I'm currently building a new system using an Athlon 64 FX53 cpu. I
would be interested to hear more about this problem. You can sent it
either to the NG or to my hotmail address.

Thank,
Rick

wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:49:39 +0200, "Meindert Sprang"
wrote:


"Glen "Wiley" Wilson" wrote in
message ...
. . .


Briefly, SP2 is a significant upgrade to the security of WindowsXP.
It's like a flak jacket - it doesn't make you absolutely bullet proof,
but it stops a lot of the small caliber stuff. :-) There are other
features, but I regard security as the compelling one. Most of the
security issues addressed by SP2 will have already been handled by the
expert user with add-on firewalls, third party email packages, and a
replacement browser like Mozilla Firefox (highly recommended! I
switched a few months ago and I find it to be superior in every way.
YMMV).

For a naked XP system with an internet connection, SP2 is a very
important upgrade, but it is not trivial. You should definitely read
*all* the information at the above link before upgrading, but my
personal opinion is that you should upgrade when it is convenient.
Backup your system first!

There is a list of over 200 applications, including quite a few of M$
themselves, that stop running or show severe problems after updating to SP2!



Not to mention that SP2 is incompatible with AMD64 processors. It causes endless
rebooting, and Microsoft says the fix is to remove SP2.

BB