Microsoft: XP SP2 adoption lags overseas

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More than a year after Microsoft shipped Windows XP Service Pack 2 as a massive security-centric OS makeover, customer adoption internationally continues to lag at disappointing levels, according to a senior Redmond executive.

Stuart McKee, Microsoft's U.S. National Technology Officer, said the overall install rate of XP SP2 was just shy of 70 percent, but in countries such as Spain and Korea, adoption of the service pack dips into the 50 percent range. In Japan, Germany and France, the install rate is in the range of 75 percent, McKee said.