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I never said SP2 was completely free of issues, an I've never fallen for the media FUD surrounding XPSP2. I was simply pointing out the fact that it's still easy to prevent SP2 from being installed on XP machines.

These articles (there have been tons) are filled with completely false/idiotic statements like 'Users may be forced to install XPSP2 now', and 'Microosft hasn't made it very clear how to use SUS'.

If you look into it you'll find that 99.9% of the issues surrounding XPSP2 are issues with the firewall being on. Turning the firewall off, or configuring it with the proper exceptions solves these 'problems'. If you have an issue with a program and XPSP2 that doesn't hae to do with the firewall, then don't deploy the service pack, and start looking for a solution right now. XPSP2 has been out for a year already!

"FUD is in every newspaper and news station across the globe."

FUD belongs in corporate advetisements - not news stories.
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