Question regarding SP 1 and SP 2

I have a CIO attempting to tell me that at the time Microsoft was still
supporting SP 1 with hot fixes that SP 1 and SP 2 were identical. I believe
that there are some differences between them, including WPA support as well
as other security features that are unique to SP 2. Assuming we were looking
in 2006, am I correct that SP 2 was different that SP 1?

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> I have a CIO attempting to tell me that at the time Microsoft was
> still supporting SP 1 with hot fixes that SP 1 and SP 2 were
> identical. I believe that there are some differences between them,
> including WPA support as well as other security features that are
> unique to SP 2. Assuming we were looking in 2006, am I correct that
> SP 2 was different that SP 1?

You are both correct. SP2 was a collection of several hotfixes which had
been public available to SP1 users through Windows Update. The mentioned
WPA patch was in the beginning a manually downloaded update, but was later
released to Windows Update.

However SP2 came with Security Center and a Firewall, these was AFAIR not
available as an update, but only with SP2.

--
Bjarke Andersen

Yes, you win this one:

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb491077.aspx

WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...eoverview.mspx

How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

Detailed description of the DEP feature in Windows XP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875352
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Winston 3456 wrote:
> I have a CIO attempting to tell me that at the time Microsoft was still
> supporting SP 1 with hot fixes that SP 1 and SP 2 were identical. I
> believe
> that there are some differences between them, including WPA support as
> well
> as other security features that are unique to SP 2. Assuming we were
> looking in 2006, am I correct that SP 2 was different that SP 1?