Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is scheduled for release within the next few weeks. Ever since Microsoft first pushed back the XP SP2 release date from December 2003 to April 2004, I've been going through a love/dislike relationship with the upcoming service pack.

When Microsoft delayed the service pack's release date, I was troubled. Considering that XP first shipped in October 2001, the delay meant that XP users would be getting one service pack every 15 months. Whatever happened to R...