Re: Windows XP Service Pack 2

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:47:10 -0600

Rose;
The recognition of the firewall and antivirus will not happen until
the manufacturers make the appropriate updates available to their
users.
Norton already has the update for 2004 out and eventually will for
2002 and 2003.
You will need to check with ZA for that particular version of Zone
Alarm you have installed. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"RoseW" <wdmn@NShurontel.on.ca> wrote in message 
news:eosRYBAhEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I followed the steps from  the Service Pack Installation Checklist:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
> but did not unhook printer, scanner, router.
>
> defragging, was the longest session especially defragging after the
> installation. I think this final defrag was not smooth because I had 
> not
> completed the configuration questions of the firewall, antivirus and 
> update
> pop up properly. After some investigation I found to tick off 'have 
> my own
> software and will manage my own' satisfied the situation. Still the 
> security
> icon would not leave the sys tray until I had made some kind of 
> entry to the
> automatic update. It would not accept just NO. My solution was 
> 'alert me and
> I'll deal with that'.
> Sp2 does not recognize what my Norton 2002 antivirus is although it 
> knows
> its there and it did not recognize v 4.5 of Zone Alarm. Both are 
> working
> properly post sp2 and I'm not keen to update for both  were working 
> fine
> previously.
> Everything is working as normal. There is a new 'popup' warning with 
> a sound
> using IE on some web sites. Even though I set that to not make a 
> sound it
> still does.
>
> The idea behind this security set-up is fine but it seems that it 
> wouldn't
> have been a major leap to recognize an existing firewall and anti 
> virus
> regardless of its version. There is a bit of an assumption that the 
> 'general
> user' out there has nothing in place so its kind of using the 
> 'lowest common
> denominator' for a major update.
>
> Rose

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