#1 by Kagato on Friday, Jun 7 at 8:58 AM 
Actually for me, the patch helped IMMENSELY. I run a pure SCSI system and 
there is a known issue when running SCSI and NTFS partitions which deals with 
the ntfs.sys file (Q308219) causing slow data move speeds - SP1 included this 
patch. Also it's nice not having to do registry hacks to get rid of unwanted 
applications anymore (Messenger, etc.). Granted I'd wait till it's officially released, 
but I've been running over a day with it - no issues. Though if you registered 
using a "FCKxxxx" license - you'll need to do some changing to get the SP to 
install =P
#2 by Squirre1 on Friday, Jun 7 at 11:04 AM 
Hey Kagato, it is sounding like you have this already. Can you email me a link to 
the beta patch or upload it to the members area please. TIA
#3 by Kagato on Friday, Jun 7 at 11:38 AM 
Well, it's not a full install - it's what they call the Express Installer - it's only a little 
over 1MB - it then goes to the MS site to pull needed files - doubt many people 
would find it useful - especially if you don't know how to "fix" XP with a new 
corporate reg number to run the SP (MS is changing it so hacked/copied versions 
can run the updates - starting with SP1). I'll upload it later if you like though.