"Josh Einstein" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Nope I meant Lonestar.

Why are we discussing a REALLY awful beer?

There are several MS NGs regarding XP SP2 described here:
http://communities.microsoft.com/new...xpsp2&slcid=us
a.. Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
b.. Account name: privatenews\sp2user
c.. Password: password
d.. Note that the password is case-sensitive.
There is a thread regarding 2162 in .general there where some information
is beginning to accumulate. The first notable finding is that with a minor
registry hack(apparently supplied to the beta testors) one can get/download
2162 from Windows Update.

Is that WinUP download a glaring catastrophic security collapse(company
jewels giveaway that the palace guard{rogue MVPs} must fervently defend
against) in the MS beta distribution process or is it simply that ~30 days
from a free public release of SP2 that 2162 is no big deal.