"Steve" wrote in message
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I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before I
installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had McAfee
Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with windows
security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it as generic as
possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling the dumb, !@#$!@
windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be accessible from outside
the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a random port -- it has no
significance by the way) to be accessed from outside the network. I then
switched the firewall OFF and it STILL "silently" firewalled my computer
WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL of this, INTERNET EXPLORER
started misbehaving. Every time I try browsing a site, I have to refresh
bloody ten times to get it to display the page. Most of the times I get the
"Page cannot be displayed - check your connection" error and God knows what
else. I'm tired of this.. I've uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my
computer becomes USABLE again. DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing
about computers and all you do on your desktop is check emails and use
MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!

STEVE!


I know more than you about computers, and you need to calm down. You sound
like a raving idiot.