Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-06 Thread Jan Rubbrecht
This questions still isn't answered... you guys are talking about XP/SP2 and the original question was about W2K :-) As far as I know, Windows-update operates through your browser, so as long as you can browse the web and don't have any problems with that, you can still download all the updates fr

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-05 Thread et
On Saturday 04 December 2004 06:49 pm, Marek Pawinski wrote: > Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > >>In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any > >>network. > >> > >>Kaj Haulrich. > > What a wild statement, if a Windows Secur

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Marek Pawinski
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. What a wild statement, if a Windows Security Specialist knows whats he or she is doing the box will be quite secure, takes a bi

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Wojciech Podgórni
Użytkownik Fajar Priyanto napisał: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAlarm active on my daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was severely compromized once again. In short : No Windows box should never - ever

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAlarm active on my > daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was > severely compromized once again. > > In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any > networ

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 04 December 2004 12:21, Simon Utley wrote: > All you guys/girls out there who make their living of fixing M$, > a friend is going to reinstall Windose 2000 on his box. Will he > be OK behind a firewall as he downloads all the patches/updates. No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAl

[newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Simon Utley
All you guys/girls out there who make their living of fixing M$, a friend is going to reinstall Windose 2000 on his box. Will he be OK behind a firewall as he downloads all the patches/updates. Any advice on security would be welcome. Thanks, Simon. (I am still hoping he will see the light!!) --