Courtesy of the Computerworld Virus & Security Watch comes a small collection of links that might be handy for anyone who needs to deal with XP SP2:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Resources for IT Professionals
Windows XP SP2 Overview
Temporarily Disabling Delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 Through Windows Update and Automatic Updates
Windows XP SP2 Statement from the Bugtraq list
An amusing thought after reading this page:
Top 10 Reasons to Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
1. Help protect your PC from harmful attachments. Help protect your PC from harmful attachments. By alerting you to potentially unsafe attachments, SP2 helps guard your computer from viruses that can spread through Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Messenger.
..thanks to Lotus Notes, Firefox, and Trillian, I'm not running any of those programs. In fact many of the other top 10 enhancements related to Outlook or Internet explorer, or people who have to have a PC level firewall running. The most useful/attractive feature that I can see there is the enhancements to the Wireless connectivity! Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly greatful to be able to apply all these updates from a CD the next time I rebuild my system, but otherwise, the new features aren't exactly leaving me wanting to hurry up and install this puppy now.