Changes to Applications in Windows XP Service Pack 2
Some changes may occur to your applications on your Windows XP machine after you install Service Pack 2. Some applications may work differently or not at all.
The following is a list of applications that the Help Desk has tested with Service Pack 2:
| Application Tested | Changes after SP 2 was installed | Additional information |
| Ad-Aware | Not Affected | |
| Adobe Illustrator CS | Not Affected | |
| Adobe InDesign 3.0.1 | Not Affected | |
| Adobe PageMaker 7.0 | Not Affected | |
| Adobe Photoshop CS | Not Affected | |
| Adobe Reader 6.0 | Not Affected | |
| Aegis Wireless Client 2.2 | Potential Incompatibility | see company advisory |
| EndNote 8 | Does not work | see company information |
| EndNote 7 | Not Affected | |
| EndNote 6 | Not Affected | |
| Host Explorer 6.2 | Not Affected | |
| Lisrel 8.5 | Not Affected | |
| Macromedia Authorware 7 | Not Affected | |
| Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 | Not Affected | |
| Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 | Not Affected | |
| Maple 9.5 | Had to allow access in firewall | see article |
| Mathematica 5 | Not Affected | |
| Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer | Recommended upgrade to version 1.2.1 | see homepage |
| Microsoft Office 2003 | Not Affected | |
| Microsoft Office XP | Not Affected | |
| Minitab 14 | Not Affected | |
| Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 | Not Affected | |
| Netscape 7.1 | Not Affected | |
| Norton Antivirus 7.6 | Security Center did not detect it, but it still functions normally | see article |
| Remedy ARS 5.01 | Not Affected | |
| SAS 9.1 | Not Affected | |
| SSH Secure Shell | Had to allow access in firewall | see article |
| SPSS 12 | Not Affected | |
| Spybot: Search and Destroy | Not Affected | |
| Stata 8 | Not Affected | |
| Symantec Antivirus 8.1 | Security Center did not detect it, but it still functions normally | see article |
| Symantec Antivirus 9.0.1 | Security Center did detect it | |
| Systat 10.2 | Not Affected | |
| WinZip 9.0 | Not Affected | |
| WS_FTP Pro | Had to allow access in firewall | see article |
Note: We cannot guarantee that every single feature or scenario for the above applications have been tested. We will continue to update this page as new information becomes available.
Microsoft also has a Knowledge Base article (842242) that has a list of known issues involving Service Pack 2 and various applications.
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