SP2 build 2096 Customers to Preview Windows

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SP2 build 2096


Customers to Preview Windows XP SP2 Beta
By David Worthington, BetaNews
March 17th, 2004, 9:30 PM

To encourage broad consumer testing and forestall incidents of "broken" applications due to the bevy of changes integrated in the update, Microsoft is launching a Windows XP Service Pack 2 technical preview program.

Under the preview, Windows XP SP2 Release Candidate 1 will be made available to customers through a new TechNet portal ( http://www.microsoft.com/sp2preview ) beginning Friday, March 19.
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The full article available at: http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1079577005

If you want, you can try it right now, but from unknown site: http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/9/13-9-177.shtml

[Wcrocker]

Relase candidate 1 is now available for downloading.

[Reorg]

Anyone notice any differences from 2082 other than the wireless icon?

[Reorg]

Anyone notice any differences from 2082 other than the wireless icon?

[markpayton]

Download file size is substantially reduced. I assume there are some speed increases, but it is still too early to tell.

Mark

[markpayton]

Download file size is substantially reduced. I assume there are some speed increases, but it is still too early to tell.

Mark

[rbushway]

I'm downloading it right now and will install it. I'll advise of anything I see.

[rbushway]

I'm downloading it right now and will install it. I'll advise of anything I see.

[wmadan]

There's a new Windows Update icon.

Is the Address Book (Accessories) new?

[robdam]

D/L and installed. No noticeable differences except for the already mentioned wireless icon change.