P
Peter A. Stavrakoglou
me said:I was agreeing with you
I knew that too
I knew that too
C
Chad Harris
Pam--
I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an explanation as to
why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and msconfig. I
agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control panel applet,
but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall off at services*.
It is always the definitive way to turn something listed there off.
Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the Windows Firewall
entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off and then it
won't be interfering with the running of your Norton Personal Firewall as
part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software firewall. Running
two or more can confuse all of them.
"I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager" and
"msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
Best,
Chad Harris
_________________________________________________
"Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| Tim--
|
| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
would indicate.
| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
don't post is
| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
because it contains a
| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
that it's the last
| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
Longhorn releases.
| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
be an XP
| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
lot better readers
| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
|
| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
their site and see
| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
compatible by far;
| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for somejust
adding the port
| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
Raxco Perfect Disk
| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A few
have chosen to
| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and hardly
MSFT's
| responsibility.
|
| People I know well who have installed it--not a
multicentered trial, but
| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
party site if they
| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
little or no
| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public beta
was released
| in early June and have been using it with little or no
problem since then
| (RC2).
|
| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
install it.
| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
different builds for
| months, I find it very stable.
|
| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
|
| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
|
| Changes to Functionality in SP2
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
|
| List of Fixes in SP2
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
|
| Release Notes For SP2
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
|
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't having
problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a lot
who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
times that I had No trouble with the download or install, but
I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There is
a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is Security
Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the status.
To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
I too wish more people, who have had successful results would
post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager" and
"msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
Pam
| _____________________________
|
| | I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
getting? I have what I
| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
nothing that's listed
| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
chances that SP
| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
|
| Tim
|
| --
|
|
I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an explanation as to
why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and msconfig. I
agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control panel applet,
but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall off at services*.
It is always the definitive way to turn something listed there off.
Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the Windows Firewall
entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off and then it
won't be interfering with the running of your Norton Personal Firewall as
part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software firewall. Running
two or more can confuse all of them.
"I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager" and
"msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
Best,
Chad Harris
_________________________________________________
"Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| Tim--
|
| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
would indicate.
| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
don't post is
| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
because it contains a
| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
that it's the last
| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
Longhorn releases.
| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
be an XP
| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
lot better readers
| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
|
| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
their site and see
| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
compatible by far;
| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for somejust
adding the port
| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
Raxco Perfect Disk
| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A few
have chosen to
| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and hardly
MSFT's
| responsibility.
|
| People I know well who have installed it--not a
multicentered trial, but
| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
party site if they
| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
little or no
| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public beta
was released
| in early June and have been using it with little or no
problem since then
| (RC2).
|
| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
install it.
| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
different builds for
| months, I find it very stable.
|
| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
|
| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
|
| Changes to Functionality in SP2
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
|
| List of Fixes in SP2
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
|
| Release Notes For SP2
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
|
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't having
problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a lot
who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
times that I had No trouble with the download or install, but
I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There is
a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is Security
Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the status.
To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
I too wish more people, who have had successful results would
post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager" and
"msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
Pam
| _____________________________
|
| | I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
getting? I have what I
| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
nothing that's listed
| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
chances that SP
| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
|
| Tim
|
| --
|
|
C
Chad Harris
I agree with you, Peter, that common users don't know how to do many basic
things. But I have noticed one difference in the advent of desk top
computing and the internet over the years. If you don't know how to do
something it's just a google or any other search engine away a whole hell of
a lot of the time. It also isn't asking too much of them to use a search
engine or to to to Start>Help and Support or put "helpctr" in the run box
now that Help and Support links to articles including MSKBs that are
relevant on MSFT's site.
It used to be that someone would be stuck with an electronic device or a VCR
and early on, the manuals weren't very readable, and the innovative
companies, many Japanese didn't think to get a translator who could write
instructions clearly. I still see the same thing happen with menus,
dialogue boxes and a number of MSKBs that come out of the hands of Redmond
developers at MSFT--not to mention leaving people with a somewhat
complicated Office install setup glitch and only hex or Hungarian notation
at good 'ole Event Viewer that's not going to help *them* get Office or
watever installed on the street. Granted that's not what the hex is meant
to do, but there isn't often an alternative for some install problems, and
that includes all the MSKBs available to date.
But, if someone mentions it might be a good thing to do to flash or update
the bios, and you're sitting at a box that's on line, you have only to type
in "How to Update the bios" in google and you come up with this
http://tinyurl.com/7x6ml or type in "bios" and come up with
http://tinyurl.com/6l3wq
or throw the question up on a newsgroup and get help. I don't think it's
asking too much of anyone who uses a computer to be willing to learn at some
level.
As innovative as software and hardware become, they are not going to do
every little thing via self-maintainance and self-updating. MSFT is working
on unifying their updating platforms even further, so that there are a
couple main ones instead of the eight there used to be, and they are
mulling whether to try to rope in a 3rd party software updating mechanism as
well.
Chad Harris
A BIOS update should not be a prerequisite to install any OS service
pack. "Common" users don't even know how to update a BIOS, let alone
even know what it is or that it can be updated.
things. But I have noticed one difference in the advent of desk top
computing and the internet over the years. If you don't know how to do
something it's just a google or any other search engine away a whole hell of
a lot of the time. It also isn't asking too much of them to use a search
engine or to to to Start>Help and Support or put "helpctr" in the run box
now that Help and Support links to articles including MSKBs that are
relevant on MSFT's site.
It used to be that someone would be stuck with an electronic device or a VCR
and early on, the manuals weren't very readable, and the innovative
companies, many Japanese didn't think to get a translator who could write
instructions clearly. I still see the same thing happen with menus,
dialogue boxes and a number of MSKBs that come out of the hands of Redmond
developers at MSFT--not to mention leaving people with a somewhat
complicated Office install setup glitch and only hex or Hungarian notation
at good 'ole Event Viewer that's not going to help *them* get Office or
watever installed on the street. Granted that's not what the hex is meant
to do, but there isn't often an alternative for some install problems, and
that includes all the MSKBs available to date.
But, if someone mentions it might be a good thing to do to flash or update
the bios, and you're sitting at a box that's on line, you have only to type
in "How to Update the bios" in google and you come up with this
http://tinyurl.com/7x6ml or type in "bios" and come up with
http://tinyurl.com/6l3wq
or throw the question up on a newsgroup and get help. I don't think it's
asking too much of anyone who uses a computer to be willing to learn at some
level.
As innovative as software and hardware become, they are not going to do
every little thing via self-maintainance and self-updating. MSFT is working
on unifying their updating platforms even further, so that there are a
couple main ones instead of the eight there used to be, and they are
mulling whether to try to rope in a 3rd party software updating mechanism as
well.
Chad Harris
NoNoBadDog! said:
A BIOS update should not be a prerequisite to install any OS service
pack. "Common" users don't even know how to update a BIOS, let alone
even know what it is or that it can be updated.
C
Chad Harris
David--
And everybody should put a little effort forward to learn about it. That
means they have to be willing to do a *little reading*--I know it's become a
curse in the country where I live, and reading is way down as a passtime. I
also live in a country where a highly significant percent of people age
18-30 get their news from a show on a cable comedy channel.
If Jon Stewart were to start a mini-Tech TV segment on his show, maybe a lot
more people would know how to update their bios, and the cream of the U.S.'s
college population might become as adept at keeping up their virus defs and
firewall as they are at using E-Donkey and Kazaa Lite and its new
incarnation to steal music before their schools pull the curtain down with
firewalls that block the file shares.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/02/apontv.stewarts.stature.ap/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/01/entertainment/main603270.shtml
MSFT has a ton of help on their site to orient you to SP2 or whatever
service pack, OS, or Office version they come out with and people on these
groups have posted a ton of links.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx
You can lead the horseys to water, but some of them refuse to drink any of
it and then bitch and whine later that they're thirsty. All you have to do
is to be willing to type www.microsoft.com in your browser, and you can get
to a plethora of SP2 How To's.
I'm sure there is software and hardware that will read to you. But I don't
know that we will have hardware and software anytime soon that will read to
your hardware and software so that you don't have to do *anything* to
maintain it.
Chad Harris
____________________________________________________
yea... of course people who don't hav any trouble don't post it... but
people who have (and there are many whatever u say) get their computer
screwed up, when it can be absolutely necessary for them to use it (for work
for example, which is my case). so, comparing the number of people who do
have trouble and people who don't have is NOT a good way of putting the
issue. the thing is, when a company like microsoft comes with a new SP, it
HAS to work for everybody.
And everybody should put a little effort forward to learn about it. That
means they have to be willing to do a *little reading*--I know it's become a
curse in the country where I live, and reading is way down as a passtime. I
also live in a country where a highly significant percent of people age
18-30 get their news from a show on a cable comedy channel.
If Jon Stewart were to start a mini-Tech TV segment on his show, maybe a lot
more people would know how to update their bios, and the cream of the U.S.'s
college population might become as adept at keeping up their virus defs and
firewall as they are at using E-Donkey and Kazaa Lite and its new
incarnation to steal music before their schools pull the curtain down with
firewalls that block the file shares.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/02/apontv.stewarts.stature.ap/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/01/entertainment/main603270.shtml
MSFT has a ton of help on their site to orient you to SP2 or whatever
service pack, OS, or Office version they come out with and people on these
groups have posted a ton of links.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx
You can lead the horseys to water, but some of them refuse to drink any of
it and then bitch and whine later that they're thirsty. All you have to do
is to be willing to type www.microsoft.com in your browser, and you can get
to a plethora of SP2 How To's.
I'm sure there is software and hardware that will read to you. But I don't
know that we will have hardware and software anytime soon that will read to
your hardware and software so that you don't have to do *anything* to
maintain it.
Chad Harris
____________________________________________________
yea... of course people who don't hav any trouble don't post it... but
people who have (and there are many whatever u say) get their computer
screwed up, when it can be absolutely necessary for them to use it (for work
for example, which is my case). so, comparing the number of people who do
have trouble and people who don't have is NOT a good way of putting the
issue. the thing is, when a company like microsoft comes with a new SP, it
HAS to work for everybody.
N
NoNoBadDog!
Chad;
While I agree with you in principle, many people don't know how to use
Google, or are too lazy to do so. Add to that the dependency that AOL users
have on the terrible dummied down AOL interface, and you have many tens of
thousands or hundreds of thousands who don't or won't use Google for even
the easiest of things.
There are frequent posts where posters blatantly state "I don't have the
time" or "I am to lazy" to search.
I often get flamed from this community because I respond to a post telling
the OP how to find their answer instead of polishing up the old silver
platter and handing the answer to them on the nice, shiny silver platter.
I have a belief that laziness should not be tolerated.
I agree with your post...today it is so ridiculously easy to find
information. Yet many chose not to...they will spend hours arguing in these
newsgroups instead of using a search engine.
Many (not all) of the younger generation expects everything to be handed to
them. They expect all answers to be easy. They don't want solutions that
require effort or any mental processes on their part. They want their
answers short, fast and easy. It is truly sad.
Bobby
While I agree with you in principle, many people don't know how to use
Google, or are too lazy to do so. Add to that the dependency that AOL users
have on the terrible dummied down AOL interface, and you have many tens of
thousands or hundreds of thousands who don't or won't use Google for even
the easiest of things.
There are frequent posts where posters blatantly state "I don't have the
time" or "I am to lazy" to search.
I often get flamed from this community because I respond to a post telling
the OP how to find their answer instead of polishing up the old silver
platter and handing the answer to them on the nice, shiny silver platter.
I have a belief that laziness should not be tolerated.
I agree with your post...today it is so ridiculously easy to find
information. Yet many chose not to...they will spend hours arguing in these
newsgroups instead of using a search engine.
Many (not all) of the younger generation expects everything to be handed to
them. They expect all answers to be easy. They don't want solutions that
require effort or any mental processes on their part. They want their
answers short, fast and easy. It is truly sad.
Bobby
C
Chad Harris
Bobby--
I enjoyed reading all your posts. I wholeheartedly agree with them. I look
forward to many more.
Chad Harris
_________________________________________
"NoNoBadDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote in message
Chad;
While I agree with you in principle, many people don't know how to use
Google, or are too lazy to do so. Add to that the dependency that AOL users
have on the terrible dummied down AOL interface, and you have many tens of
thousands or hundreds of thousands who don't or won't use Google for even
the easiest of things.
There are frequent posts where posters blatantly state "I don't have the
time" or "I am to lazy" to search.
I often get flamed from this community because I respond to a post telling
the OP how to find their answer instead of polishing up the old silver
platter and handing the answer to them on the nice, shiny silver platter.
I have a belief that laziness should not be tolerated.
I agree with your post...today it is so ridiculously easy to find
information. Yet many chose not to...they will spend hours arguing in these
newsgroups instead of using a search engine.
Many (not all) of the younger generation expects everything to be handed to
them. They expect all answers to be easy. They don't want solutions that
require effort or any mental processes on their part. They want their
answers short, fast and easy. It is truly sad.
Bobby
I enjoyed reading all your posts. I wholeheartedly agree with them. I look
forward to many more.
Chad Harris
_________________________________________
"NoNoBadDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote in message
Chad;
While I agree with you in principle, many people don't know how to use
Google, or are too lazy to do so. Add to that the dependency that AOL users
have on the terrible dummied down AOL interface, and you have many tens of
thousands or hundreds of thousands who don't or won't use Google for even
the easiest of things.
There are frequent posts where posters blatantly state "I don't have the
time" or "I am to lazy" to search.
I often get flamed from this community because I respond to a post telling
the OP how to find their answer instead of polishing up the old silver
platter and handing the answer to them on the nice, shiny silver platter.
I have a belief that laziness should not be tolerated.
I agree with your post...today it is so ridiculously easy to find
information. Yet many chose not to...they will spend hours arguing in these
newsgroups instead of using a search engine.
Many (not all) of the younger generation expects everything to be handed to
them. They expect all answers to be easy. They don't want solutions that
require effort or any mental processes on their part. They want their
answers short, fast and easy. It is truly sad.
Bobby
E
Edward W. Thompson
Well said!
NoNoBadDog! said:
P
Pam
| Pam--
|
| I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an
explanation as to
| why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and
msconfig. I
| agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control
panel applet,
| but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall
off at services*.
| It is always the definitive way to turn something listed
there off.
|
| Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the
Windows Firewall
| entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off
and then it
| won't be interfering with the running of your Norton
Personal Firewall as
| part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software
firewall. Running
| two or more can confuse all of them.
Chad: Thanks for the info, I've had it turned off this way
for a while now, but was waiting for some kind of verification
that what I did was correct, so I'm going to take your word
for it. I've looked for a KB article on turning Win Firewall
off this way, but just can't find one after reading since the
20th. All of the articles say to turn the firewall off thru
Control Panel>Security Center>Firewall>Off. But like I
mentioned, I found it running in msconfig, and task manager
which seemed strange.
I now have another concern, and since I turned the firewall
off this way, it has turned itself back on, at some point,
after being off in services msc since 8-25. It just happened
today for the first time. Clueless as to how that could
happen, but I noticed it when I was turning off Auto Update
the same way (run>services msc) after booting for the first
time today. Now I'm wondering how this could happen? Another
poster mentioned to "disable" the firewall in services msc,
and you said to turn it "off" just wondered what the
difference is between the two options (off/disable).
Thanks for the help,
Pam
|
|
| "I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
| _________________________________________________
|
|
| "Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| |
| || Tim--
||
|| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
| would indicate.
|| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
| don't post is
|| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
| because it contains a
|| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
| that it's the last
|| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
| Longhorn releases.
|| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
| be an XP
|| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
| lot better readers
|| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
||
|| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
| their site and see
|| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
| compatible by far;
|| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for
somejust
| adding the port
|| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
| Raxco Perfect Disk
|| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A
few
| have chosen to
|| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and
hardly
| MSFT's
|| responsibility.
||
|| People I know well who have installed it--not a
| multicentered trial, but
|| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
| party site if they
|| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
| little or no
|| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public
beta
| was released
|| in early June and have been using it with little or no
| problem since then
|| (RC2).
||
|| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
| install it.
|| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
| different builds for
|| months, I find it very stable.
||
|| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
||
|| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
|| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
||
|| Changes to Functionality in SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
||
|| List of Fixes in SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
||
|| Release Notes For SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
||
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
||
|| Best,
||
|| Chad Harris
|
| Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't
having
| problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a
lot
| who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
| times that I had No trouble with the download or install,
but
| I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
|
| I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
| files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
| NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There
is
| a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is
Security
| Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
| is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
| update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the
status.
|
| To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
| Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
| http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
|
| I too wish more people, who have had successful results
would
| post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
| Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
|
| I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
|
| Pam
|
|
|
|| _____________________________
||
|| || I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
| getting? I have what I
|| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
| nothing that's listed
|| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
| chances that SP
|| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
||
|| Tim
||
|| --
||
||
|
|
|
| I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an
explanation as to
| why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and
msconfig. I
| agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control
panel applet,
| but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall
off at services*.
| It is always the definitive way to turn something listed
there off.
|
| Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the
Windows Firewall
| entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off
and then it
| won't be interfering with the running of your Norton
Personal Firewall as
| part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software
firewall. Running
| two or more can confuse all of them.
Chad: Thanks for the info, I've had it turned off this way
for a while now, but was waiting for some kind of verification
that what I did was correct, so I'm going to take your word
for it. I've looked for a KB article on turning Win Firewall
off this way, but just can't find one after reading since the
20th. All of the articles say to turn the firewall off thru
Control Panel>Security Center>Firewall>Off. But like I
mentioned, I found it running in msconfig, and task manager
which seemed strange.
I now have another concern, and since I turned the firewall
off this way, it has turned itself back on, at some point,
after being off in services msc since 8-25. It just happened
today for the first time. Clueless as to how that could
happen, but I noticed it when I was turning off Auto Update
the same way (run>services msc) after booting for the first
time today. Now I'm wondering how this could happen? Another
poster mentioned to "disable" the firewall in services msc,
and you said to turn it "off" just wondered what the
difference is between the two options (off/disable).
Thanks for the help,
Pam
|
|
| "I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
| _________________________________________________
|
|
| "Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| |
| || Tim--
||
|| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
| would indicate.
|| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
| don't post is
|| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
| because it contains a
|| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
| that it's the last
|| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
| Longhorn releases.
|| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
| be an XP
|| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
| lot better readers
|| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
||
|| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
| their site and see
|| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
| compatible by far;
|| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for
somejust
| adding the port
|| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
| Raxco Perfect Disk
|| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A
few
| have chosen to
|| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and
hardly
| MSFT's
|| responsibility.
||
|| People I know well who have installed it--not a
| multicentered trial, but
|| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
| party site if they
|| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
| little or no
|| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public
beta
| was released
|| in early June and have been using it with little or no
| problem since then
|| (RC2).
||
|| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
| install it.
|| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
| different builds for
|| months, I find it very stable.
||
|| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
||
|| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
|| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
||
|| Changes to Functionality in SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
||
|| List of Fixes in SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
||
|| Release Notes For SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
||
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
||
|| Best,
||
|| Chad Harris
|
| Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't
having
| problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a
lot
| who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
| times that I had No trouble with the download or install,
but
| I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
|
| I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
| files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
| NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There
is
| a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is
Security
| Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
| is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
| update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the
status.
|
| To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
| Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
| http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
|
| I too wish more people, who have had successful results
would
| post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
| Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
|
| I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
|
| Pam
|
|
|
|| _____________________________
||
|| || I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
| getting? I have what I
|| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
| nothing that's listed
|| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
| chances that SP
|| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
||
|| Tim
||
|| --
||
||
|
|
P
Peter A. Stavrakoglou
NoNoBadDog! said:
So you would rather teach a man to fish than give him a fish to eat?
That's a very sound philosophy. That's how I learned to build PCs. A
very nice coworker would point me in a direction and then tell me to
"go build". It worked.
C
Chad Harris
Pam--
You aren't going to hurt yourself by shutting off the Windows Firewall
(setting the service to "disable") if you have one with equal or more
functionality running--and should run only one so there will not be a
conflict or confusion between them. (I haven't seen a lot of detailed
comparisons of software firewalls but Norton's any version should have more
functionality than the Windows firewall. In services, if you right click
the WF service and then left click properties, you'll see 3 selections. If
you choose "disabled" (the last one) it should not start up. Manual has to
be started by you manually, and automatic and started means that the service
will boot up started. One service guide is at www.blackviper.com who has
a new set of listings for SP2, and some people set some services to meet
their own needs.
I will try to look through the many (probably 20-30) firewall papers and KBs
that MSFT has issued for SP2 and see if I can find information for you
specific to startup. *If you've disabled it, it should not be starting up
as a rule*, but there are some apps and services that start because they
have multiple areas of origin for startup including registry keys. Some
have a dozen.
What is not uncommon is for people to uncheck an item in msconfig, and find
that it still starts because of this. That's why if you can, (if there is
an entry there) services is a better place to turn off the service.
There are some services that I don't need to run all the time, and to
conserve CPU I'll keep them off unless I specifically need them. There are
some services that you don't want to turn off. Winlogin would be one.
Here are a couple more useful references for services:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm (Scroll Down to Services)
Chad Harris
______________________________________
"Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| Pam--
|
| I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an
explanation as to
| why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and
msconfig. I
| agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control
panel applet,
| but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall
off at services*.
| It is always the definitive way to turn something listed
there off.
|
| Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the
Windows Firewall
| entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off
and then it
| won't be interfering with the running of your Norton
Personal Firewall as
| part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software
firewall. Running
| two or more can confuse all of them.
Chad: Thanks for the info, I've had it turned off this way
for a while now, but was waiting for some kind of verification
that what I did was correct, so I'm going to take your word
for it. I've looked for a KB article on turning Win Firewall
off this way, but just can't find one after reading since the
20th. All of the articles say to turn the firewall off thru
Control Panel>Security Center>Firewall>Off. But like I
mentioned, I found it running in msconfig, and task manager
which seemed strange.
I now have another concern, and since I turned the firewall
off this way, it has turned itself back on, at some point,
after being off in services msc since 8-25. It just happened
today for the first time. Clueless as to how that could
happen, but I noticed it when I was turning off Auto Update
the same way (run>services msc) after booting for the first
time today. Now I'm wondering how this could happen? Another
poster mentioned to "disable" the firewall in services msc,
and you said to turn it "off" just wondered what the
difference is between the two options (off/disable).
Thanks for the help,
Pam
|
|
| "I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
| _________________________________________________
|
|
| "Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| |
| || Tim--
||
|| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
| would indicate.
|| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
| don't post is
|| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
| because it contains a
|| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
| that it's the last
|| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
| Longhorn releases.
|| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
| be an XP
|| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
| lot better readers
|| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
||
|| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
| their site and see
|| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
| compatible by far;
|| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for
somejust
| adding the port
|| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
| Raxco Perfect Disk
|| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A
few
| have chosen to
|| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and
hardly
| MSFT's
|| responsibility.
||
|| People I know well who have installed it--not a
| multicentered trial, but
|| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
| party site if they
|| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
| little or no
|| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public
beta
| was released
|| in early June and have been using it with little or no
| problem since then
|| (RC2).
||
|| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
| install it.
|| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
| different builds for
|| months, I find it very stable.
||
|| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
||
|| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
|| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
||
|| Changes to Functionality in SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
||
|| List of Fixes in SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
||
|| Release Notes For SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
||
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
||
|| Best,
||
|| Chad Harris
|
| Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't
having
| problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a
lot
| who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
| times that I had No trouble with the download or install,
but
| I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
|
| I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
| files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
| NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There
is
| a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is
Security
| Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
| is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
| update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the
status.
|
| To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
| Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
| http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
|
| I too wish more people, who have had successful results
would
| post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
| Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
|
| I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
|
| Pam
|
|
|
|| _____________________________
||
|| || I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
| getting? I have what I
|| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
| nothing that's listed
|| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
| chances that SP
|| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
||
|| Tim
||
|| --
||
||
|
|
You aren't going to hurt yourself by shutting off the Windows Firewall
(setting the service to "disable") if you have one with equal or more
functionality running--and should run only one so there will not be a
conflict or confusion between them. (I haven't seen a lot of detailed
comparisons of software firewalls but Norton's any version should have more
functionality than the Windows firewall. In services, if you right click
the WF service and then left click properties, you'll see 3 selections. If
you choose "disabled" (the last one) it should not start up. Manual has to
be started by you manually, and automatic and started means that the service
will boot up started. One service guide is at www.blackviper.com who has
a new set of listings for SP2, and some people set some services to meet
their own needs.
I will try to look through the many (probably 20-30) firewall papers and KBs
that MSFT has issued for SP2 and see if I can find information for you
specific to startup. *If you've disabled it, it should not be starting up
as a rule*, but there are some apps and services that start because they
have multiple areas of origin for startup including registry keys. Some
have a dozen.
What is not uncommon is for people to uncheck an item in msconfig, and find
that it still starts because of this. That's why if you can, (if there is
an entry there) services is a better place to turn off the service.
There are some services that I don't need to run all the time, and to
conserve CPU I'll keep them off unless I specifically need them. There are
some services that you don't want to turn off. Winlogin would be one.
Here are a couple more useful references for services:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm (Scroll Down to Services)
Chad Harris
______________________________________
"Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| Pam--
|
| I think I have seen in the notes or a KB on firewall an
explanation as to
| why it is still on in the background and shows up at TM and
msconfig. I
| agree it should be off when you turn it off from the control
panel applet,
| but here's the answer to your problem. *Turn the firewall
off at services*.
| It is always the definitive way to turn something listed
there off.
|
| Put "services.msc" in the run box and scroll down to the
Windows Firewall
| entry--see the definition at Properties Pam, and turn it off
and then it
| won't be interfering with the running of your Norton
Personal Firewall as
| part of NIS. Agreed, you should only run one software
firewall. Running
| two or more can confuse all of them.
Chad: Thanks for the info, I've had it turned off this way
for a while now, but was waiting for some kind of verification
that what I did was correct, so I'm going to take your word
for it. I've looked for a KB article on turning Win Firewall
off this way, but just can't find one after reading since the
20th. All of the articles say to turn the firewall off thru
Control Panel>Security Center>Firewall>Off. But like I
mentioned, I found it running in msconfig, and task manager
which seemed strange.
I now have another concern, and since I turned the firewall
off this way, it has turned itself back on, at some point,
after being off in services msc since 8-25. It just happened
today for the first time. Clueless as to how that could
happen, but I noticed it when I was turning off Auto Update
the same way (run>services msc) after booting for the first
time today. Now I'm wondering how this could happen? Another
poster mentioned to "disable" the firewall in services msc,
and you said to turn it "off" just wondered what the
difference is between the two options (off/disable).
Thanks for the help,
Pam
|
|
| "I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this."
|
| Best,
|
| Chad Harris
| _________________________________________________
|
|
| "Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message
| |
| || Tim--
||
|| Things are a lot more stable than some of these reports
| would indicate.
|| The caveat that people who are having little or no problem
| don't post is
|| well worth considering. Its definitely worth updating,
| because it contains a
|| lot of fixes since SP1. There is also an excellent change
| that it's the last
|| major change to XP and last major Service Pack until
| Longhorn releases.
|| There may or may not be another SP and there may or may not
| be an XP
|| Reloaded. The ladies and gentleman from Microsoft are a
| lot better readers
|| of tea leaves than I am in that area.
||
|| If you are having a problem with a 3rd party app, go to
| their site and see
|| what the say. It's running in 3 categories--most are
| compatible by far;
|| some have patches for SP2 compatibility; and for
somejust
| adding the port
|| to the firewall exceptions tab is the issue (for example
| Raxco Perfect Disk
|| which has a batch file that automatically does this). A
few
| have chosen to
|| do nothing and say nothing and that's unfortunate and
hardly
| MSFT's
|| responsibility.
||
|| People I know well who have installed it--not a
| multicentered trial, but
|| average and advanced users who are willing to go to a 3rd
| party site if they
|| have a problem or search engine for an answer are having
| little or no
|| problem. Many of them went after it the day the public
beta
| was released
|| in early June and have been using it with little or no
| problem since then
|| (RC2).
||
|| I have had next to no problems with it and I'd definitely
| install it.
|| Having read much of what's written about it , and used
| different builds for
|| months, I find it very stable.
||
|| Top 10 Reasons to Install SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2top.mspx
||
|| A Little More SP2 Info and Slipstream Directions for SP2
|| http://www.theeldergeek.com/
||
|| Changes to Functionality in SP2
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
||
|| List of Fixes in SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811113
||
|| Release Notes For SP2
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=835935&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/technologiesoverview.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx
||
||
|
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/windowsxpspfs.asp
||
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
||
||
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2
||
|| Best,
||
|| Chad Harris
|
| Chad: I agree with you that a lot of people who aren't
having
| problems with SP2 are not posting, but there are a quite a
lot
| who are. I'm one of those posters who has mentioned several
| times that I had No trouble with the download or install,
but
| I got it from the MS download site not Auto Update.
|
| I've had no problems with any programs, didn't loose any
| files, and had no trouble setting it up with my existing
| NAV/NIS 2003, existing pop-up blocker, and firewall. There
is
| a minor thing that Symantec is working on and that is
Security
| Center can see I have an antivirus program (NAV) but "status
| is unknown". This doesn't present a problem for me since I
| update my antiviral daily so I don't need to know the
status.
|
| To prepare my computer for download, I did follow most of
| Jupiter Jones MVP recomendations at
| http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
|
| I too wish more people, who have had successful results
would
| post, but if you look around especially in MS Windows Update
| Newsgroup you'll find quite a lot over the last 2 weeks.
|
| I do have a concern with SP2 but I don't considered it a
| problem and have yet to get a answer from someone who really
| knows the answer, and that is when the Windows firewall is
| turned off, why does it show it running in "task manager"
and
| "msconfig/services". I just want to make sure it really is
| off, not on and I have rec'd some good input from several
| posters, but none from anyone who knows for sure why this
| programs runs in these two places even when it's turned off.
| My only concern is that it doesn't interfere with NIS
| firewall. If you know anything about this let me know,
| because it doesn't seem like disabling Windows firewall in
| services.msc is the answer, but who knows, it only seems to
| make the Firewall settings unaccessable once you do this.
|
| Pam
|
|
|
|| _____________________________
||
|| || I'm seeing lots of complaints about SP 2. Is it worth
| getting? I have what I
|| think is a standard system set up (XP home, IE, etc. -
| nothing that's listed
|| on MS Update's list of troublesome programs.) What are the
| chances that SP
|| will cause problems? Is it worth updating?
||
|| Tim
||
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|
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