Alan Simpson's Windows XP Bible
Chapter One
What's New in
Windows XP SP2?
In This Chapter
How Service Pack 2
makes the Internet a
safer place to be
Take advantage of the
new Wireless Network
Setup Wizard
Start using Bluetooth
devices to wirelessly
sync your cell phone
and PDA to your PC
and printer
Take advantage of all
that's new in Windows
Media Player 10 and
Movie Maker 2.1
Every year or so Microsoft releases a service pack (abbreviated
SP) for Windows, and for some of their other major software
products. A service pack includes all the improvements, hotfixes,
security patches, and bug fixes released individually through individual
Windows Updates prior to the release of the service pack.
Usually, the service pack includes some additional goodies of its own.
This time, with the release the Service Pack 2, there are lots of extra
goodies. This chapter is a quick overview of the most dramatic
changes to Windows XP that you'll find in Service Pack 2. What's new
in this chapter is only in relation to pre-Service Pack 2 Windows XP. If
you're just now making the transition from Windows 98, ME, or 2000,
just about everything will be new.
The New Security
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