Over the weekend I worked on a home PC. I was telling the guy that he should wait a while before installing SP2, and went to check the the settings on AU, so that it wouldn't install automatically. When I got to the AU settings, the options looked different (included pictures of a red and green sheild). I thought that was a little odd, but thought maybe Symantec or some other program had modified it... but last night I installed SP2 on my home pc... and now I have those red and green sheilds... this guy is not savy enough to have installed the SP himself... it appears AU maybe deploying already.

I've noticed a few other things since installing SP2... when booting, it no longer says "Windows XP Professional", it just says "Windows XP"... and Boot time seems longer.

If anyone wants the direct download of SP2 it can be found here: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers