Microsoft plans to make available Release Candidate 2 of Windows XP Service Pack 2 in May in preparation for final availability during the first half of 2004, company executives said during a briefing on Tuesday.
During the company's April security briefing, Rebecca Norlander, Group Manager of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit, gave a demonstration of the much-anticipated service pack and said the company is considering adding spyware capabilities to a future version of Windows and/or service pack.
While noting that the next major release candidate will be available next month, Norlander advised solution providers and customers to hold off on full corporate deployment until the Windows XP SP2 code is finalized. Partners and customers were also advised to apply the forthcoming Windows updates to remote PCs and laptops, and on edge severs, to reap the most benefit of the new features.
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