Windows XP SP2

[sajensen]

I have read a lot about SP2 and have heard it is highly
recommended to get it installed ASAP because of its
improved security features.

My question is that 90% of the information out there seems
to apply primarily to corporate and enterprise systems, or
at least, computers connected to a LAN, etc.

What about a typical Home PC, running XP Home, where we
connect to the Internet over dialup?

I downloaded SP2 but have not installed it yet. (I
downloaded it on a DSL connection at work instead of over
dialup at home.) It is 266 Mb. That seems pretty big. Is
there a XP Home version vs a XP Pro version of SP2 or is
this a "one size fits all" thing? Isn't most of SP2
primarily for networked PC's? Is SP2 as important for
Home users as for PC's connected to a network?

 

[hank]

smoke and mirrors? keep using a full firewall (not
microsoft) and antivirus.use an alternate secure browser.
don't open attachments. use critical updates.

seems that works just as good as this new service pack.

and use an anti-spyware program klike spybot or ad-aware.

read it all, and microsoft is finally catching up to what
we already have been doing for years.