# Windows XP SP2 issues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-sp2-issues/266050>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-sp2-issues/266050 "2004-09-25T16:27:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-sp2-issues/266050/21 "2004-09-27T12:59:01Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> Before you stop using MSN and change your preferred chat program (thus making you unavailable to your MSN friends and stuff), try downloading and using [Trillian](http://www.trillian.cc/) as your chat program. It bundles MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ and IRC all together.

There’s also GAIM.

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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-sp2-issues/266050/22 "2004-09-27T14:25:13Z")

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I have to say that SP2 comes in handy when you want to patch up as many security vulnerabilities as you can as quickly as possible. It’s safe to say that a computer with no patches is much worse off than a computer with just SP2.

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