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Article: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, beta 1: Operating System Service Pack. (First Looks).
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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Microsoft recently released the first beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, to some 10,000 beta testers. The software is available in three versions. A stand-alone single executable, weighing a hefty 120MB, contains all the files in the service pack and can be applied by running the executable; the files can also be extracted separately, for individual patching, or for "slipstreaming" into existing installation images.
An express version will update your system across the Internet, by first downloading a small executable. Finally, OEMs are given a "slipstreamed" (patched) installation image of SP1.
Microsoft has confirmed to beta testers that SP1 will ...