Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:56 UTC, submitted by Jon Cooper
"We evaluated the security features of Windows XP SP2 on a test machine, following a clean install of XP Pro with no configuration changes and no third-party software or drivers installed. We installed XP with the NTFS file system, choosing all of the factory defaults, then patched it with each recommended security update including SP-1 (required), before installing SP2." Read the rest at TheRegister.
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Frankly, the benefits of SP2's new security tools are clear and you'd have to be a fool not to want them
However, a lot of people will never be updating to SP2, among them the owers of Netgear MA101b Wifi adapters, which will connect to networks fine, but only with a 0kb/s transfer speed once SP2 is installed.
One of the patches MS built into SP2 breaks every single item in Netgears wifi range - and several Linksys adapters too.
Ironically, it was the "Wireless Protected Access" patch which was designed to improve wireless network security
Presumably by disabling the wireless network
I've seen next to no coverage in the tech press of the disastrous effect SP2 has on wifi networks, probably as most of the affected people are sitting behind their inaccessible routers, fuming, their strongly worded emails of complaint still stuck in their outboxes.
Instead, we get more of.... this. Largely inaccurate and done so many times before.
Let me say this here, again, as no-one else is. If you use Wifi, don't upgrade to SP2 yet. Wait a while, see if the manufacturer of your parts issues an updated driver. Some manufacturers are pretending there's no problem. Netgear for instance - the official site says their products aren't affected by SP2.
this is a lie
I know a dozen users of their equipment and of those who have upgraded to SP2 we've seen a 100% network failure rate.