RE: XP SP2, biggest crap ever seen

From: ZenWarrior (ZenWarrior_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/22/04


Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:33:03 -0700

After reading through this thread and many others, I no longer trust a
Microsoft MVP. (Before, I respected and trusted them tremendously.) I'll go
with Enrique.

"Problems?! What problems? Everything (i.e., XPSP2) is just great!"
--typical MVP response to consumers' XPSP2 woes

"Enrique Troncoso" wrote:
> After reading post after post with tons of prblems attributed to the SP2
> update I keep wondering myself Why going through out all this nightmare when
> as we stand now I can have a bug's free PC with the proper method.
> 1. updated antivirus
> 2. updated anti spyware
> 3. Good hardware firewall and software firewall
> 4. Use Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla instead of IE
> 5. Updated pop-up blocker and antispam settings
> Folks! just five of these pieces of software will keep you, well! almsot
> 100% safe from hackers, worms and bugs.
> SP2 is causing too much grief just to be somehow safer from hackers?
> Just my two cents for the infamous SP2 update
> Bill, You can keep it for now !



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