SP2 - What was the point?

[johnsuth]

I have XP Home SP1 computers on a secure LAN, and I installed SP2 on one of them.

The firewall is of no value because my LAN is already secure.
The popup blocker is of no value because I don't use IE.
The Security Center is of no value because I don't need the firewall or popup blocker.
It did not fix an ongoing netbeui connection problem with the box I installed it on.

Is there a plain English statement of other benefits that might justify installing SP2 on the other boxes on the LAN?

 

[Rock]

I have XP Home SP1 computers on a secure LAN, and I installed SP2 on one of them.

The firewall is of no value because my LAN is already secure.
The popup blocker is of no value because I don't use IE.
The Security Center is of no value because I don't need the firewall or popup blocker.
It did not fix an ongoing netbeui connection problem with the box I installed it on.

Is there a plain English statement of other benefits that might justify installing SP2 on the other boxes on the LAN?

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx

Much of the code was recompiled to remove the buffer overrun problems.

 

[Mark Dormer]

I doubt they put any effort into NETBEUI, it is a dead technology in MS
book.
By the way, is the problem missing machines when you try to browse them?

This is plain, but brief
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/features.mspx

This lists every fix in SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];811113

Regards
Mark Dormer

 

[Peter Foldes]

172 Reasons why

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811113&sd=ee

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I have XP Home SP1 computers on a secure LAN, and I installed SP2 on one of them.

The firewall is of no value because my LAN is already secure.
The popup blocker is of no value because I don't use IE.
The Security Center is of no value because I don't need the firewall or popup blocker.
It did not fix an ongoing netbeui connection problem with the box I installed it on.

Is there a plain English statement of other benefits that might justify installing

SP2 on the other boxes on the LAN?

 

[Brian]

The firewall is of no value because my LAN is already secure.
The popup blocker is of no value because I don't use IE.
The Security Center is of no value because I don't need the firewall
or popup blocker.
It did not fix an ongoing netbeui connection problem with the box I
installed it on.

Out of 172 fixes that SP2 made, you listed 4 network-related ones that
didn't directly apply to you. Perhaps some of the other 168 non-network
fixes may be of interest to you? Then again, maybe not. Your call.

 

[johnsuth]

Thanks for pointing me to the plain English outline. The non routable protocol is one of the features that keeps the LAN secure. I was told of a corporate site that has two thousand XP workstations on a NetBeui LAN. NetBeui is on the SP2 CD.

Yes, just one machine, which used to work, now gives me access denied message when I try to browse a specific other machine. Whilst these two machines will not work together, they work with all others. I don't know what I changed.