Robot Monkey Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 I installed SP2 and understand from reviews I read that the built-in Windows firewall is now a heckuva lot better. Does anyone know how good it is? I disabled it in favor of McAfee Personal Firewall which I've been using. I'm curious to know whether it's any better than McAfee and/or a smaller footprint. The new SP2 wireless panel seems a lot better, but I won't be able to test it until later this week. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Download the full version in english here (266MB): http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6...935-SP2-ENU.exe Review here: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_sp2.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Ehh I'll just wait for the official rollout to appear on Windows Update come Monday. Anyone running SP2 at the moment? I'm curious if it has problems with ZoneAlarm Pro, AVG anti virus, Ad-aware 6.0 or Spybot (4 programs I consider essential and use often on my machine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 From what I understand some 3rd party firewall software is still better than the one that comes with XP (including SP2). I use ZoneAlarm Pro and love it. Monitors incoming and outgoing which XP doesn't do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Yeah, I think I'll stick with McAfee Personal Firewall for the time being. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 I'm using SP2 and no, no problems. I use McAfee Personal Firewall and Antivirus. In fact, the firewall and AV is integrated into SP2's new security panel. I don't know if ZoneAlarm integrates. AdAware and SpyBot seem happy happy with SP2 -- I ran both this evening with nothing odd happening. The new wireless panel is better than the old. The pop blocker in IE is nice, but it isn't important to me since I use FireFox. The Windows Update has been freshened and the Add/Remove Programs dialogue now lists only your programs unless you check off on Windows updates. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 The only thing I had to do was update the Windows skinning software I use (StyleXP). I don't use anti-virus or firewall software though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Originally posted by Cyberwoo@Aug 11 2004, 07:17 PM I'm curious if it has problems with ZoneAlarm Pro, AVG anti virus ... Here's what C|Net says in their SP2 review: If you're using eTrust EZ Antivirus, F-Secure, McAfee Security, Panda, Symantec/Norton, or Trend Micro, SP2 hooks into your software and alerts you when updates are available. If you use more obscure software, such as Frisk's F-Prot, you can click an "I'll take care of it myself" box to avoid constant warnings that your system is not secure. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMike Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 I turned off the warnings and checks for the firewall and antivirus. I have a hardware firewall and SP2 didn't detect AVG. Other than that (which are just config settings) I've had zero problems and have been running it for 3 days now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Gamespot has information on SP2 conflicts that arise from using the new Windows firewall with certain games online: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/16/news_6104980.html -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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