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Article #162Re: SP2 Preinstalled
From: Brissie
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:02
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:02
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:48:20 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote: >In article <ch4i4e0pubik$.dlg@sgtcaseycableone.net>, David Casey <sgtcasey@IH8SPAMcableone.net> wrote: >>On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:46:41 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not wrote in >><news:414c580d.6921953@news.charter.net>: >> >>> True, as long as one has braodband. Dial-up is different. The download >> takes >>> lots longer, assuming that the dial-up line holds its connection... Ben Myers >> >>Good point. I'm just so used to using broadband anymore I tend to forget >>about the folks with dial-up. :-) > >Here in Oz, 3 out of 4 PC mags have SP2 on their cover CDs for Oct >2004. So you can get a copy for around AUD8.00... which seems >perfectly reasonable to me, especially as one of the mags has a large >"insert" of 70+ pages giving a lot of detail and advice on the service >pack. > >Cheers, Phred. Or you can get it free from Microsoft when the patch for SP2 comes out - mid-October. Same as they did with SP1a, SP2a will be available on CD for free. MS Posts it out to you
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