…next few days. Here a link:
Funny thing is, on the one hand they say less than 5% of XP code has been revised in this SP2. On the other hand they write $BILLIONS have gone into this SP. Is the coffee in the USA this expensive or what?
On a side note, dont we have a Windows forum here?
Last I heard, it was slated for Sept. 15. Anyone know if that’s still accurate?
Don’t u trust the MS product manager?
They write:
"The long-awaited update is due to be completed “in the coming days”, Microsoft senior product manager Matt Pilla said. "
should be authentic then me thinks… 
“Coming days” could be as long as 40…
Thinking in terms of Microsoft you could be well right with this 
I remember windows 95, or was it 96? The first win95 was practically an alpha release anyway, and so they released the real win95 (version b) in early 1997 
I still remember my days when “repairing” 8K core memory modules with a small rubber hammer. Damn’ those sticky bits…
Planning on reinstalling winxp again. Looks like I’ll just wait for SP2 final release then. I install RC2 on somebody’s system. Don’t look half bad.
Give SP2 a bit more time after the initial release - we all know Microsoft! The one installing first a fresh release are the bravest men on earth
Does RC2 expire, out of curiosity?
Talking about SP2 (Beta) not to my knowledge. Only Windows release candidates (OS) expire not service packs. However, someone might correct me if I am wrong.
i read in a german magazine that the sp2 will be released later…
it was planned to be out on august, 10th - but ms said, the quality is not good enough yet, so it will be released later…
but still anywhen in august is planned… PLANNED… 
u probably missed to read my link up here - it could be that MS meets the date and it is indeed out by 10th of August. Let’s see…
i don’t know why they keep delaying it, even if they delay it one year, a week after release new bugs will be discovered…
article testing xp sp2 - http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=VVPFIRZXAVGHYQSNDBESKHA?articleId=23905071
basically, 3 out of 5 machines that the release candidate was tested on failed to boot properly after the install.
article on delay -
http://news.com.com/Windows+XP+update+delayed+again/2100-1016_3-5297645.html?tag=nefd.top
the german magazine " ct’ ", which is definitely a high quality magazine which is not understood by everyone, already discovered ways to get around the “big security functions” - which means that a virus could deactivate the anti-virus-tool, and tell windows that IT would be a anti-virus-tool using the API that MS does give to the programmers of anti-virus-tools…
or, you cannot simply disable the firewall (using the system-control icon), then a message box appears - but, if you disable the Firewall / Security-Center SERVICE (what a virus can do easily) this will not be recognizes until the next REBOOT…
there are many of those bugs in there, the maganine wrote a 16-page article about SP2…
and that was BEFORE MS did delay release of SP 2 once again…
look @ THIS
you can ORDER the CD-Version of SP 2 in the USA earliest from August, 25th - in the other Countries even later…
And then it takes 4 - 6 weeks for shipping…
Reasons:
wow, rtfa. spreading FUD when it truly is/was microsofts fault serves no good purpose.
clean install should not be a requirement for installing SP2 !!
the work computer i have has windows 2000 installed since it first came out, no reinstalls in all that period, only SP’s, patches, fixes, and it is working well.