freakyfriday Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 (edited) **Do not reply as this email is being sent to you from an un-monitored account. ** ###### **** ******** Dear ****, Beta 1 of Service Pack 2 for Microsoft? Windows XP is now available for download at http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com. Before installing or shortly thereafter it is recommended that all beta participants download and read the document titled "Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2", located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21745 This release also includes access to Windows Update V5 which will include a number of new features. Please read the release information about the new features available at http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5Co...SiteVersion.htm. We encourage you to visit the Windows Update site at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. When providing feedback, comment and problem reports please bucketize all issues into the following categories. This will provide a basis to start tracking issues, identifying symptoms, and initial troubleshooting. O Site/IIS Errors: Issues when attempting to access the site and during home page rendering. O AU Errors: Issues with Automatic Update, including personalization and services. O Control Initialization: Issues starting with "Checking for latest version of Windows Update Software" to the start of the Scan. O Search: Issue that happens during Scan process, after clicking on Express or Custom Install, but before the updates are displayed O Download: Issues during download of update. O EULA: Issues that happen with the EULA. O Installation: Issues after download and during installation. O Personalization: Issues with Advance Setting and hiding or restoring hidden updates. O Privacy Check: Is the issue of an inability to access the site due to the Privacy Check. O Other Features: For issues that are not covered in the other Sub-areas. O Post Install Problem: Issues that occurs after the Windows Update installation process due to the update installed. We look forward to your comments, feedback and problem reports and thank you in advance for your contribution towards making Service Pack 2 for Windows XP a reliable, solid and secure release. Please read this entire document - it contains much valuable information about the beta program and should serve to answer most questions you might have about the beta. Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is being made available in several versions: Please note these definitions: O Standalone = Updates an existing Windows XP installation. O Express Install = Updates an existing Windows XP installation using compression technology optimized for dialup and low bandwidth connections. O Integrated = Also known as slipstream, a complete copy of Windows XP with SP2 integrated into it. Recommended for clean installations. 1. Standalone (xpsp2.exe) - A single file available for download that will install SP2 to your existing Home or Pro installation. 2. Express install (xpsp2-express.exe)- A much smaller single file available for download that will connect over the internet and apply SP2 to your existing Home or Pro installation. Recommended for low bandwidth connections. 3. SP2 Integrated Home Edition - A complete CD image of Windows XP Home Edition. Recommended only for clean installs, not to be used to update existing Home edition installs. 4. SP2 Integrated Professional Edition - A complete CD image of Windows XP Professional Edition. Recommended only for clean installs or Professional, or for upgrading existing Home Edition installations to Pro SP2. 5. Standalone CD - A CD image containing #1 above. Note: Items 1 and 2 are available now. Others will be available soon. Other images and tools may be made availablethroughout the beta. Check the .Announcements newsgroup for information. For more information on available tools and documentation, please visit http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com. A copy of #5 will be mailed shortly to the participants that requested one. It should arrive within 2 weeks. If you do not receive your CD within 2 weeks, please contact xpspadm@microsoft.com. Before you begin, please note the following: 1. This release is not recommended for production systems. 2. Due to the nature of pre-release software, some of your applications and hardware may not function correctly. Review the pre-release license agreements carefully during the installation. By installing this release, you agree to the terms and conditions of these license agreements. All licenses associated with the product will expire when the product becomes commercially available. Product Keys: Product Keys are required only for versions 3 and 4 above. If you wish to install version 3 or 4 you may obtain a product key for this purpose from http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com. Obtaining Support: Please join us in our private newsgroups for support of this Beta release of SP2. A trained team of support professionals are available to answer your questions as well as people responsible for the beta program and members of the development team. A unique user account (formerly known as your Beta ID) and password are required to access the Windows Beta private newsgroups. To obtain your ID and setup your password you will need to visit http://beta.microsoft.com/, choose "Modify your info" from the top menu and then "Modify Newsgroup Login Info". The news server for this beta program is: betanews.microsoft.com Your Account Name is: betanews\[your Beta ID] Please note the format here. The "betanews \" is required and you will not be able to connect without using this format. PLEASE configure your regular "friendly" name, email address, and organization for your chosen news reader program. All support for the Microsoft Windows Service Pack 2 beta will take place in the newsgroups beginning with microsoft.beta.xpsp2.* You should not discuss or repost any information obtained from the private newsgroups in other newsgroups or forums. How to Download the Build: Visit us at http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com and sign in with your passport and browse to the download section. If you experience any issues that cannot be resolved in the newsgroups, you may send email to xpspadm@microsoft.com for assistance. How to Report a Bug: The bug reporting tool is available for download from http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com. Please Note: The bug reporting for the Windows XP SP2 is for the purpose of identifying bugs in the service pack only. This is not a venue for alerting Microsoft to the presence of bugs in other products. Thank you in advance, Microsoft Windows Product Team [/u]> Edited January 31, 2004 by freakyfriday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidic-e- Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 old news. It's been out for a few weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 (edited) you sure wants to get kicked off the Beta test and banned from all future Microsoft Betas, didn't Microsoft made a very clear statement not to publicly post their email messages violating their NDA? And also Windows XP-SP2 Beta started quite a long time ago, and the download was available for a long time already, too. Beta NDA violators are so easy to track down these days... EDIT: I hereby take back everything I posted about the thread "Windows XP SP2 Official Beta, Not just hacker find" in this post. Edited January 31, 2004 by AquaDex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakyfriday Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 you sure wants to get kicked off the Beta test and banned from all future Microsoft Betas, didn't Microsoft made a very clear statement not to publicly post their email messages violating their NDA?And also Windows XP-SP2 Beta started quite a long time ago, and the download was available for a long time already, too. Beta NDA violators are so easy to track down these days... i'm not on the beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 i'm not on the beta yeah just saw your edited message, and use proper tags :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakyfriday Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 yeah just saw your edited message, and use proper tags :p tags been fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted January 31, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 31, 2004 what is the problem with not posting confidential information? :wacko: it's really annoying when i come to neowin and i find emails posted for betas that I'M IN and i haven't even read the f*cking email myself. stop it already, it's immature and wrong :angry: if anyone cares, this isn't one of those emails, but it does **** me off :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Its been out since 18th December 2003... But it looks like they may be expanding the BETA somewhat... Which is useful because it is full of bugs. Keep track of SP2 with Neowins SP2 thread. Link in Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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