Microsoft WinXP Service Pack 2

Microsoft wll be launching the first round beta tests for Windows XP Service Pack 2 which will include updated security and additional features such as support for version 1.1 of Bluetooth and a new wireless LAN client.

The beta of Windows XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, will be made available via Microsoft’s Developer Network to several hundred thousand testers before the end of the year, Matt Pilla, senior product manager for Windows at Microsoft said Thursday. Targeted testers are software developers and IT professionals, he said.
“SP2 is a fundamentally different service pack,” Pilla said. “Much of what we are delivering is the typical set of updates and roll ups, but we are doing a lot more to make the operating system more resilient to attacks.”

Update: Microsoft readies Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta @ InfoWorld

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