Talk:Service pack
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[edit] Cumulative?
Are Service Packs usually cumulative over other service packs? For example, if I have Windows 2000, do I just need to install SP4, or is it SP1, SP2, SP3 and then SP4?
- I'm pretty sure you'll only need the SP4. --67.172.99.160 23:52, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Does the list of available service packs make sense?
A big part of this article is a list of the service packs currently available for Microsoft products. While this can be useful information in itself I don't think it should get too long and that it belongs here in Wikipedia; by the way it is the sort of thing that will require continue maintenance. What about removing it and add a link to Service Packs at the end of the article? --Gennaro Prota 18:55, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Windows firewall
The Windows firewall was already present in Windows XP, preceeding Service Pack 2 - SP2 just added to its functionality. --65.147.20.114 14:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for your constructive comment. Yes, Windows XP already ships with a software firewall. Whether the SP2 one is a "new" firewall or an "enhancement" to the original one, however, is arguable, to the point that you will find ambiguities about this on the Microsoft website itself. To be sure, one should know if they have rewritten it from scratch or not ;) In the end, I decided, for now, to remove explicit mention of "new" features of SP2. It should be noted that our Windows Firewall article supports your interpretation and I'm not sure whether that is intentional or not. In any case, the point of my original comment was that over time service packs have become an "occasion" for software houses to deliver enhancements to their products which are not bug fixes; in this context the question of whether the Windows firewall is "brand new" or "renewed" is moot, being it not a bugfix anyway.
[edit] Customization
I'm customizing my boot screen to personalize my computer. Unfortunately, I'm not too sure about continuing. I was given 2 versions of the boot screen, a Non-Service Pack version and a Service Pack 1 version. According to the instructions, I must install the corresponding version (if I have Service Pack 1, I install the Service Pack 1 version), and I recently had Service Pack 1. When I installed Service Pack 2, Service Pack 1 was replaced (as usual). However, now that I have Service Pack 2, I'm unsure which to use (the non-service pack version or the SP1 version). If I make a mistake, my computer will crash and be unbootable. Which should I use?
- Nevermind, I realized Service Pack 2 is not compatible with SP1 and the Non-SP Version.
