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Old 08-31-2004, 01:51 PM   #12 (permalink)
hrdwareguy
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Originally Posted by Furious M
That's one of the problems with SP2, it changes all of your settings and automatically turns on the built-in XP firewall. I don't have XP on my personal computer and we haven't implemented SP2 on the computers where I work yet for this very reason, so I can't offer you a solution yet. But maybe knowing what the problem could be can help you find a solution.
This is incorrect. SP2 does not automatically turn on the firewall. Although Microsoft wanted to do this, they could not due to export laws. It does pop up with a very cartoony screen after install asking if you want to turn it on and reccommends that you do so.
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