Comments on: Microsoft's SP2 gets pushy

Windows XP security service pack will now install itself on any remaining business computers that have avoided the upgrade.

Some software will not run with SP2

We have a variety of applications where the vendor has said that under no circumstance should we put SP2 on the machines. For example, some of our scientific equipment has proprietary software that drives it. We've been told that will not function if SP2 is applied. Another is Ecopy, a unit that connects to canon copy machines which allows high speed scanning of documents to PDF. We've been told that also will not work with SP2. (We checked again on 4/8 with no change)

So while our organization may have had plenty of time to prepare for SP2, we are still stuck on a limb when a piece of equipment that may cost a few hundred thousand dollars relies on software that will not function if this update is applied.

[Earl Benser]

Simple solution....

Turn OFF the automatic update feature.

[zaznet]

Clarification about SUS?

That guy needs to learn how to manage his SUS, really. If you have SUS deployed already and it's done right then you just pick what you want your users to have available for updates. The workstations connect to your internal server instead of one operated by Microsoft. So just don't put SP2 on it yet! How much more clarification does the guy need?