 2008

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Good, Vista Bad

Oh look, yet another reason *not* to upgrade to Vista:

The third service pack for XP gives you all the Windows XP performance updates, security updates and hotfixes that have been released since Service Pack 2 came out way back in August 2004. While Service Pack 3 may not be as big of a change as Service Pack 2 was, there are some noteworthy features from Vista that have been included in this release. Namely, NAP, a policy enforcement platform for limiting network access to secure machines, “Black Hole” Router Detection, a cryptographic module for the kernel and a new Product Activation module allows you to install XP without a product key.
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4 comments:

  1. Dr. Roy Schestowitz8:43 am

    The SP for XP just got pulled as well. Another glitch.

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  2. Glyn Moody8:47 am

    Or maybe they don't really want to make XP any more attractive....

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  3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz5:02 am

    Frankly, many refs that I have suggest that the key programmers left. Lack of familiarity with the code is poisoning the Windows codebase. It's horrid from the inside (watch the mini-microsoft blog).

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  4. Glyn Moody7:02 am

    Their problems really are mounting up, aren't they?

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