Re: WinXP SP2 Release Candidate

From: IBC (spamityspam_at_spam.spam)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:17:04 -0600

I thought Susan said there was a group policy that snipped it out by default
on SBS.....I don't know entirely what that means, but it sure sounds like it
may be the reason you can't see it.

JM2C

"Dirk-Thomas Brown" <youhadtoask@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#cQTqjSEEHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> As indicated before... its not there! Any other ideas?
>
> Dirk-Thomas
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
message
> news:u0Z2r1QEEHA.2548@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >I was going to try it at home first, but my only reservation is running
> >into problems on the SBS network, so I did it here at work first. I am
> >looking forward to having the stronger firewall at home, though.
> >
> > Dirk-Thomas, go to control panel, network. R-click your connection
icon,
> > Properties, Advanced, Settings. There's probably an easier way, but I
> > haven't found it yet.
> >
> >
> > "Javier Gomez [SBS MVP]" <javier_gomez@remove.this.engineer.com> wrote
in
> > message news:u6vm$dPEEHA.2804@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Thanks for the info... I think I will take the plunge this week on my
> >> laptop
> >> (and probably on my home as well).
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Javier [SBS MVP]
> >>
> >> << SBS ROCKS !!! >>
> >>
> >> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:OZeDFKPEEHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >>> My comments after running it for one day:
> >>>
> >>> Like most SP's, the installation takes a good long time. Now that
it's
> >>> installed, everything seems to be working fine (XP workstation, SBS
2K).
> >>>
> >>> There are a couple of small things that may be documented in the
release
> >>> notes, which I haven't read yet. It's my impression that the computer
> >>> starts up a little more slowly than it did before. It creates a Start
> >> Menu
> >>> item for Set Program Access and Defaults that can not be deleted with
a
> >>> right-click, but you can get rid of it in the Taskbar and Start Menu
> >>> Properties. OE started logging me into Windows Messenger at startup,
> >> which
> >>> I'm almost positive was not the case before (you can just kill that in
> >>> the
> >>> OE Options).
> >>>
> >>> The IE pop-up blocker is GREAT. By default it plays a sound when
> >>> blocking
> >> a
> >>> pop-up, and you can click an icon on the status bar to view the
pop-up,
> >>> change the settings, etc. You can select sites to allow pop-ups if
you
> >> want
> >>> to see them.
> >>>
> >>> As expected (and widely reported), there are some new security
settings.
> >> At
> >>> a quick glance, the firewall seems to have at least three times as
many
> >>> options and settings as the old one. Being on the LAN and behind ISA,
I
> >>> didn't change any of the firewall settings from their defaults, and
> >>> everything seems to be working normally as it always did. I noticed
> >>> that
> >>> the firewall is set to ignore ping requests, but it does respond to a
> >>> ping
> >>> from another workstation, so I'm guessing that most of the firewall
> >> settings
> >>> don't apply to the local network - if depending on this firewall as a
> >>> primary defense, I'd obviously want to read all the documentation.
> >>>
> >>> It seems that the graphical appearance of security warnings
encountered
> >>> on
> >>> the Internet has changed. Hopefully this will allow inexperienced
users
> >> to
> >>> differentiate between security warnings and less important messages,
> >>> lessening the tendency to "ok" through a warning without reading it.
> >>>
> >>> I normally would not install RC software on my production machine, but
I
> >>> thought it was unusually important to give this particular SP a trial
> >>> due
> >> to
> >>> the major security changes. So far, no problems - I'll post back if
any
> >>> develop.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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