Thanks for taking the time to read this. As SP2 has been launched, the number of questions and problems that has headed this way has been huge. I have...

Recently, my computer has started hanging on the 2nd hibernation, or 2nd standby. I can't figure it out. I haven't installed any new software. The last...

Hi, I'm far from new to computers and I don't want to upset too many people but I have a major disappointment (and that's trying to be humble) with SP2. This...

Hi, Having problem on a mix NT/XP network. I recently installed a new machine on the network with wxpprosp2. I've created a share and configured it for...

I am having problems trying to use a smart card based certificate to log onto Windows XP SP2. The system shows the following error in the event log: Category:...

I downloaded SP2 "Final" from MS yesterday. Installed no problem and am now working through the list of things that dont work anymore. Some security related,...

I tried to install SP2 last night and it failed. Gave me following error code: 80200010 I'm running XP SP1 fully up to date (Firewall off) and Norton...

I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had McAfee Security...

What does one do if one downloaded SP2 direct from Microsoft as I did. I often see advise that entails booting with the XP Disk - mine has SP1 only on...

Has Windows XP SP2 been issued yet? I get on the MS site and I am not sure if I have already downloaded SP2 or not, nor can i find anything which says, in...

hi, i recently just switched from win2k to XP home with SP2 and realised that my forwarded ports in my linksys router BEFSR41 are not working. I have checked...

Dear Tom, Sorry for so late to response to your reply on the newsgroup. I checked the firewall log, that the firewall drop several TCP SYN packets that may...

I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had McAfee Security...

If I have a router and file sharing carefully enabled, will the sp2 firewall provide extra protection to the xp computers on my home lan and,if so, how?

Windows update notfies me I need this update. Size: 1.3 MB S3 Graphics, Inc. display software update released on May 26 2003. However, according to the...

Ahh a former military man, that explains a lot of his drivel. Testy "jupiter is a man ^^^^^^^^^" wrote in message...

And the "Severity Center" is pretty much a useless feature, it was the first thing I disabled. Firewall and Pop-Up blocker also useless to me. Testy "NoSpam"...

It's nice that Microsoft is thinking about the issues, but has anyone read the first article? It lists just about every piece of software known to man and...

Is there a setting in SP2 for Tablet XP that I can turn off to make certain softwares run (new SP2 security feature)? I tried the RUN AS OS option but no go -...

It's Windows XP SP2 Beta Build 2082 safe to download and install? I'm affraid it will cause bug and problem because it's a beta? It's Uninstallation...

Hi, I want to put out a general warning to users to not install SP2. Yes, I realize that there are many security advancements and all that, but the risk is not...