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| DATE | 2005-04-06 |
| FROM | dspira@att.net (Dave_att)
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] XP Corporate support
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Stay away from it! its full of holes like cheese.
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From: Ruben Safir
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> Corporations Shun Windows XP SP2
> Posted by Kip Walton on: Tuesday 5 April 2005
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> Security Networks
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> Only 24 percent of North American companies have bothered to install the
> Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 update, say pollsters AssetMetrix.
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> The company questioned 251 North American corporations with a collective
> total of 136,000 PCs. Seventy five percent of companies have yet to
> install the security update. Does this mean future security problems on
> the horizon are a cause for concern?
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> OverclocksClub reports,
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> "Microsoft allowed a significant period of time to accommodate
> companies' demand to test and validate Windows XP SP2 within their IT
> infrastructure," said Steve O'Halloran, managing director of AssetMetrix
> Research Labs. "Based on our research, a substantial number of companies
> have yet to decide whether to accept or embargo Windows XP SP2. To date,
> we have observed that 40% of companies using Windows XP have actively
> avoided upgrading to SP2, and only 7% have actively accepted it. The
> other 52% of the companies showed no direction or policy towards SP2,
> and may find themselves having support issues by allowing multiple
> editions of Windows XP to exist in their infrastructure.
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