Windows XP SP2 Final released to Beta Testers

Windows XP SP2 Final released to Beta Testers

Toxicfume on 06 August 2004 - 18:12 · 676 comments & 163273 views

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Thanks to our very own bangbang023 :)

The Installation package of the final version of Service Pack 2 has just been released to the beta testers on the Windows Beta Website and is available in for download now. The file name is WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe. The self extracting compressed file weighs at 266.01 MB.

UPDATE: Apparently, pirated Keys appear to be working.

Download: Windows XP SP2 RTM

Screenshot: SP2 On Windows Beta | Windows Version | Internet Explorer About | Windows About (Screenshots courtesy of liquid)

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(1 reply) #1 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#1.1 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:15

actually, I had given the info to him a while ago, but it took a bit to get up. Either way, who cares? We got the story, that's what matters.

(1 reply) #2 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#2.1 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:17

My download rate just got cut in half lol. They are already being raped.

#3 shockz on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:21

WHOOOOOO!!!11

:drools:

#4 lardiop on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:38

Somebody mirror or post the damn thing

(1 reply) #5 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#5.1 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:02

you said yourself it had a damn keygen in it. We have a rule against warez.

(1 reply) #6 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#6.1 shockz on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:08

Yeah... saying you downloaded a SP2 with a warez key gen isn't a good idea. I could warn you... but i'm not going too.

(4 replies) #7 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#7.1 Toxicfume on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:14

How does what I stated there confirm what kind of a copy I am using? Know more before you make baseless and fake assumptions.

Last edited by 13 on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:19

#7.2 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 20:10

QUOTE (#44.4)

so you are saying you have a "legal" copy and got this info from somebody else? so if i called you up and told you George W.Bush fell off bicycle for the third time, hit his head and never got up, you would go out and tell everyone:"Apparently, our president is dead."?

We have our sources. Give it up.

#7.3 Toxicfume on 06 Aug 2004 - 20:48

I did not say that and don't even try to make an implication out of what I said, we have sources to confirm facts, so keep the funny analogies out and yes, just give up.

jerry: that really depends on what your definition of what you said is, seems rather subjective.

#7.4 Toxicfume on 07 Aug 2004 - 00:22

The way we see it here, we report and confirm on facts that have had previous speculation, and this is as appropriate as reporting any other information about the service pack. All that's being done here is confirming this: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/09/142203, this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3774567.stm this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/25/xp_pirates_sp2/ and so on...so please, think before accusing or saying things like that.

I am not hinting on anything or giving subliminal messages, it's a response to a subject that has recieved a big media speculation since a while.

#8 shockz on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:20

No torrent links, no mirrors... nothing.

Only links from MS Once they release it to everyone will be permited.

I've been seeing various people complaining that what they thought was 2180 was something else.

Last edited by 3351 on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:41

#9 lardiop on 06 Aug 2004 - 19:42

It just got leaked on everyone favorite IRC...

(1 reply) #10 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#10.1 shockz on 06 Aug 2004 - 20:33

We've been shut down before by MS... were not taking any chances.

(1 reply) #11 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#11.1 shockz on 06 Aug 2004 - 21:11

Alright.. lets not start impersonating a mod. thanks.

(1 reply) #12 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#12.1 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 22:58

Site policy that we don't delete posts, ever. Deal with it.

(2 replies) #13 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#13.1 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 22:59

unless they are official links, we will be removing them. That's our decision. Deal with it.

#13.2 bangbang023 on 06 Aug 2004 - 23:14

QUOTE (#121.2)

No. I already have it installed. I think you guys are going just a bit weeeeeeeee over the top on this one.

considering most of the links posted have included keygens in them or some other kind of warez, no we're not going over the top.

#14 bangbang023 on 07 Aug 2004 - 02:52

STOP POSTING LINKS. NEOWIN WILL NOT ALLOW ANY KIND OF LINKS.

(1 reply) #15 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#15.1 bangbang023 on 07 Aug 2004 - 03:04

because it's not out for the general public. Only those who have paid for msdn or who have been testing it all along.

(1 reply) #16 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#16.1 bangbang023 on 07 Aug 2004 - 16:27

hmmm when I check the file properties of the file I downloaded from windowsbeta, there is no signature tab. Is it because I have home edition?

(1 reply) #17 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#17.1 shockz on 07 Aug 2004 - 18:25

I think 2158 may be the timestamp.

(1 reply) #18 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#18.1 bangbang023 on 07 Aug 2004 - 21:02

It literally takes 5 minutes to call up and get re-activated. You most likely don't understand the points system behind changing hardware with XP. Either way, stop crying and spend the time calling them up.

(1 reply) #19 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00

#19.1 creamhackered on 08 Aug 2004 - 02:12

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