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RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things
From: "Ferris, Robin" <R.Ferris () napier ac uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:33:30 +0100
I havent heard about about this being a problem but will be testing this in the next few months, so thnxs for the heads up. M$ have said that SP2 must be quote "tested, tested, tested and tested in your environment to see what it breaks" prior to installing it. Looks like some of Gregory customer got ahead of themselves! It is fairly easy to open up the windows firewall unlike the old ICF. So hopefully they will get it sorted soon. Just my 2 bobs worth RF -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Will Image Sent: 11 August 2004 01:49 To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things the only problem i've encountered so far is that my printer , a canon multipass f20 .. which has a flash card reader freezes when trying to view drives when i click on the 'my computer' icon ... also it freezes when i try to open a file from within a program using file/open.. when trying to get list of drives... im not sure if this is a driver problem with xp seeing the flash card as a drive... has anyone with usb/flash drives experienced this problem? --- "Gregory A. Gilliss" <ggilliss () netpublishing com> wrote:
All, Just FYI, my company is experiencing a high volume of calls from customers claiming that they have installed Windows SP2. Customers claim that SP2 is "breaking" previously working network behavior. Initial testing indicates that the cause is the "Internet Firewall" settings on SP2 which have been set to default closed! SO by FINALLY doing what ought to have been done ages ago (as often argued in posts to this and other lists),
Microsoft has inadvertently "broken" several customer network installations that got used to having transparency to network protocols that, after the installation of SP2, are no longer permitted. Yay Microsoft, you finally got it right (sort of). G -- Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP E-mail: greg () gilliss com Computer Security WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14
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Current thread:
- WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Gregory A. Gilliss (Aug 10)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Will Image (Aug 10)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Harlan Carvey (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Mark Shirley (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Harlan Carvey (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Barrie Dempster (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Niek Baakman (Aug 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Ferris, Robin (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Ron DuFresne (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Castigliola, Angelo (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Gregory A. Gilliss (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Myers, Marvin (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Will Image (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Carboni, Chris (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Will Image (Aug 10)