The fact that you are using the MSDN Newsgroups instead of the public ones
suggests (to me anyway) that you (and others involved in this thread) are
regular MSDN visitors and probably developers at some level.

If this is so then you have no excuse for not knowing the potential issues
with SP2, since Microsoft and other independent contributors have been
publishing articles about it on the site for months.

If it is not so, why are you cluttering up this invaluable resource for
developers with complaints that don't belong here.

"Steve" wrote:

> I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before
> I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had
> McAfee Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with
> windows security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it as
> generic as possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling the
> dumb, !@#$!@ windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be accessible
> from outside the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a random
> port -- it has no significance by the way) to be accessed from outside
> the network. I then switched the firewall OFF and it STILL "silently"
> firewalled my computer WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL of
> this, INTERNET EXPLORER started misbehaving. Every time I try browsing a
> site, I have to refresh bloody ten times to get it to display the page.
> Most of the times I get the "Page cannot be displayed - check your
> connection" error and God knows what else. I'm tired of this.. I've
> uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my computer becomes USABLE again.
> DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing about computers and all you
> do on your desktop is check emails and use MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!
>
> STEVE!
>
>

Mike;
These are all public newsgroups.
The fact some may be managed by MSDN does not change that fact.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Mike Hanson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7B2D1F5F-D30E-4B3F-B64E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The fact that you are using the MSDN Newsgroups instead of the
> public ones
> suggests (to me anyway) that you (and others involved in this
> thread) are
> regular MSDN visitors and probably developers at some level.
>
> If this is so then you have no excuse for not knowing the potential
> issues
> with SP2, since Microsoft and other independent contributors have
> been
> publishing articles about it on the site for months.
>
> If it is not so, why are you cluttering up this invaluable resource
> for
> developers with complaints that don't belong here.
>
> "Steve" wrote:
>
>> I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system
>> before
>> I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I
>> had
>> McAfee Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with
>> windows security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it
>> as
>> generic as possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling
>> the
>> dumb, !@#$!@ windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be
>> accessible
>> from outside the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a
>> random
>> port -- it has no significance by the way) to be accessed from
>> outside
>> the network. I then switched the firewall OFF and it STILL
>> "silently"
>> firewalled my computer WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL
>> of
>> this, INTERNET EXPLORER started misbehaving. Every time I try
>> browsing a
>> site, I have to refresh bloody ten times to get it to display the
>> page.
>> Most of the times I get the "Page cannot be displayed - check your
>> connection" error and God knows what else. I'm tired of this.. I've
>> uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my computer becomes USABLE
>> again.
>> DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing about computers and all
>> you
>> do on your desktop is check emails and use MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!
>>
>> STEVE!
>>
>>