Windows XP SP2 RC2 Now released!

[Daedalus]

wtf? microsoft.com down? Yikes... must be all the traffic unless it's my PC but i doubt it since neowin.net still works fine..

Seems fine here...

[Spyder Veteran]

wtf? microsoft.com down? Yikes... must be all the traffic unless it's my PC but i doubt it since neowin.net still works fine..

https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=main&id=21290

[Nathanael]

Grabbing now @ 40KBs from redmond, is the Otemachi server a better idea?

[Rek]

I have a torrent ;)

This is the file because I just installed it :D

Windows_XP_RC2_English_Network.torrent

[Roger H. Veteran]

https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=main&id=21290

that sux, it worked fine less than 5 mins before i tried it again, oh well... that's life for ya

[b3n]

and heres the panicky rush to download sp2 :p

[Elite Darkstar]

*REMOVE LINK* False Alarm the person who i got it from, thought it was RC2, that is RC1.

You can download off this torrent, 20+ sources.

I can't post the link, PM me if you want it.

Edited June 15, 2004 by Elite Darkstar

[Steven]

:s

[Roger H. Veteran]

that's rc1

[Rek]

er no its not.

[Electronic Punk]

http://www.osnn.net/comments.php?shownews=10477

It's on windowsupdate

[Si Veteran]

er no its not.

but Microsoft's site still says

Download the Network Install of SP2 RC1 (English and German)

Published: March 19, 2004

[McGazza]

but Microsoft's site still says

It is not publicly previewable yet except it is now being hosted to XP SP1 users, im not sure about anything else lol.

[ybrett23]

it here http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5co...t.aspx?ln=en-us

[georgevella]

dammit, i only have some BITS client update

i don't have it yet in there (in v5 windows update that is) :-/

i m unlucky or i m still seeing web page cached by my ISP :-/

Edit: okay now it appeared =-)

ybrett23: how come u have the 264Mb version? i only have the 100Mb

Edited June 15, 2004 by icebrain

[Phil Gates]

it looks like they added options for the pop up blocker and an add-in's manager, unless i didnt see it before.

[Electronic Punk]

Yeah, it appears after the BITS update

[[a]]

started dling from windowsupdate a few mins ago, will dl the full exe later and streamline it with xp pro

[nullie]

Tried Windows Update v5, it downloaded 1.6MB and failed. :(

[Hardi]

Same here. It just stops @ 1.6 MB.

[Electronic Punk]

Could well be a little busy.

[nullie]

Anyone got an SHA-1 hash for the network install? Wanna make sure the one I'm downloading is legit.

[[a]]

It just stops @ 1.6 MB.

Yeah same here :/

[[a]]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2: http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1...C9FA8/xpSP2.exe

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/sp2predl.mspx

[McGazza]

,Jun 15 2004, 20:04] Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2: http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1...C9FA8/xpSP2.exe

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/sp2predl.mspx

Thanks :) 2129 works a treat lol :)