SP2 - the hype was for nothing.
Under a year, since the Computer giant, Microsoft released the Service Pack 2 for Windows XP; and many problems have been found.
The most recent, for example is "A Russian security firm has published a paper detailing a major security flaw in Microsoft Service Pack Two for Windows XP, over a month after alerting Redmond to the flaw
A Russian security company claims it found a way to beat a security measure in Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2.
The SP2 measure, known as Data Execution Protection, is intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting rogue code into a PC's memory and tricking Windows into running the program. However, in a paper published on Friday, Moscow-based Positive Technologies said two minor mistakes in the implementation of the technology allow a knowledgeable programmer to sidestep the protection."
Well - this is certainly a suprise! Okay, well it was just a matter of time before problems where found - some include new Spyware that uses 'Holes' in the SP for its own uses.
SP2 - was a bad thing from the start, they tried to do too much, in such little time.