Bosco Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I figured I would give SP2 a try and believe it or not, I haven't found any problems thus far. The new security center is annoying and must be turned off, if you want sanity. I do think it's a good idea for users who know nothing about security though. I really love the NX (No Execute) feature ( Microsoft calls it: Data Execution Prevention). I'm going to download some viruses and trojans and give it a whirl to see if it really works The popup blocker in Internet Explorer is nice, but I don't use IE much. The firewall has been improved a lot, but I'm still going to stick with Zone Alarm Pro since it lets me know what "Applications" want to access the Internet. I'm going to do some testing tonight to see if there has been any impact on performance, since upgrading to SP2. As of right now, SP2 looks like a nice upgrade for newbies who know nothing about security but if you know not to open attachments and have a decent firewall then I would see no use of upgrading really. Unless of course you have a CPU capable of running NX, then you may want to upgrade for that added benefit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 nice post... agreed that the security center needs to be turned off..... the problem I found with RC1 is that if the security center service is turned off, then the Microsoft update website won't work and will return an error....... is that the same with RC2? I haven't installed it yet......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I have the security service disabled, and WU still works fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I have looked all over microsofts site for sp2...anyone know where I can find it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendellrt Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I found it! SP2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 been running sp2 rc2 since it was released, no issues here, just took forever for it to install! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Thanks for the link Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I have the security service disabled, and WU still works fine. I'll take that back.. it does appear that WU does not work with the Security Service disabled.. hrm <_> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJaySimpson Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 Is this the final version or just another beta? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUMaestro Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 it's another beta i believe. but i think i remember reading it's the last packaged beta before the official release. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJaySimpson Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 it's another beta i believe. but i think i remember reading it's the last packaged beta before the official release. Cool, i may give it a try then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUMaestro Posted June 23, 2004 Posted June 23, 2004 I love it. some people say it slugged down their system, but this candidate seems a little bit swifter than the last, and if you disable some of the security features it's faster than SP1 for me. that and it's alot more stable. i haven't had to reboot for any OS reason for months. it's nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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