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04-06-05, 10:29 AM
Many businesses are wary of installing Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 on office computers running Windows XP, according to AssetMetrix Inc.
The survey of 136,000 PCs in 251 companies that run Windows XP show only 9 percent have the security patch installed, despite it containing many critical updates that would protect business systems.
"To date, more companies are tending to hold back on SP2 than accept it as a standard," writes Steve O'Halloran, managing director of AssetMetrix Research Labs, in the report.
Microsoft released SP2 in September 2004 as a security-bolstering upgrade to Windows XP, which has been available since 2001, and the company has been encouraging consumers and businesses to download SP2 as a way of minimizing exposure to growing security threats. In business environments, SP2 adoption has lagged the consumer market, as IT departments test the upgrade for compatibility with existing applications.
Geoff
The survey of 136,000 PCs in 251 companies that run Windows XP show only 9 percent have the security patch installed, despite it containing many critical updates that would protect business systems.
"To date, more companies are tending to hold back on SP2 than accept it as a standard," writes Steve O'Halloran, managing director of AssetMetrix Research Labs, in the report.
Microsoft released SP2 in September 2004 as a security-bolstering upgrade to Windows XP, which has been available since 2001, and the company has been encouraging consumers and businesses to download SP2 as a way of minimizing exposure to growing security threats. In business environments, SP2 adoption has lagged the consumer market, as IT departments test the upgrade for compatibility with existing applications.
Geoff