"Stinger" wrote in message
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Service pack 1 looked for known pirated keys, and disabled systems it
found
with them. It's very likely SP2 does this as well, and is probably more
sophisticated at determining whether or not a serial number is bogus.

Beyond that, some programs use "illegal" entry-points into various WinXP
processes, and these hooks may have changed with the new service pack.
That's why a lot of malware and spyware makes it crash -- some of those
programs actually replace MS system files with altered ones.

-- Stinger

True and accurate on all the above. Their "service pack" is
nothing more than MS usual games to screw people out
of more $$$ in the long run .