Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), a major update of the most current desktop OS out of Redmond, will head into beta in the next few weeks, according to e-mail from Microsoft posted on a Windows enthusiast Web site. "Neowin, which frequently posts copies of e-mails from Microsoft’s beta team on its Web site, displayed a copy of a message to beta testers alerting them that Windows XP SP2 - which Microsoft has said would release sometime during the first half of 2004 - will be "available in a few weeks.""

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