SP2 question please

[Dudley Henriques]

About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer and if so, does anyone
have a handle on about when they are planning to release it for mailing?
Thanks
Dudley

[george]

what's the rush?
Are you having serious problems with your system that only SP2 wcan fix?
If not, don't worry, it'll get there when it gets there in the flavours made
available via the mechanisms decided upon.

:-))




"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
...
> About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
> Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer and if so, does anyone
> have a handle on about when they are planning to release it for mailing?
> Thanks
> Dudley
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Dudley Henriques > typed:

> About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
> Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer


No announcements have made, so nobody knows. But judging from
past experience, they will probably make a CD available, if not
for free, then for a modest shipping and handling charge.


> and if so, does
> anyone have a handle on about when they are planning to release
it
> for mailing?


No, nobody knows. It's widely rumored to be sometime in August,
but Microsoft hasn't announced a date, and there are no
guarantees. It could be later.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Dudley Henriques]

Thank you very much for the reply. Appreciate it.
DH
"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In ,
> Dudley Henriques > typed:
>
> > About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
> > Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer
>
>
> No announcements have made, so nobody knows. But judging from
> past experience, they will probably make a CD available, if not
> for free, then for a modest shipping and handling charge.
>
>
> > and if so, does
> > anyone have a handle on about when they are planning to release
> it
> > for mailing?
>
>
> No, nobody knows. It's widely rumored to be sometime in August,
> but Microsoft hasn't announced a date, and there are no
> guarantees. It could be later.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Dudley Henriques > typed:

> Thank you very much for the reply. Appreciate it.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In ,
>> Dudley Henriques > typed:
>>
>> > About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
>> > Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer
>>
>>
>> No announcements have made, so nobody knows. But judging from
>> past experience, they will probably make a CD available, if
not
>> for free, then for a modest shipping and handling charge.
>>
>>
>> > and if so, does
>> > anyone have a handle on about when they are planning to
release it
>> > for mailing?
>>
>>
>> No, nobody knows. It's widely rumored to be sometime in
August,
>> but Microsoft hasn't announced a date, and there are no
>> guarantees. It could be later.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

[Alex Nichol]

Dudley Henriques wrote:

>About the upcoming SP2 for XP home edition;
>Will the CD be available from MS as a free mailer and if so, does anyone
>have a handle on about when they are planning to release it for mailing?

It is expected to be as with SP1, a free CD with a small S&H for those
not in a position for the very large download. And a lot of pressure is
on for free CDs at a much wider distribution, eg cover disks on
magazines. But there is no firm information as yet on when it will be
available at all, let alone about different distribution methods


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)