Tag archive: security enhancements

Quote from the review: “Even though it is widely known that SP2 offers a lot of cool new features and security enhancements, you might be reluctant to install it, because nobody knows what it will do for system performance. Today we're looking at exactly what SP2 does for performance, compared directly to SP1. We used a full suite of benchmarks to test performance in office applications, content creation, webbrowsing, and… Read More

“”This release improves the reliability and security of our products, and we have also been able to use customer feedback and customer feedback tools to improve our products and make the enhancements to One Note and InfoPath,” Simon Marks, product manager for the Microsoft Office System, told eWEEK in a interview. The majority of SP1 comprises bug fixes and security enhancements, essentially fixing any issues since the… Read More

The Service Pack had originally been planned for release in the first half of 2004 and was delayed until July. Microsoft is now stating that the update to Windows XP will be delayed again until some time in August. Windows XP Service Pack 2 will feature several new security enhancements including an improved firewall. The company has not announced a reason for the delay.