Re: Service Packs

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From: CZ (CZ_at_no99spam.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:23:39 -0700

>> SP2 is in Beta and not yet released, except in trial form. Installing
it on your everyday use machine is tatamount to suicide for that box.

NobodyMan:

Not necessarily.
My suicide box as you call it (SP2 RC1 has been my main op system for
awhile) works well with the following:

Adware v6
AVG v6 free
BID v3.6 ccb
Bookshelf 96/97
Ethereal v.10.0
HP Photosmart 7350 ink jet printer & HP s/w
HP LaserJet 4M Plus
Incoming Connections (VPN server)
MBSA v1.2
NAV 2003
Netstumbler v.4.0
NIS 2003
Office 2000
Office 2003
PopUpCop v2.0.3.20
QuickTime v6.5.1
SAVCE v8.1
Spybot v1.3
Streets & Trips 2002
SuperScan
Syslog (thru ICF2)
TCPView
VPN (as a VPN client)
WiFi (802.11b)
WS_FTP98 LE (FTP client)
ZA free v 3.1.395

It also works well with various domain setups:
Win2k3 Server domain
SBS2k3 domain with or without ISA

Relevant Pages

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  • Re: VPN established to SBS 2003, but file sharing wont work
    ... noticing that XP didn't have SP2 installed. ... installation disc that SBS had made and ...BINGO.... ... I can establish a VPN from the ... Connection-specific DNS Suffix. ...
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