Re: Post SP2 Problem fixes

From: Pop (nobody_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:16:22 -0500

Jeez, that's full of misinformation and even has a couple of
outright errors.

Please post the original source for this information? They need
to be chastized.

Or is this just YOUR experience?

Pop

"TDP" <topdog69@nospam.btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:cnl8ep$p5a$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
| This may help people that have problems with the cursed SP2.
|
|
| POST SERVICE PACK 2 FIXES:
|
| Here's a list of those problems and their respective solutions:
|
| 1.. Disabling the Security Center The Security Center is a new
addition to
| XP. It constantly monitors your machine to make sure you have
an up to date
| firewall and antivirus product installed. However, it's
extremely annoying
| to people who know what they are doing. You can disable it
simply: Hit
| Start - Run - Type "services.msc" and hit Enter. Scroll down to
the Security
| Center service, left click it to select it, then right click it
and choose
| Properties. Set the Startup type box to disabled and hit Apply
then OK. This
| takes effect from the next reboot.
| 2.. Turning off Automatic Updates, System Restore & the
Windows Firewall
| Personally, I would rather check for Windows patches from time
to time and
| not have my PC constantly checking for them. To disable the
auto-update
| feature do the following: Right click My Computer and select
Properties.
| Click the Automatic Updates tab, disable auto-updates and hit
Apply then
| OK.System Restore is also turned back on in some cases. While
this is
| useful, it uses disc space and if you are a confident user of
Windows, you
| might want to disable it: Right click My Computer and select
Properties.
| Click the System Restore tab, check the box that says "Turn off
System
| Restore on all drives", hit Apply then OK. The Windows Firewall
is poor. It
| only checks incoming connections to your PC. Install a better
stand-alone
| product and disable the Windows version: Open Network
Connections in the
| Control Panel. Right click your connection and choose
Properties, click the
| Advanced tab followed by the Settings button in the Windows
Firewall section
| at the top. Disable the firewall then click Apply and OK.
| 3.. Windows Media Player 10 installs a new service that runs
constantly
| WMP 10 adds a new service which runs in the background
constantly using
| memory. It's pointless. You can disable it like this: Hit
Start - Run - Type
| "services.msc" and hit Enter. Scroll down to the Windows User
Mode Driver
| Framework service, left click it to select it, then right click
it and
| choose Properties. Set the Startup type box to disabled and hit
Apply then
| OK. This takes effect from the next reboot.
| 4.. I use Outlook Express and can't open any attachments
| This is a measure Microsoft use to stop people opening viral
email
| attachments. The thing is it stops you opening ALL attachments.
To turn it
| off do this:
| In OE click Tools - Options - Security then uncheck the box
next to "Do not
| allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially
be a virus".
| Then hit Apply and OK.
|
| 5.. When I open a folder with certain video files in it,
Explorer.exe
| hangs This is a problem with SP2 and the DivX codec. The fix
for this can be
| viewed by clicking
| http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.
| php?p_faqid=731
| 6.. I cannot download files from certain sites After
installing SP2 you
| have to actively initiate a download by clicking a link. This
means if you
| try and download from any site that says "Your download will
start
| automatically in 10 seconds etc." for example, the download
will never
| start. One big site that is like this is www.download.com. To
fix this do
| this: Go into Internet Options - Security - Select Internet
Zone - Custom
| Level. Browse down to the Downloads section and set "Automatic
prompting for
| file downloads" to Enable then Apply and OK
| 7.. I get annoying messages about security when I download a
file After
| installing SP2, Windows will check for a digital signature when
you download
| a file. If one doesn't exist, you will get a warning when you
try and run
| the file. This can be very annoying, especially if you are
quite sure you
| want to run the particular file. To turn this off do this: Go
into Internet
| Options then Advanced. Uncheck "Check for signatures on
downloaded
| programs", hit Apply then OK.
| Hope this helps,TDP.
|
|

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