Question regarding SP 1 and SP 2

[Winston 3456]

I have a CIO attempting to tell me that at the time Microsoft was still
supporting SP 1 with hot fixes that SP 1 and SP 2 were identical. I believe
that there are some differences between them, including WPA support as well
as other security features that are unique to SP 2. Assuming we were looking
in 2006, am I correct that SP 2 was different that SP 1?

 

[Bjarke Andersen]

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crashed Echelon writing

I have a CIO attempting to tell me that at the time Microsoft was
still supporting SP 1 with hot fixes that SP 1 and SP 2 were
identical. I believe that there are some differences between them,
including WPA support as well as other security features that are
unique to SP 2. Assuming we were looking in 2006, am I correct that
SP 2 was different that SP 1?

You are both correct. SP2 was a collection of several hotfixes which had
been public available to SP1 users through Windows Update. The mentioned
WPA patch was in the beginning a manually downloaded update, but was later
released to Windows Update.

However SP2 came with Security Center and a Firewall, these was AFAIR not
available as an update, but only with SP2.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Yes, you win this one:

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491077.aspx

WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx

How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

Detailed description of the DEP feature in Windows XP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875352