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Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

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The problem with M$'s patches/updates/fixes/sp's is that they assume
they know better than you what the settings should be, and without
asking they override any current settings.<br>
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IMHO they would not take so much heat, and provide better service if
they would test the current settings, and before making a change that
could possibly affect your applications, present a simple dialog box
letting you know what they want to do, but giving you an option.<br>
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For example, if they are going to enable the firewall, and block all
incoming ports, give the knowledgable users the option of either
disabling the firewall, or allowing selected ports access.<br>
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Just a simple "this is what we're going to do, would like to do it
differently" option would make us all happy campers. They could even
provide a warning if you override their suggestions, but at least we
wouldn't keep running into these problems every time they release
something.<br>
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Just my $0.02 -- DA<br>
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      <td>Nick Eoannidis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
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  <pre wrap="">ok, i dont know what you guys have done when installing xpsp2
but their is nothing wrong with it!
i have gone through rc1 and rc2 - sure rc2 wasnt stable but its a beta its
not supposed to be!

i have installed xpsp2 on all my machines - the full package 272mg and it
works fine! no out of focus windows blah blah and any other crap

quite frankly if your dumb enough to install sp2 without thinking what you
might break then it is your fault!! - ie uninstall any firewall software
before installing sp2

its time to stop bitching about sp2 and get it working - its going to save
the IT industry time and money by stopping worms and buffer overruns etc.

m$ have actually got this one right!


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