"Affecting all the XP users who have been avoiding or procrastinating about
installing the Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrade, Microsoft is about to make
the decision for them.

On April 12, Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to turn on its Automatic Update
service, which will deploy the XP Service Pack 2 to all PCs connected to the
Internet regardless of whether corporate IT departments or individual PC
users have prepared for it.

SP2, developed to fix critical security holes and deploy performance
enhancements, was originally released in September 2004. But in response to
customer complaints, Microsoft suspended the automatic deployment for eight
months to give users time to prepare for the upgrade."

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783476,00.asp

Also see:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/1071076.cms

and

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2797729.htm

Big brother has you.

As this is a computer NG and this is a computer related notice to the forum
users it is not OT. Besides, I will now mention the
word..................BOAT. ;-)