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Originally Posted by Belial

....but back on topic, MT, do you know how much of SP2 includes updates that were already avaliable, and how much is patches that MS held back to be released with SP2?

From everything I have read so far this is really one large security upgrade to the OS. It now has a better built in firewall (though I still use a hardware one), it carries some form of antivirus on board (though I will still use an aftermarket one as well) and it also includes a pop-up blocker for MSIE (which I purposely went to some nasty sites with and seems to work quite well). It also includes a lot of smaller changes to the OS to make it a little less prone to the attacks that these family of operating systems (NT, 200x, and XP) have become so common on. Specifically some memory protection, automatic port closing and some other stuff that is totally over my head.

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Originally Posted by pantyfanatic

What are your thoughts about downloading it to a CD before installing it?

That is exactly what I did. MS recommends that the home user wait unti they release it to them using the windows update method and that the download that is currently available should be used by IT folks. The reason is the size of the download, 266MB, as the windows update version will only select the portions that you specifically need for your PC so it should be less (though I still think it will be a large download). I like having the whole service pack handy incase of reinstall. I can reload the OS as needed and the apply the service pack to it without putting the PC on the network without the benefit of the added security features. Of course I also have a multi-PC network at home and downloading 266MB once and using a CD (or the LAN) to move it from machine to machine makes more sense than downloading what I am guessing will be at least 100MB three or four times.