I would disagree on your recommendation to disable the aftermarket firewall
in favor of the SP2 firewall.  From my understanding, the SP2 firewall is
designed to prevent outside contacts from getting to your machine.  It does
not prevent programs on your machine from connecting out.  For that reason,
I would continue to run an aftermarket firewall (such as Kerio Personal
Firewall)

Tony Mayer


>After waiting  for answers that I couldn't seem to get from anyone, I
>installed SP2 and it went well. A couple of observations: 1) It defaults to
>allow small personal networks to work well together (file and printer
>sharing--I have two computers through an ethernet hub connected to the
>internet). 2) If you are already running a firewall of some kind, disable
>that one and use the SP2 firewall.
>
>Otherwise read all the kb articles, etc. and enjoy.
>
>
>Les Proctor
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen R Stanfield
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:12 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [PCBUILD] SP2
>
>Hello All,   I have read controversy about whether to install sp2 or not.
>after a few weeks of usage, what is the consensus now. is sp2 ready to
>install? could i hear from experienced users?  thanx
>stephen r stanfield

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