Re: Windows XP Service Pack 2

From: RoseW (wdmn_at_NShurontel.on.ca)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:34:28 -0400

Re: Jupitor Jones wrote-The recognition of the firewall and antivirus will
not happen until the manufacturers make the appropriate updates available to
their users.

In the following article there is a list of software that could/may or will
have difficulties with Sp2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884130
Many of these issues are related to the introduction of the Windows Firewall
feature.
...........

I'm interpreting the above to mean IF the Sp2 FIREWALL feature is NOT
enabled THEN the software will not have a problem.
Several of my main software is on this list. I do not have the Sp2 firewall
active and Diskkeeper, MsOffice, Antivirus and Firewall are all operating as
normal.

Its my opinion that following the steps on
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm is the key to success and I
figured the most important step was unchecking all the items in the start-up
and rebooting.
I did a lot of looking around for input before installing this upgrade and
concluded if the hard drive had any poor links or orphans it likely would
just be accelerated so a tidy, clean registry and a careful installation
gives a similar result. I thought there would be a perceptible difference
with Sp2 installed and there isn't.

Rose

Relevant Pages

  • Re: antivirus software
    ... Your entire second paragraph assumes no firewall. ... Since updates what is wanted and not currently installed, ... Then they disconnect from the network, disable AV before installing ... > a firewall or an antivirus application, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • windows and linux together? or just windows? part 2
    ... I've been a very desorganized and lazy laptop user and didnt renew my mcafee ... antivirus nor its firewall that came installed in my laptop and now my lap is ... decide better if installing both linux and windows (reducing the linux ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Its all about my Antivirus
    ... The story goes by installing SP2 of ... When I havent yet installed my antivirus the windows and my ... In all probability Panda Internet Security includes a firewall. ... I would probably disable the Windows Firewall ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Preventing kids mucking up PC!
    ... stop them downloading or installing anything runnable. ... stop them being able to end antivirus & firewall. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: SP2/firewall
    ... > Run a scan on your system with the MS SP2 firewall on. ... This is how one can manage a network of XP firewalled computers. ... This also allows you to test behaviours between various configurations ...
    (alt.computer.security)
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