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From: ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Tue., August 17, 2004 FYI. August 25 is the very peak of students moving into residence halls. It probably would have been far better for MSU (and other schools) if SP2 had come out a month earlier or a month later. /rich Push version of SP2 pushes back--nine days back In an acknowledgement that businesses will not only be slower to deploy SP2, but are also scrambling to retard its automatic deployment via Windows Update, Microsoft is pushing back SP2's automatic delivery date from August 16 until at least August 25-- if not later. The delay will give businesses more time to either roll out an SP2 blocking tool from Microsoft that allows Windows Update to keep running while disabling SP2's automatic installation or come up with their own form of remediation until they've developed a comfort level with SP2. Yesterday's announcement came within a day of Microsoft's release of a document that details 47 confirmed conflicts between SP2's built-in firewall and third-party applications-- mostly business apps. http://ct.com.com/click?q=ff-sVoVQms9mnsViMiphlMWo0Uu5XZR Microsoft's first SP2 errata reveals compatibility, usability issues http://ct.com.com/click?q=9e-tWQoQtMXnKPTPg3uat5IZ7d8BbRR News Focus: Windows XP SP2 on the hot seat http://ct.com.com/click?q=3c-tK4RIcIy1GaL~2krJ0tj8hcuXNdR