Hello Andrew! On Thursday, January 06, 2005, 7:33 AM, you wrote:
> How to Secure (and Keep Secure) My (New) Computer(s): A Layered Approach: > http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/8463 Thanks. > On the, whole if you haven't got a firewall in place, take care of > that first before connecting to the 'Net. So applying SP2 might be the > first answer. SP2 has a basic one built in to it. ... Yes. First thing I did, upon installing SP2 on my Desktop last August, was to disable the SP2 firewall and replace it with Sygate, which was already on my machine. This notebook is a little 3-pound Sony VAIO that I've had in its packing box in the closet since January 2004--partly out of cold feet, partly out of procrastination, and partly out of lack of time to set it up: I spent the winter/spring of 2004 selling my house in the town I had moved from, and I spent the summer/fall of 2004 learning to do Roguemoticons and Smileys. :) I *like* Rogues and Smileys! > ... Many people have reported issues with applying SP2 (many have > said it went smoothly, it did for me). A back-up before something > major is not a bad idea. With the FW in place, anytime you connect > to the Net to do anything else you are protected against most > nasties. Went smooth as silk for me--I did it with an Automatic Update download, but I ordered the CD, knowing that I had the little Notebook to bring up to speed, eventually. As to the backup--don't really understand the need in this situation? XP has its Restore function, of course. And this is a brand-new machine. Packaged with the Windows XP-Home CD, as well as Windows XP-Home already installed on it. I'm really Off-Topic Big Time with this thread. If you're not subscribed to TBOT, why don't you do that, Andrew? We are discussing my Today's Adventure over there. :) But thanks for the great support, here. :thankyou: -- Best regards, Mary :Trill: The Bat! 3.0.2.10 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
