RE: SP2 what a bunch of @#$!!!

[NfErNo]

"Steve" wrote:

> I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before
> I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had
> McAfee Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with
> windows security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it as
> generic as possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling the
> dumb, !@#$!@ windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be accessible
> from outside the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a random
> port -- it has no significance by the way) to be accessed from outside
> the network. I then switched the firewall OFF and it STILL "silently"
> firewalled my computer WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL of
> this, INTERNET EXPLORER started misbehaving. Every time I try browsing a
> site, I have to refresh bloody ten times to get it to display the page.
> Most of the times I get the "Page cannot be displayed - check your
> connection" error and God knows what else. I'm tired of this.. I've
> uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my computer becomes USABLE again.
> DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing about computers and all you
> do on your desktop is check emails and use MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!
>
> STEVE!
>
>

[Jone Doe]

Yes, thank you, we know what Steve wrote. We also can assume he didn't read
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=26347 before he installed SP2, and we
can also assume his system was NOT normal.

"NfErNo" <NfErNo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3FDE459-5180-472D-B0F7-8CA5091B4EC6@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Steve" wrote:
>
>> I had a PERFECTLY normal, secure, wonderful (hah!) running system before
>> I installed SP2 for Windows XP, which destroyed EVERYTHING!!!! I had
>> McAfee Security Service running, which apparently conflicted with
>> windows security, in spite of windows trying their best to make it as
>> generic as possible. Well, after UNINSTALLING mcafee and telling the
>> dumb, !@#$!@ windows Firewall to shutup and let port 10277 be accessible
>> from outside the network, it still did NOT allow 10277 (just a random
>> port -- it has no significance by the way) to be accessed from outside
>> the network. I then switched the firewall OFF and it STILL "silently"
>> firewalled my computer WITHOUT my concent!!!!!THEN! on top of ALL of
>> this, INTERNET EXPLORER started misbehaving. Every time I try browsing a
>> site, I have to refresh bloody ten times to get it to display the page.
>> Most of the times I get the "Page cannot be displayed - check your
>> connection" error and God knows what else. I'm tired of this.. I've
>> uninstalled it and I am PRAYING that my computer becomes USABLE again.
>> DO NOT INSTALL SP2 unless you know nothing about computers and all you
>> do on your desktop is check emails and use MICROSOFT'S MSN!!!
>>
>> STEVE!
>>
>>


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