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H.4. Key Features in Service Pack 1
Released in 2002, Service Pack 1 aimed to address the
antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft at the time, as well as fix
some of the security problems discovered in the original Windows XP
release. Most of the fixes were not visible to end usersthe
Product Activation system was retooled to help lock out pirate users;
compatibility fixes were added for applications originally written
for Windows 98/2000; and support for USB 2.0, .NET Framework, Tablet
PCs, and other technologies was added. (Full information on SP1 can
be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp1/default.mspx).
H.4.1. Set Program Access and Defaults
The biggest new tool in SP1 was the Set Program Access and
Defaults utility, which is found at the top of the Start menu or via
the Add or Remove Programs control panel. It offers a very simple way
of telling Windows which web browser, email program, instant
messenger, media player, and Java virtual machine should be the
defaults. As you might imagine, XP initially prefers Internet
Explorer for web browsing, Outlook Express for email, Windows Media
Player for multimedia, MSN Messenger for online chat, and the
Microsoft Virtual Machine for running Java programs. This screen
gives you a simple centralized place to reset or change these
defaults, so you could, say, have Mozilla Firefox as your default web
browser and Trillian for IM. This feature sounds more comprehensive
than it is; in fact, it's basically useless. It
doesn't let you configure these applications or even
reassign file associations; rather, setting a program as a default
means it will be displayed on the Start menu and on the desktop;
uncheck the "Enable access to this
program" box and it simply hides the
program's icon from view. The real goal of this
window is to appease those who accused Microsoft of using its
operating system monopoly to promote the company's
other products. For more on this non-feature, see "Add or Remove Programs" in Chapter 4. The best way to choose your default programs
is through the programs themselves, also discussed in Chapter 4.
