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post #21 of 31
8/30/04 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by mmarkin
Also, Zonealarm is a no-go.
Actually, ZoneAlarm works fine. The only reason it's on the list is because M$ couldn't get the security center to talk with Zonealarm.
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post #22 of 31
8/30/04 at 12:41pm
I see. Funny thing is that nothing really should be able to talk to these apps. Thats why the sec center cant contact NAV - its protected. Thats the way it SHOULD be.
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post #23 of 31
8/30/04 at 1:20pm
No problems here
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post #24 of 31
8/30/04 at 4:56pm

4750 No Problems either...

No problems on my Sager 4750. It's working like a champ w/Zone Alarm & Norton Anti-virus.
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post #25 of 31
8/30/04 at 8:18pm
I've had it installed on my desktop for about a week... no problems so far. I turned the windows firewall OFF after the install (I already have McAfee) and after about 4 days I noticed it had turned itself ON again. Anybody else have that happen?
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post #26 of 31
8/30/04 at 8:36pm
WTF? Are you sure?
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post #27 of 31
8/31/04 at 5:13pm
it SP2 crashed my D8790P from Ibuypower... and they don't ship a floppy drive with the lap top and a RAID drive... so figure out what happened next.. a $$$ paper weight... Plus I bought a USB FDD Sony and it did not work... come to find out not all FDD or (floppy drive disks) are compatible with this computer.. i bought a 2nd drive then a 3rd after going to this board and getting some good feedback on what drive to get smartdisk D35FUE or (Mitsumi) finally worked. I found out that Intel has a program that will check your CPU and let you know if there is a problem with the systems BIOS / CPU set up. I check my system and YEP i have it.. so no SP2 for me and who knows if the bios will be updated to correct the problem.. thanks Ibuypower....
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post #28 of 31
8/31/04 at 6:05pm
It won't automatically install sp2 without asking you, will it? How do I make sure windows doesn't update all sneaky-style? Also, what's the benefit of sp2 anyway?
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post #29 of 31
8/31/04 at 6:18pm
I have two 4750s and I haven't had any real problems with SP2.

The only problem I had with SP2 is that I can't uprgrade to the lastest ZoneAlarm without a blue screen. However, this is a known issue.

The other thing that aggitated me was that you have to upgrade all your XP boxes for networking. I have XP2 on 7 other boxes without problems.
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post #30 of 31
8/31/04 at 6:28pm
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Originally Posted by kdynamic
Also, what's the benefit of sp2 anyway?
If you use wireless, the wireless connectivity apps improved. Other than that, I just prefer to have as few holes in my XP install as possible, LMAO.
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post #31 of 31
8/31/04 at 7:27pm
Just thought I would chime in, so people trying to make a decision of whether or not to upgrade have more to make a decision with.

I have a Sager 8890, and I just installed and updated to SP2 last night, no problems.

A couple of precautions I did beforehand:

1) Made sure my system was CLEAN. No virus, no spyware, no trojans.
Recommended programs (that I used to ensure this) were AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Hijack This, and Security Task Manager. - Did this step with System Restore TURNED OFF.

2) Uninstalled all popup blockers, antispyware, firewalls (just to be safe--I wanted a CLEAN system, because I'll admit I was nervous about the upgrade)

3) Rebooted to a totally clean system, turned System Restore back ON, then made a clean System Restore point.

4) Installed SP2. No problems.

Yay for me.

Good luck to those of you chewing your nails on this, I understand the feeling.


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