XP SP2 question

[Beeker47]

Hi, can anyone tell me when XP SP2 was first available from Microsoft? Was it 2004? If so, when? The more exact the better, and any links are appreciated.

My second question is, when did Build Number 2600 come out.

Thanks!

[TheFlash428]

SP2 was released to the general public in August of 2004.

[jaclaz]

First one:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2...P2LaunchPR.mspx

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,117254-page,1/article.html

Second one:

build 2600 is the Final RTM version, all previous were RC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage

Release candidate

The term release candidate refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage, the product features all designed functionalities and no known showstopper class bugs. At this phase the product is usually code complete.

Microsoft Corporation often uses the term release candidate.

RTM or RTW

Microsoft and others use the term "release to manufacturing" (RTM) to refer to this version (for commercial products, like Windows XP, as in, "Build 2600 is the Windows XP RTM release"), and "release to Web" (RTW) for freely downloadable products. Typically, RTM is at least one or two weeks before General Availability (GA) because the RTM version must be burnt to disc and boxed etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_XP

And on August 24, 2001, Build 2600 (with a build tag of 2600.xpclient.010817-1148) was declared as RTM, and was handed off to PC manufacturers at a media event held on the Microsoft campus.

On October 25, 2001, Windows XP was released to the general public and to retailers worldwide.

and it took me all of five minutes to find the above with Google!

@Beeker47

don't want to seem rude , but are you trying to win a lazyness contest?

jaclaz

[Beeker47]

Are you saying that the Build 2600 refers to XP, NOT SP2?

thanks

Not lazy, just not sure.

[SmaugyGrrr]

In my downloaded unmodified zipped self-extracting copy of the XP SP2 network install file (WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe) the last "Modified" date is 4 August 2004 at 02:07am. I don't know what timezone that will be - maybe the time in Redmond, WA? That would be PDT, or -0700 UTC.

A very accurate release date/time can be found in the last-modified header when you retrieve the SP2 file:

G:\>wget --spider -S http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6...935-SP2-ENU.exe

--17:38:48-- http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6...935-SP2-ENU.exe

=> `WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe.1'

Resolving download.microsoft.com... 80.67.87.177, 80.67.87.41

Connecting to download.microsoft.com|80.67.87.177|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response...

HTTP/1.0 200 OK

Content-Length: 278927592

Content-Type: application/octet-stream

Last-Modified: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:07:00 GMT

Accept-Ranges: bytes

ETag: "6fc680c8a7ac41:8037"

Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0

X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

Expires: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:38:27 GMT

Cache-Control: max-age=0, no-cache

Pragma: no-cache

Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:38:27 GMT

Connection: keep-alive

Length: 278,927,592 (266M) [application/octet-stream]

200 OK

[Beeker47]

Thanks!

[jaclaz]

Are you saying that the Build 2600 refers to XP, NOT SP2?

thanks

Not lazy, just not sure.

Yes, you see, the build is the progressive number of the compile.

Everytime source code gets compiled, build # increases by one.

Most of the builds are for internal uses and only a few of them are actually released, when the source code is "officially considered mature" for a final release, the build number is generally rounded to a "hundred" number, just read the already given link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_XP

RTM

Windows XP RTM (Build 2600) Desktop and Start Menu

Build 2545 was forked to Build 2600 on August 20, 2001, and the company began hammering away at this final build for RTM, alerting the press about its progress and explaining the remainder of the schedule.

And on August 24, 2001, Build 2600 (with a build tag of 2600.xpclient.010817-1148) was declared as RTM, and was handed off to PC manufacturers at a media event held on the Microsoft campus.

On October 25, 2001, Windows XP was released to the general public and to retailers worldwide.

jaclaz