Instead of running SP2, I would reccomend running services.msc and msconfig, and looking for anything that's suspicious that you can disable. Bring it up in safe mode, and run a virus scan as well. This will frequently nab all but the most subversive and well camouflaged adware.
Scott K hasn't installed SP2 yet.
John Nielsen wrote:
We've been installing it where I work and it's been going smoothly. Check the known software incompatibility list on Microsoft's site, and keep in mind that the firewall is enabled by default. I you're just using run-of-the-mill programs, you shouldn't have any trouble.
JN
On Friday 10 September 2004 02:27 pm, Josh Coates wrote:
well, if you find anything interesting/definitive on the web, you should post it as a followup.
as far as my 'personal wisdom' goes, i have no plans to update my winxp installations. it runs fine and i'm not stressed out about security on my own lan. of course, if my system was "freaking out" like yours then i might consider it, but then again, i don't know what you mean.
fwiw.
Josh Coates http://www.jcoates.org
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Bowman Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 2:19 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: RE: [uug] [Way OT] WinXP SP2
Yes, I winced, I read the article yesterday, good stuff. As for stfw I am doing that, but I wanted personal wisdom from people I know. I guess I should have mentioned that.
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