Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP SP2

Sounds like this one is not a keeper.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242

 

What made you come to the conclusion?? Did you read the article or just
the title??

--
Catwalker
aka chffl srrg
BS, MCP

"I have a gun. It's loaded. Shut up."

 

How about if I read both, would that pass your test...

J

 

I never thought I'd see somebody criticize Microsoft for *enabling* the
Windows XP firewall by default.

 

When I read the link you posted I thought that this was a good thing. I
can't count how many people I know whose computers have been infected with
bots and worms. Sounds like sp2 is a step in the right direction for them.

DaveL

 

I am all for practicing safe computing, however you need to be aware of the
issues related to this SP.

Jose

 

If you have a firewall running already when you install SR2, you may be
able to avoid this. Even with a Firewall enabled, [email protected] installed ICS and
ICF. I had to got into the Service tab on msconfig, and disable Internet
Connection Sharing which also disables the MS Internet Connection
Firewall. Once I rebooted, my Wingate firewall and DHCP server worked fine.

 

I have installed SP2 as many others I know of without any problem. Of course there
will always be cases of incompatibility and you should always make a full backup of
your operating system [Ghost images are good and fast] before installing a service
pack and you are strongly advised to at the time of the install.

There are many significant improvements in SP2, many of which will make it easier for
enterprise users to lockdown/secure their domain computers for Internet Explorer
settings and firewall configuration via Group Policy [hundreds on new settings for
Group Policy] . The KB references that the new SP2 will enable the built in ICF
firewall which can interfere with some network applications. If you disable the ICF
firewall then the application should work. Arguably there may be limited value of
having the ICF firewall enabled on the lan when you have a firewall at the perimeter
already. --- Steve

 

Here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242

Now you are.

 

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 06:20:44 GMT, "Steven L Umbach"

<snip>

Read the two good articles in "Windows & .NET Magazine" about Windows
XP SP2 firewall and how to configure it: "Fine-Tuning Windows
Firewall" in the June 2004 issue, and "Windows XP SP2: Centralized
Deployment and Defense" in the August 2004 issue.

Old & new subscribers can read old articles on the website
http://www.winnetmag.com/

 

You don't understand the function or purpose of a firewall.

It's to slow down or stop the spread of fire obviously.

 

Thanks for your kind words it really shows a lot about your education.

Jose

 

I thought it was to terminate the employment of walls?

 

It is the wall one stands the luser in front of before opening fire.

JaR
Coup d'Thug

 

Rex.

I love your info about the fallacies of gun control and how the anti gun zealots have
educated the criminal element to use more sophisticated weaponry! A few years back
here in Illinois the mayor of Chicago and future governor were calling for a ban of
the .50 caliber in Chicago. And why? Because a person could go to the top floor of
one of the skyscrapers and pick off people in the area sports stadiums with one of
course. Chicago has Nazi Germany control laws where it is illegal to own a handgun
unless you are a pal [major contributor] of the mayor and yet it has the highest
murder and violent crime rate of any major US city. --- Steve

 

And you're just another know-it-all prick looking for someone to put down.

You're an asshole.

You don't understand normal social interaction.

 

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 03:58:46 GMT, "Steven L Umbach"

More gun deaths means more votes for anti-gun politicians like Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley.

Most gun deaths in Chicago are caused by drug dealing gangs and
Daley's police "seldom show up to stop drug-dealing youths".

"To Vera Evans, mother of murder victim Jason Harvey, the problems
appear intractable. Police seldom show up to stop drug-dealing youths
who appear on her South Side street everynight, and the allure of big
money from selling drugs is too great for many youth to resist the
trade, she said." source: "Gang Wars Make Chicago the Big-City
Murder Capital", Reuters news service, 08/26/2003
--
"Rowan, who had advocated strict handgun control, found himself
in the center of a gun controversy during the 1980s when he was
arrested and charged with using an unregistered weapon to wound
a teen-ager who intruded into his backyard."
-- "Columnist Carl Rowan dies at age 75", CNN, 23 September 2000

 

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:53:55 -0400, Rex Tincher

<snip>

Sorry for the self-followup.

Please replace the sentence:

Most gun deaths in Chicago are caused by drug dealing gangs and
Daley's police "seldom show up to stop drug-dealing youths".

with

Most gun *murders* in Chicago are caused by drug dealing gangs and
Daley's police "seldom show up to stop drug-dealing youths".

 

Thanks Rex.

I rarely go OT but I get pretty passionate about this subject. --- Steve

 

Yeah, me too. I get really angry when people blame me for problems
that they caused themselves.