Release notes for Windows XP Service Pack 2

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

INTRODUCTION

This article lists Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that are included in the release notes for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). This article also lists Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that document known issues and other information about Windows XP SP2 for the release notes. These known issues and other information were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

For additional information about the issues that are resolved in Windows XP SP2, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

811113 List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2

838079 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools

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Consumer

General

838080 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools

Setup

837783 The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2

873153 Your screen reader software may not function if you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 by using OOBE

883609 "This Service Pack requires the machine to be on AC Power before setup starts" error message when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

Programs and devices

883607 Web server functionality may not work correctly after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

878461 Pictures do not appear as expected, or you receive an error message when you open an HTML file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

883613 Outlook Express automatically downloads external content when you reply to a message or forward a message on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer

883606 Messages in Microsoft Outlook are not sent immediately in Windows XP Service Pack 2

878451 How to turn on the Remote Desktop Sharing feature of Windows NetMeeting in Windows XP Service Pack 2

883605 New features of the Scheduled Tasks Control Panel item that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Business

General

838080 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools

883608 You receive an error message when you add a reference to a COM object in Visual Studio .NET after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

Setup

837783 The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Programs and devices

883603 Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is installed on your computer when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

Networking and communications

883611 You have to specify certain Group Policy settings before you can remotely administer Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) or remotely edit local Group Policy objects in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Security

842933 You receive the error "String is too long", if you try to open a Group Policy object from a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000

872769 You cannot configure Windows Firewall settings on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based client computer that is in a Windows Small Business Server 2003-based network

For more information about the changes to functionality in Windows XP Service Pack 2, see the "Changes to functionality in Windows XP Service Pack 2" document. To view this document, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx

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