Hi Neill,

My guess is that lots of "processes" are temporarily disabled during the install.
My install of SP2 ran flawlessly.

There may be MSKB articles on how to re-enable VPN, but frankly that isn't good enough. Hell, I went through the settings for the Firewall and came across nothing that worked. Mind you, I only tried a few things because most of the options had to do with allowing stuff on **MY** system, and that wasn't may problem. It was also pretty stupid that the actual connection reported as starting up fine (had to enter my password and such) but it was only when I went to use it that it reported connection not available.
Real funny that disabling the Firewall let me work OK with it!

This is decidedly NOT an practical/useful implementation of the "Firewall" nor are the available options clear as to their purpose/applicability.

cheers

>Hi,
>It is a good idea to disable the virus & spyware scanners during the update, as these can screw the install.
>RE: the VPN & SQL being shut down, there are MSKB articles on how to get them going again.
>
>>yea, "mainly security" leaves plenty of room for other changes too.
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>>As regards the firewall, the one that came with SP2 screwed up my VPN connections and when I looked to remedy the problems it offered no real choice short of disabling it. Strangely, it would allow the connection to happen but I couldn't use the connection for anything.
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>>I have my ISP filtering for viruses I have a solid and up-to-date scanner always active, and I run SpyBot daily. Funny, but SpyBot found items even while I was running SP2.
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>>I should have reviewed the logs but was just too frustrated, and when I did make some time I wasted it on Googling.
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>>cheers
>>
>> >If I understand correctly, the main improvements in SP2 are related to security. I would suggest you install a separate firewall, for example ZoneAlarm, which I understand is a good idea even if you use SP2.
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>>>>I dunno. It virtually always happenend mid important activity and my main concern was getting back in action.
>>>>
>>>>I'll wait now for a few more months before I try it again.
>>>>Since falling back (which turned out to be quite a chore) I haven't had a single freeze, and right now that's critical to me.
>>>>
>>>>cheers