RE: SP2 what a bunch of @#$!!!

From: Taliesin (Taliesin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:04:39 -0700

I'm running two Sony P4's with XP Professional on each... I do a lot of
database development with Access and Excel interfaces... and the upgrade to
SP2 went off without a hitch... the two machines are networked together and I
upgraded both of them at the same time... I'm also running Trendmicro
Internet Security on my main machine with my internet connection...
Everything is working just fine after the upgrade...

"Steve" wrote:

> I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before
> I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had
> McAfee Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with
> windows security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it as
> generic as possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling the
> dumb, !@#$!@ windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be accessible
> from outside the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a random
> port -- it has no significance by the way) to be accessed from outside
> the network. I then switched the firewall OFF and it STILL "silently"
> firewalled my computer WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL of
> this, INTERNET EXPLORER started misbehaving. Every time I try browsing a
> site, I have to refresh bloody ten times to get it to display the page.
> Most of the times I get the "Page cannot be displayed - check your
> connection" error and God knows what else. I'm tired of this.. I've
> uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my computer becomes USABLE again.
> DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing about computers and all you
> do on your desktop is check emails and use MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!
>
> STEVE!
>
>

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