Re: [MLUG] XP XP2

[Herbert Wolverson <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 01:06:22PM -0500, Pepper, Mike wrote:
> 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.

The lack of Norton integration surprised me; clients with Norton Corporate
get Windows security messages warning them that they might not be
protected - even though they are. I'm *really* surprised that Symantec didn't
work with MS on this one - AVG works perfectly!

The startup delay is mildly annoying (albeit a LOT better than in the early
release candidates of the service pack). From what I can tell, they happen
because whenever ANY executable is launched, XP performs a number of checks
on them:
- It checks to see if the executable is 'signed', and checks for a policy
relating to that signature (which is funny, because the policy system is
pretty poor at this point - but it points to a future Mandatory Access
Control system, which would be really nice to have)
- It looks for additional NTFS file streams, particularly one that indicates
the origin of a file. If the file was downloaded, it then warns the user that
the file might be dangerous.
- It seems to do some juggling with the NX bit on AMD systems. I don't quite
know WHAT it does, but it does something!

-- Herbert
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