Windows XP SP2 delayed till September?

Dom · Jun 1, 2004, 09:52 AM

"According to German Site Heisse, Richard Kaplan (Marketing manager of Microsoft) told at a Winxp sp2 session that SP2 could be expected in September. Internal documentation talks about q3 2004."

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Monkeyboy · Jun 1, 2004, 06:49 PM

For God's sake, isn't it about time they released it already?

Wonder what Intel needed them to delay SP2 for?

nForcer · Jun 2, 2004, 04:16 AM

from my uncle, who's a 3rd Party developer for thier FrontPage application - is that SP2 is going to be like XP version 2 so what they are doing is delaying the release because its pretty much like releasing a COMPLETELY new Operating System. However, 'you won't be able to convince the genral public so the best you can do is provide a quality product once its released.' I give my uncle alot of credit (as does Microsoft's Office Development Team) so my thoughts about 'why is it taking so long' have changed, but as he said, you won't be able to convince the people who just want to rant because they can, on changing thier minds - I commend Microsoft for the effort they are putting into the Service Pack, and it looks like it will be a welcomed update to the otherwise impressive OS they already have. I hope this give a few of you some insite into why its taking so long - even though I'm just another guy giving another opinion.

pr0digal jenius · Jun 2, 2004, 05:37 AM

Found this over at IRCSpy:

Microsoft is working into the night on the release candidate 2 of Windows XP service pack 2. Current builds stand at 2142, a steady 22 builds on from the current 2120 build that beta testers have access to. The latest build (2142) was compiled on Friday 28th May at 12:19AM meaning Microsoft are now working overtime in order to get SP2 ready in time. RC2 has slipped from the original predicted internal date of 26th May to as late as 7th June.

For those interested in build dates and numbers:

2138 (xpsp.040522-1636)
2139 (xpsp.040524-1730)
2140 (xpsp.040525-1946)
2141 (xpsp.040526-1840)
2142 (xpsp.040528-0019)

We're hoping to see RC2 get compiled this week with a release on or after the 7th June, if RC2 gets compiled early this week then beta testers may well see the long awaited update at the end of the week. Either way there's a lot of testing to be done to ensure that any problems with RC2 are reported and that all is well for the release to manufacturing (RTM) in mid-July.

Jun 1, 2004, 09:52 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Windows XP SP2 delayed till September? "According to German Site Heisse, Richard Kaplan (Marketing manager of Microsoft) told at a Winxp sp2 session that SP2 could be expected in September. Internal documentation talks about q3 2004." __________________ Source: Bink

Jun 2, 2004, 04:16 AM	#3
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	From what I've learned... from my uncle, who's a 3rd Party developer for thier FrontPage application - is that SP2 is going to be like XP version 2 so what they are doing is delaying the release because its pretty much like releasing a COMPLETELY new Operating System. However, 'you won't be able to convince the genral public so the best you can do is provide a quality product once its released.' I give my uncle alot of credit (as does Microsoft's Office Development Team) so my thoughts about 'why is it taking so long' have changed, but as he said, you won't be able to convince the people who just want to rant because they can, on changing thier minds - I commend Microsoft for the effort they are putting into the Service Pack, and it looks like it will be a welcomed update to the otherwise impressive OS they already have. I hope this give a few of you some insite into why its taking so long - even though I'm just another guy giving another opinion.

Jun 1, 2004, 06:49 PM	#2
Monkeyboy DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Vista: the woe starts now! Posts: 113 Rep Power: 0	For God's sake, isn't it about time they released it already? Wonder what Intel needed them to delay SP2 for?

Jun 2, 2004, 05:37 AM	#4
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Found this over at IRCSpy: Microsoft is working into the night on the release candidate 2 of Windows XP service pack 2. Current builds stand at 2142, a steady 22 builds on from the current 2120 build that beta testers have access to. The latest build (2142) was compiled on Friday 28th May at 12:19AM meaning Microsoft are now working overtime in order to get SP2 ready in time. RC2 has slipped from the original predicted internal date of 26th May to as late as 7th June. For those interested in build dates and numbers: 2138 (xpsp.040522-1636) 2139 (xpsp.040524-1730) 2140 (xpsp.040525-1946) 2141 (xpsp.040526-1840) 2142 (xpsp.040528-0019) We're hoping to see RC2 get compiled this week with a release on or after the 7th June, if RC2 gets compiled early this week then beta testers may well see the long awaited update at the end of the week. Either way there's a lot of testing to be done to ensure that any problems with RC2 are reported and that all is well for the release to manufacturing (RTM) in mid-July.