CORRECTION: You can order the FREE SP2 CD at this address. Just pay the 
shipping - $3.--.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx
Norma

> Date:    Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:06:16 EDT
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Restoring/Reformatting Windows XP
> Anna.... you better get SP2... cause I read on MSoft... that they  are 
> going
> to stop updating SP1 pretty soon.... and you will need that  SP2.  >
> The Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) CD includes the same software as 
> the
> Web download. Customers in the United States and Canada can order the  CD 
> from
> this Web site. The CD costs U.S. $14.95 (CDN $19.95) plus $5  shipping and
> handling (CDN $7.50). >>>>>>
> (Nothing is free anymore)
> _http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=SP+2+CD_
> (http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=SP+2+CD)
>
> I dont see on here where it said they were  going to stop  updating SP1 -- 
> but I know I read it the other day.  It might have been in  a news letter.
> Harriet

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