RE: [MLUG] XP XP2

["Pepper, Mike" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I have installed it here at work and on an XP Home machine. The only
thing is that Norton AV has not updated their code to allow windows to
tell what state it is in. Windows can tell that an AV program is
installed, but unable to detect if it is up to date or not.
I have noticed a significant slow down on start-ups, brings Win 98 to
mind. I would think that it takes a bit longer to load the TCP stack
prior to other services. In this case, I will take the slow down with a
smile.
IMHO SP2 is the best thing that has happened to Windows in a long long
time.


Mike 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Deterding
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:25 PM
To: 'MLUG Members'
Subject: RE: [MLUG] XP XP2

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-----
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> [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 antivirus software gets out of date (it talks to just about every AV 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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