Chris Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 IBM tells employees not to install Windows XP updateWhile developers at Microsoft Corp. may be celebrating that they finished work on Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP, IT departments around the world now face the question on whether they should update their systems, or not. IBM Corp., for one, is holding off on installing the security-focused update for Windows XP. In a note headlined "To patch -- or not to patch" posted Friday on its corporate intranet, IBM tells its employees not to download SP2 when it becomes available because of compatibility issues. A copy of the note was obtained by IDG News Service. "While this patch may be good news for other Microsoft Windows XP owners, IBM is directing XP users not to install SP2," the note states. With close to 400,000 desktops, IBM is a very large Microsoft customer. "IBM's large number of Web applications will need to be tested and some modified to work correctly with SP2. Currently, some high profile, business-critical applications are also known to conflict with SP2," IBM tells its employees in the note. "When the current issues and concerns have been addressed, IBM will deploy a customized version of SP2."More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 That makes you feel confident, doesn't it? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 That makes you feel confident, doesn't it? :rolleyes:As each computer is unique to the user there is no way of telling how SP2 Will effect systems once installed.It's all very well saying "I'll wait" but you are just holding off what you're going to do anyway - Install SP2.On the other hand if you have read bad stories of SP2 then it may well put you off it all together.So whilst IBM is saying this, to me and maybe the rest of us it means "ziltch, nadda, hootchiemamma, eh?"Install SP2 and see for yourself, do not take another persons opinion as "Oh that will happen to me" as you may see the complete opossite and ya'll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I repeat - There was some almighty messes with SP1 !I'll wait a bit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I understand what you are saying Artist, but i had no problem with SP1 with my system.As Powerless has said it is down to the individual machine that SP 1 or 2 gets installed on.Any way SP2 seem to be running fine for me at the moment.But i am one for just bitting the bullet and going ahead with things.What ever you decide, good luck.All the bestTony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 I don't blame them.. how much money would IBM loose if SP2 crashed thier computers for about 2 hours? Probably upwards of a million (gross of course). So I can understand not wanting to risk it just yet. They can't afford to be bleeding edge like some of us end-users :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 I have just put SP2 on and apart from at the start up (after the bios text and before the splash screen) when I get a white line going across the bottom of the screen, which I did not have before, everything seems to be allright.I like the way that the XP firewall found that another one was running and disabled itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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