[73686] in North American Network Operators' Group
re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Wed Sep 1 04:06:59 2004
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:04:52 +0100
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <992E533DBE35D11188960060083748C8044A590B@cliff.confluence.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In article
<992E533DBE35D11188960060083748C8044A590B@cliff.confluence.com>, Brian
Battle <nanog@confluence.com> writes
>Akamai or not, microsoft is overwhelmed by the demand for SP2, and today is
>giving the message listed below on windowsupdate:
>
>Download and install it now - Currently not available
>We are currently experiencing a high level of demand for Windows XP Service
>Pack 2, so please check back later for availability. We apologize for any
>inconvenience. If you prefer to obtain SP2 another way, the easiest way to
>get Service Pack 2 is to turn on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP
>and it will be downloaded when you are connected to the Internet without you
>having to take any further action.
>
>So then I thought about getting it from the torrent at sp2torrent.com, but
>sadly microsoft has made them remove the torrent...
I have a solution, but it's expensive. A url for the whole 266MB
download (and not the smaller selective download that Windows Update
would provide). If anyone's that desperate, email me. I only used it
after waiting a week with the "Automatic Updates" switched on, and
nothing arriving.
--
Roland Perry
