Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

[Dark Avenger]

The problem with M$'s patches/updates/fixes/sp's is that they assume they know better than you what the settings should be, and without asking they override any current settings. IMHO they would not take so much heat, and provide better service if they would test the current settings, and before making a change that could possibly affect your applications, present a simple dialog box letting you know what they want to do, but giving you an option. For example, if they are going to enable the firewall, and block all incoming ports, give the knowledgable users the option of either disabling the firewall, or allowing selected ports access. Just a simple "this is what we're going to do, would like to do it differently" option would make us all happy campers. They could even provide a warning if you override their suggestions, but at least we wouldn't keep running into these problems every time they release something. Just my $0.02 -- DA -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:12:11 +0800 (WST) From: Nick Eoannidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ok, i dont know what you guys have done when installing xpsp2 but their is nothing wrong with it! i have gone through rc1 and rc2 - sure rc2 wasnt stable but its a beta its not supposed to be! i have installed xpsp2 on all my machines - the full package 272mg and it works fine! no out of focus windows blah blah and any other crap quite frankly if your dumb enough to install sp2 without thinking what you might break then it is your fault!! - ie uninstall any firewall software before installing sp2 its time to stop bitching about sp2 and get it working - its going to save the IT industry time and money by stopping worms and buffer overruns etc. m$ have actually got this one right! _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html