Microsoft posts Windows XP SP1
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Microsoft posted Windows XP Service Pack 1 to its Web site on Monday as promised for users and administrators to download. The bundle of security and bug fixes can also be ordered for CD shipment.
The moderately large list of fixes for Windows XP SP1 includes issues addressed in more than 300 Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. The sectors with the most fixes are the base operating system with 87 fixes, the shell with 45 fixes, networking with 37 fixes, setup with 33 fixes and management/administration with 31 fixes. In all, there are 27 KB articles relating to security issues dealt with in SP1. The Service Pack includes fixes issued in 25 Microsoft Security Bulletins stretching from October 2001 to late August 2002. It even includes a critical fix issued Aug. 28 for a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to delete digital certificates in a users' system.