In answer you questions regarding sp2 firewall
To implement custom Windows Firewall settings, you can modify the
unattend.txt file. For information about this process, refer to the
Microsoft document "Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft
Windows XP with Service Pack 2"
(
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/a/68a81446-cd73-4a61-8665-8a6778
1ac4e8/wf_xpsp2.doc).
You can also deploy registry entries that will disable Windows Firewall on
target XP computers before you install SP2. Use a registry editor to add
the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\
EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type) and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfil
e\EnableFirewall=0 (DWORD data type) registry subkeys.
"Using the Windows Firewall INF File in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack
2"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb307a1d-2f97-4e63-
a581-bf25685b4c43&displaylang=en
You can also do this via a gpo how will you be deploying SP2?
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