p2pnet - rss feed: SP XP2: handle with care
p2pnet.net News:- “My advice to IT managers is to check with their vendors and make sure there are no conflicts between the programs they have and SP2,” said Russ Cooper, senior scientist for Herndon, Va.-based security firm TruSecure. “Make sure the vendors say ‘yes, our applications work with SP2′.”
The quote comes from a SearchSecurity.com story here that’s slugged, Proceed cautiously with SP2, security experts say.
OK. IT managers beware.
But is it OK for ‘consumers’ to forge ahead fearlessly? After all, the only thing they have to do is nothing. That’s because Automatic Updates will do it all for them.
Harry McCracken says on PC World’s Techlog here, “I won’t take that route …”
Why not?
“To me feels a tad like letting a doctor with a shaky history stick pills in your mouth without telling you what they are or what they’re for.”
August 8th, 2004 at 1:54 am
It is Awesome!!!!!!!!
No issues here…..on my XP Pro Box……..
August 8th, 2004 at 4:48 am
I’ve been using sp2 rc2 for about a month with no problems at all
August 8th, 2004 at 3:06 pm
I have been using SP2 (RTM) since it came out on MSDN (~2 days ago).
No problems so far.
August 8th, 2004 at 8:23 pm
not surprised about the warning. in SP1 some vendors were recommending that people uninstall it. I know this SP had problems with S3 Graphics cards in one of the releases (RC2 I believe). Doing funky things with video playback etc
I’ve already encountered problems - I cant install it!!!! I get an error “can not save atapi.sys” (in system32/drivers) when SP2 tries to back up my drivers during SP2 installation …
August 9th, 2004 at 1:02 am
I think one of the issues with SP2 is with the limit on the number of out going connections that can be opened in a short space of time. Microsoft say it’s to reduce the spread of certain worms, using Sasser as an example, but this causes issues with legitimate software that tries to open several connections at once, such as P2P software.
I think Bearshare are beginning to report problems and over in the land of Shareaza, we’re still not sure.