Win XP with integrated SP2?

[Mange]

Will Microsoft release Win XP with integrated SP2? Kind
of Windows 98 Second Edition? If yes, will there be any
new hardware support included?

[Will Denny]

Hi

There are News Groups specific to SP2 - you might like to try those:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us

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"Mange" > wrote in message
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| Will Microsoft release Win XP with integrated SP2? Kind
| of Windows 98 Second Edition? If yes, will there be any
| new hardware support included?

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"Mange" > wrote in message
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> Will Microsoft release Win XP with integrated SP2? Kind
> of Windows 98 Second Edition? If yes, will there be any
> new hardware support included?

The retail will be flushed and eventually repopulated with eh integrated SP2
build.
This is NOT like Windows 98 Second Edition where if you want to go from
Windows 98 to Windows 98 Se you had to buy it.
Existing Windows XO owners can just download the SP just as they did with
SP1a.

The SP2 does not add additional hardware support.


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"Mange" > wrote in message
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> Will Microsoft release Win XP with integrated SP2? Kind
> of Windows 98 Second Edition? If yes, will there be any
> new hardware support included?

[Alex Nichol]

Mange wrote:

>Will Microsoft release Win XP with integrated SP2? Kind
>of Windows 98 Second Edition?

It did so for SP1 - retail CDs bought after around the end of 2002 (by
which time old stock had worked through) include SP1, and I expect the
same will apply.

> If yes, will there be any
>new hardware support included?

I should doubt it - though SP1 did bring in support for USB 2.0.
Improved support for some existing hardware types - eg WiFi or for
Tablet PCs , yes, but not new models of devices


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