Security Expert: Windows XP SP2 has far more advantages than disadvantages

Last Thursday, as an agenda for the Ziff Davids media company security virtual commerce exhibition, security experts discussed in detail the advantages and disadvantages of Microsoft Windows XP SP2 at a special panel seminar. Although experts have pointed out some of the defects of SP2, Microsoft has made a high comments on the whole, which means that it has finally taken a big step to release upgrade patches for XP.

Oliver Lavery, PivX Solutions's chief software designer, said, "You should patch the system immediately ." Lavery and other dedicated team members stressed that prior to extensive application, all systems and applications, especially third-party and commercial application software, should be carefully tested.

Bernie Robichau, an expert, said, "unless your company has installed SP2 patch, it should be patched to solve application compatibility problems that are hard to solve ." At the same time, he pointed out that if the computer is installed with software provided by Microsoft, the risk of incompatibility will be minimized. "After installing SP2, you will find that some of the problems you encountered have been mitigated to varying degrees ."

Mary Jo Foley, editor of Ziff Davids, pointed out that Microsoft only regards SP2 as a "Basic upgrade", but both users and competitors regard it as "a brand new operating system ", do not understand its inherent defects. "Microsoft released SP2 to the public in August 6, but it does not mean it has no defects," she said. At that time, Microsoft listed 200 incompatible applications with SP2, and there are still as many as 40 ."

However, all the dedicated team members believe that Microsoft will soon make improvements to SP2. In an online anonymous public opinion survey during the group discussion, more than half of the participants share the same view.

Lavery of PivX Solutions said, "Although SP2 is not perfect, it is already the biggest improvement Microsoft can achieve. It does not do well in all aspects, but it has far more advantages than disadvantages ."