Microsoft internally corrects XP SP1 slowdown
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Windows XP Service Pack 1 brought about many fixes for Microsoft's flagship operating system, but a change to the memory management system caused applications on some machines to run much slower. A source told BetaNews that most performance complaints received by Microsoft came from users running a Pentium 4 processor. Microsoft recently acknowledged the problem and privately issued a hotfix, but a patch has not yet publicly appeared on Windows Update or Microsoft's Download Center. Service Pack 1 was released last September after months of beta testing. The upgrade includes many enhancements to Windows XP such as USB 2.0 and the .NET framework.