RE: [MLUG] XP XP2

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

So I got it from MS (the developer/professional) version and it didn't blow me
up or anything. About 8 others at my company applied it will mixed results -
none of which were too horrible. 

Whoo Hoo! A stateful firewall that is slightly configurable!

-- Brent 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Herbert Wolverson
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:40 AM
> To: MLUG Members
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] XP XP2
> 
> On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 11:59:42AM -0500, Brent Deterding wrote:
> > Anyone have a reliable copy of XP SP2 to download? I'll 
> trust it only 
> > from MS or someone here.
> > 
> > I'll be a guinea pig - let me at it :)
> 
> I have the pre-release running on a couple of systems, with 
> mixed results. On my home system (Athlon XP 2600+, 1 gig RAM, 
> pretty standard set of peripherals, boots Windows once in a 
> blue moon), it's solid as a rock. On my work machine (I got 
> to be the test-bed at work!), I've experienced some random 
> slowdowns - particularly when loading apps, and logging out. 
> I also had to update my Radeon drivers, it was crashing 
> occasionally before I did - not sure why.
> 
> SP2 is pretty nice, though. It bugs the CRAP out of you if 
> your antivirus software gets out of date (it talks to just 
> about every AV program I've ever used, including the free 
> edition of AVG). The firewall is on at initial boot, so the 
> window for infection while the TCP/IP stack loads is gone. 
> The firewall itself is on a par with Zone Alarm, but 
> apparently without the really annoying performance hit I 
> always noticed from it. It's relatively easy to use (the 
> usual "program X wants to do Y, allow it?") app firewall 
> messages, and an easy interface for allowing other ports to 
> function. The new Windows Update is quite nice. The 
> enhancements to IE6 are absolutely worth it:
> * ActiveX controls are basically prohibited unless you jump 
> through some hoops.
> * It's a lot harder to get tricked into running a program.
> * MSHTML is a LOT stricter about executables, so any program 
> that uses it (Outlook, Outlook Express, various other mail 
> programs, Quicken, etc.) are much harder to exploit.
> * The popup blocker is very solid.
> * The 'remove IE plugin' option is worth its weight in dead Gators.
> 
> You can try it out for free from
> http://test.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/V5consumer/Thanks.a
> spx?ThanksPage=6
> 
> Eek, I sound like an MS spokesperson. :-|
> 
> -- Herbert.
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