{"id":121,"date":"2004-08-10T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2004-08-10T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/08\/10\/sp2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:47:33","slug":"sp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/sp2\/","title":{"rendered":"SP2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11259,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251031022055\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Windows_XP&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:08:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 18:16:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 12:52:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 05:15:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 08:52:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 09:29:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 22:16:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 16:32:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 08:40:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 03:33:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 03:33:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5372,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.microsoft.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251011224958\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.microsoft.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 04:20:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-15 17:53:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-08 04:05:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 19:27:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 19:58:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-21 20:34:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 21:02:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 12:30:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 14:02:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 17:37:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 20:27:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 06:29:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 17:53:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 15:14:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 14:02:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 16:32:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 04:20:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 01:43:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:56:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 07:50:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 08:40:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 03:33:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 03:33:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Its been a very hectic couple of days back at work. A number of people have left recently so we&#8217;re a bit short on support staff which is creating a bit of a backlog of work but on the whole I think things are being coped with pretty well considering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Had a bit of fun today installing Windows XP <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_2\">Service Pack 2<\/a> on my work PC (not knowing if my system would come back up after it did all its messing about with the internals) but luckily all was fine and I was presented with a number of nag screen about securing my system &#8211; looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\">Microsoft<\/a> might have finally woken up to the fact that their OS is like a kitchen sieve when improperly configured. 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