".....Microsoft has responded to customer requests for another extension before Windows XP SP2 is automatically delivered to computers as a critical update.
TechNet Flash readers may recall the August release of an SP2 Blocker tool to help IT pros better manage the update by setting a Windows registry key that instructs the system to skip downloading and installing SP2 for 120 days while still allowing other critical updates. Last week, the Microsoft SP2 team announced that it has doubled that period to 240 days. The blocking mechanism will prevent Automatic Updates and Windows Update from delivering SP2 to Windows-based computers until 12 April 2005."
Blocker tool available at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en