Re: should i install windows xp service pack 2

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All Things Mopar wrote:
Today Kerry Brown commented courteously on the subject at
hand

All Things Mopar wrote:

I wasn't aware there was any sort of real firewall in SP1.
There is minor net security, the kind that will warn you
of potentially unsafe sites and/or attachments, but no
firewall in my definition of the term.

XP has had a firewall since the beginning. It was buried
deep in the advanced network settings. SP2 spruced it up,
made it easier to find, and turned it on by default. Google
for XP Whistler beta firewall

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=XP+Whistler+beta+fi
rewall&btnG=Search

Best kept secret of the war, I guess. This thread is literally
the first I've ever heard that. SP2 did make its presence much
more prominent with its own setup screens, though, that should
be worth a whoopty-do.

The firewall broke many corporate networks :-)

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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