Microsoft has been readying its update to its flagship Windows XP operating system -- Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP2) -- for some time now. At the moment, it is in Release Candidate 1 (RC1) status, which means the product has reached a certain level of stability and is more or less feature-complete. In this article, I'll walk you through some of the features you can expect to see in XP SP2 when it is finally released in the second half of this year.

[ WindowsDevCenter.com: An Inside Look at XP SP2 [May. 04, 2004] ]

The WiFi settings look much, much better. The Automatic Updates seem much easier to find. The fact that Windows knows if Virus protection is installed seems like a long time coming. All-in-all I can't wait to get my systems upgraded...