Actually most new machines I've seen ship recently have come with XP SP1 pre-installed so at least the big OEMS are doing this much. I have no idea whether the new "retail" copies of XP are coming with SP1 or not though.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Daniele Muscetta > Sent: 17 March 2004 14:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Microsoft Security, baby steps ? > > Luke Scharf said: > > I've been a lot better about this lately, but I still think > it's kind > > of absurd that I can't plug a freshly rebuilt Windows XP > machine into > > the network. You'd think that Microsoft would at least make an > > official release of Windows XP.1 or something like that to address > > this totally absurd problem with their software. > > I've actually seen TODAY a CD coming from HP (so an OEM > version shipping WITH an HP or Compaq PC *only*) with WinXP > Pro SP1 on it..... > Daniele > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
