WinXP SP2 Review

Win XP SP 2 with Advanced Security Technologies Review
It's hard to even remember when Internet Explorer (IE) was on the front burner at Microsoft: This once proud Web browser has languished in the background in recent years as speedier competitors like Mozilla Firefox steal all the press with innovative features and standards-compliant Web page rendering. With XP SP2, IE gets a small polish, and the result is a product that answers about 50 percent of my IE complaints. The obvious change is that IE now blocks pop-up ads by default, and it's a welcome addition. Over the past few years, IE users have fallen victim to insidious pop-up (and so-called pop-under) ads, IE windows that arrive unbidden when you visit malicious Web sites. You know what I'm talking about

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