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CNET News.com early Sunday downloaded the 101MB file from a Microsoft Web site. The service pack installed without incident on a MicronPC TransPort GX+ Plus notebook with 850MHz Pentium III processor and 256MB of RAM.

Overall, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 appeared to modestly boost system performance, while adding several new features.
New features included in the update, which will most likely be labled Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, enhanced security and--borrowing from the forthcoming Windows XP--better compatibility with older software applications. The latter could be important to spurring Windows 2000 sales.

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