XP Sp2 What was the point??

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Microsoft Posts Critical Configuration Patch
Published: December 16, 2004

Microsoft released a "critical" fix on Thursday for a security issue left unresolved by the Windows XP Service Pack 2.

The configuration change closed a hole in the Windows firewall settings that could open up PCs to attack if the machines had been set to share files or a printer with the local network...

The hole could allow anyone to access a PC that has its file sharing exceptions set up in the Windows XP SP2 firewall.

Windows XP users who use Windows update will automatically download the configuration changes.

Ermm wow wasnt the SP2 Firewall the whole point behind the massive update in the first place...or was it??...lol

Read more about it at:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+posts+cri ... tag=cd.top

[Rat]

Hells bells and buckets of blood! They screwed about 100 popular 3rd party programs and made soooo many people unhappy for this??

The sooner I can convince my boss to change our work OSs to Linux, the better.

[me here]

More good news for victims..ermm I mean users of SP2...

Mary Landesman, special to PC World
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Microsoft says its Service Pack 2 update adds an additional layer of security to Windows XP-based PCs. However, recent PCW tests seem to show that at least two major security suites are crippling SP2's ability to offer users accurate security information.

SP2, which Microsoft rolled out in August, includes the new Windows Security Center. This feature alerts users when their PC's antivirus or firewall software is missing or out of date. It also signals when the real-time virus scanner is disabled, and when the firewall is not enabled. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.

For insight as to what they tested and the results go to:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,a ... RSS,00.asp

I am more and more thinking...What was the point again behind this "security update" called SP2??...

my thinks on it is it was a huge spoof. The only security that seems to work like it should is thier abilitly to detect pirated copies..so I guess then it was a security update after all...lmao