>I went to Windows Update today. I was up-to-date with the Criticals but I noticed that the number of other updates was up, so I went and had a look.
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>In there was one recommended for XP SP1 and its little blurb said "The Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP is a set of platform technologies designed for the use and deployment of advanced networking solutions. It includes an updated IPv6 stack supporting NAT traversal for IPv6 applications, an IPv6 firewall, and a peer-to-peer platform for writing distributed solutions. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer". I use peer-to-peer on the subject XP-home machine so I thought I should investigate the 'read more'.
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>Unfortunately, the subject document "817778 - Overview of the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP" was full of jargon that I know nothing about. I can't tell if it is good or not. Worse, I can't tell if it will be useful or harmful to my ALREADY WORKING NICELY THANK YOU system.
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>1) Has anyone installed this and encountered any problems?... or any neat feature that was really really helpful?
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>2) Does anyone know where there might be an English rendition of what this is all about?
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>Thanks in advance

You're a glutton for punishment, Jim. What can we break for you today?