RE: [MLUG] XP XP2

["F Vernon Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yeah I installed it last night. It blocks all active content right out the
gate. When trying to run some flash content that I am working on and other
things it blocks it without letting it through. That is actually pretty good
if not annoying.

The pop-up blocker works. Woo Hoo. My antivirus does not communicate with
the virus check up tool, but I am sure that is just a matter of time before
it does, Panda is pretty good about getting these kinds of updates out
there.

So far, I have had no serious errors, everything seems to work fine. One
thing I did notice is that it allows requested pop-ups so that should keep
my tech support calls down a little.

Over all it has not been the huge problem I was afraid it was going to be.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED [mailto:members-
> EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Deterding
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:25 AM
> 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-----
> > 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 your antivirus software gets out of date (it talks to just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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