Time runs out for blocking XP SP2 updates
Last August, Microsoft bowed to pressure from large IT departments that weren’t prepared to update to Windows XP SP2, but didn’t want to forego all Automatic Updates. Microsoft provided a tiny utility called XPSP2BlockerTools.EXE that simply toggled a Registry setting telling XP to hold off on the SP2 update. Other automatic updates suitable to pre-SP2 Windows were allowed through.
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