Re: 4/12/05 vs. Tax Professionals Deadline of 4/15/05. WHAAAAAT!!

You pretty much got it.
This issue of forcing SP-2 is getting more press from bad journalist
interested in selling their story with half truths.
The possibility that anyone pays for extreme measures when a simple solution
is available can be irritating.
This statement the OP made "assured me he will see that no such automatic
download and installation
of SP-2 will occur into my main machine at any time before 4/16/05." is part
of what I saw as a possibility.
I am sure there are still those possibly spending thousands of dollars to
protect their computers from SP-2 when the solution is easily within their
grasp.
Especially in newsgroups it is difficult to know exactly what is meant when
not all is in the post.
I am still curious if the OP has the tool installed.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"xfiler" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:056a01c53a02$65804d60$a601280a@xxxxxxxxxx
To throw my $.02, if i read JJ's post correctly, he was
upset that you may have been "forced" to
purchase "extreme" measures for a non-existent event by
people who, with a few easy quesions could have reassured
you that this was not the case.

Not that your IT decisions (or theirs) were wrong - just
that somebody with less knowledge could have been
hoodwinked into believing that all this was necessary to
keep you from getting SP2 - Unfortunatly, there are
plenty of people out there with no knowledge, and twice
as many who will take advantage of them. Jupiter, if I
am wrong on this - please let me (us) know.

Good day, xfiler.


>-----Original Message-----
>Well, my dear OzieBill, the answer to your question is a
very simple one.
>Ever since opening up my own office over ten years ago,
Iâ?Tve always thought I
>knew enough about computer matters to take care of those
things myself. After
>all, I knew my experience with computers dated back to
1967 back east in
>college when Iâ?Td received a 4.0 score for writing an
entire depreciation
>program starting with an accelerated method and
switching to straight-line
>using the Fortran language, about 300 punch cards (I had
punched myself), and
>submitting same to the special group on campus who had
the necessary
>knowledge about running the modern IBM 1132 computer
system!
>
>If that background experience was not enough, I
certainly thought that
>having bought a used computer without a hard drive but
with two 5-1/2â?? floppy
>drives from the Used Computer Store in Berkeley in 1985
or so was a big notch
>up in my knowledge-base about computers. Well, that
acquisition, along with
>buying a thick Microsoft book covering all the details
of DOS, which I read
>cover-to-cover!
>
>I have, believe it or not, pretty much succeeded in
serving as my own IT
>support since opening my office in 1994. It was only
late this past December
>that I realized I was spending far too much time on
various computer issues
>and not nearly enough time on client accounting and tax
matters. Yes, last
>September or October I has requested and received from
Bill a CD of SP2, but
>it had just hung around collecting dust while I viewed
its installation as a
>low-priority item.
>
>It wasnâ?Tt until the very end of December that I
finally decided to
>â?ooutsourceâ?? my IT needs. Surprisingly, I was lucky
enough not to have to look
>overseas for this support, but knew of an excellent
local IT firm who came
>highly recommended by one of my existing clients; and
located only about six
>blocks away from my office in Union Square! After
several meetings which
>covered my needs and wants and their ideas on how they
could help me, I
>decided upon moving to a server environment using a Dell
server, Microsoftâ?Ts
>SBS 2003 basic edition, Symantecâ?Ts AntiVirus 9.0
Groupware software and
>Veritas backup software including two peripheral s/w
items. Unfortunately,
>there was a delay in delivery of the server which had
become â?olostâ?? in
>transit (which, luckily for me, one of Dellâ?Ts sales
support team in India was
>able to locate within a few days), and then further
delay in receipt of the
>Veritas s/w. So, by the time this wonderful new system
was pretty much in
>place, I was in the middle of my â?ohigh-seasonâ?? and
not at all interested in
>dealing with installing SP2 until after April 15th. That
was solely my
>decision.
>
>As a final comment, the main point I wished to raise in
my post was the
>timing issue which was included in the Subject Header of
my original post.
>Based upon some rather quick and snappy replies, itâ?Ts
now obvious to me that
>certain words I included in the body of the post,
specifically â?othe forced
>deployment of SP2 upon the massesâ?¦â??, created far
more irritation to some
>readers than I had ever imagined. I apologize to all who
were offended over
>my selection of words.
>
>And, finally, to Jupiter Jones, I did follow the link
you provided and read
>the information found in that link. Thank you for that
information. I must
>say, however, that all I had indicated was that my
consultant assured me no
>automatic download of SP2 would occur to my desktop unit
until after 4/15. I
>feel you were far too sensitive and definitely
overreacted when you wrote
>back â?oIf the people you hired convinced you extreme
measures are necessary to
>prevent SP-2, you should hire someone with integrity
willing to tell you the
>simple truth instead of a complex lie.â?? Huh??
>
>
>"OzieBill" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> "A Numbers-Type of Guy in San Francisco!"
>>
<ANumbersTypeofGuyinSanFrancisco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote in message
>> news:8DF2374B-FFAD-4AA4-9D76-
E4FEA8B05B1D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I'm a sole proprietor CPA with p-t tax season staff
in San Francisco with
>> > a
>> > lot of work staring me in the face and due before
April 15th. When a
>> > friend
>> > of mine first heard about the forced deployment of
SP2 onto the masses
>> > back
>> > on March 1st, due to occur on April 12th by good ole
Bill, he quickly
>> > forwarded me the Tech Republic article with Subject
Header: "Ready or not,
>> > Windows XP update is coming". Luckily, last December
I had decided to hire
>> > a
>> > local IT support group, Proactive Network
Consulting, who have
>> > successfully
>> > installed a Dell server with SBS software, Veritas
b/u s/w and Symantic
>> > AntiVirus Groupware s/w. It's been a big relief to
have them just a phone
>> > call away for help when it's needed. Lawrence (the
Big Cheese at
>> > Proactive)
>> > has assured me he will see that no such automatic
download and
>> > installation
>> > of SP2 will occur into my main machine at any time
before 4/16/05. I just
>> > wonder ... didn't ANYONE working on the SP2 forced
distribution consider
>> > us
>> > poor number-crunching tax preparers when they
decided upon April 12th as
>> > their chosen date???
>> > --
>> > One of many 100's of members of "Mama's" Extended
Family!
>> >
>>
>> May I ask a simple question?
>>
>> SP-2 was released August 25 last year - why wasn't it
installed months ago?
>> Maybe you should have a serious talk to your Big
Cheese buddy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>.
>


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