Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Install
September 23rd, 2004
Seems like everyone is blogging about their Windows XP SP2 installations. Scoble is even soliciting feedback which is why I am writing this entry.
Several of us at our company have been running RC versions without major issues; the biggest problem we had was that running Symantec AntiVirus (V9) with RC2 slowed things down significantly when using BoundsChecker. We actually had to disable the anti-virus software to get our tests completed. Fortunately, we don’t have to go through that again for another month and hopefully any kinks will be worked out by then.
Installation was slow (which I should have expected) but I haven’t had any problems yet. My VPN connection still worked which was my area issue of concern. The litmus test will really be when our customers begin to install the upgrade. While we tested compatibility with our application, there may be other factors at play at our customers’ sites. Since our customers are typically not bleeding edge (many of our customers are still running Windows 98 on slow machines with minimal memory, for example), I expect any issues to crop up slowly over an extended period of time. Stay tuned…
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