Windows XP SP2 via Automatic Update Postponed

Windows XP SP2 via Automatic Update Postponed

Microsoft has revised its plans to deliver Windows XP SP2 through the Automatic Updates (AU) delivery mechanism in Windows to give customers more time to plan the rollout of this critical update, or temporarily block the download of Windows XP SP2 to those machines using AU.

Here is the revised delivery schedule of Windows XP SP2:

8/16 - Release to Software Update Services.
8/18 - Release to Automatic Update for users running Windows XP Home Edition only.
8/25 - Release to Automatic Update for all Windows XP users including those running Windows XP Professional Edition; release to Windows Update for interactive user installations.

From today home users will be able to get hold of Microsoft's long-awaited update for Windows XP. The version of the SP2 security update for the Home Edition of XP has become available via its auto-update service.

However, users of XP Professional Edition must wait until 25 August to get a version intended for them. Users who prefer to get a CD of the key update may have to wait a few weeks because the software was only recently released to disc manufacturers.

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Homepage: Windows Update
News source: BBC News