Service Pack 2

J

Jake

I have been thinking about upgrading my Windows Xp Pro system to service
pack 2. I am wondering is it worth it. As far as I can see SP2 just seems
to beef up the firewall built into windows. I use a good third party
firewall that does the job far better. Is there any need to install SP2?

Jake
 
K

Ken Blake

In
Jake said:
I have been thinking about upgrading my Windows Xp Pro system to
service pack 2. I am wondering is it worth it. As far as I
can see
SP2 just seems to beef up the firewall built into windows. I
use a
good third party firewall that does the job far better. Is
there any
need to install SP2?



Just answered in a reply to another message. Please don't send
the same message twice, a few minutes apart.
 
L

Larry(LJL269)

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:51:54 -0000, "Jake"

| Is there any need to install SP2?

I am NOT a fan of MS updates & manually update XPhome
even after SP2.See http://microscum.com/comsense/. I
use ZApro 2.

I was pleasantly surprised that SP2 + 12 other updates
were all done AT ONCE with no problems. Gerearally SP2
shuts XP DOWN so its not so open 2 everything.

I like new restrictions in IE on ActiveX & transferring
to new domain & restriction on code installed (DEP @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 .

I did CYA tho & tested SP2 om my X OS & imaged C: on my
Regular OS b4 installing it.

Just my 2¢ worth-Larry
Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.
 

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