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More info?)
As an addendum, I might add that it seems to be people running the 2003
version. Of course, Symantec would like you to pay to upgrade to their 2004
version which doesn't seem to have issues.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uGVpoF$fEHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Chad, I cannot answer for Symantec or what they're doing, except to tell
> you I've seen probably 40 to 50 posts raving about how wonderful the
> product works now that it is updated. Believe me, there are a lot of beta
> test sites which had the worries, and since last night when Live Update
> kicked in, they're reporting successes. I still would suggest you bang on
> Symantec's door, or take a look in the public windowsxp newsgroups to see
> what others have done.
>
> This is an issue of Symantec on Windows XP, not a Tablet PC issue. I wish
> we had a magic solution for you, but we don't.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "Chad Harris" <ddram32_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eoqjTt%23fEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Chris--
>>
>> They want to use SP2 to sell as many 2005 boxes as they can. They know
>> Microsoft Antivirus is breathing down their neck, just around the bend.
>> They know that the SP2 firewall will get a lot better come Longhorn 2007,
>> and it's not lost on MSFT to deliver all the functionality in their
>> firewall that ZA or Symantec has in theirs. Other planned significant
>> Longhorn security features are going to reenforce that that are all over
>> the Longhorn evangelist and MSDN blogs.
>>
>> It's up and it's runnin'--after Symantec.
>>
>>
http://news.com.com/Security+vendors+face+new+kid+on+block%3A+Microsoft/2100-1016_3-5302920.html
>>
>> And it *seems to break for a large number of people Chris.* I don't know
>> the stats on a reliable sample of boxes. By the way when these problems
>> happen, the Norton developers wrote Code that says doesn't work with SP2
>> RTM Build.
>>
>> NAV 2005 works fine without any patches, until 3 boots and then you get
>> the refresh freeze problem which is basically an IE J-script problem/
>> Windows Script Host problem fixed some times (but not all) with
>>
>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/0f75ab1a9982283d88256c250066dc94/9918704bb68cedfe882568040070e925?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam
>>
>> whatever version of NAV or NSW or NSI you have.
>>
>> Again, they are only delivering the SP2 patches for whatever goofy reason
>> via "Live Update" and not putting them on their site the way 99/100
>> software companies including Microsoft put updates at Microsoft Downloads
>> or Office Downloads besides AU, WUV4, WUV5, and Office Update. Office
>> Update isn't working for a number of people right now, for ecample, but
>> you can go straight to the download so you don't really need it at all.
>>
>> Some people cannot fix Live Update with good 'ole Norton KB 1812 no
>> matter which order they do what with. Patching Norton via LU first would
>> make sense and then installing XP SP2 although every last article that
>> MSFT has released advises to uninstall any AV app and then install SP2.
>>
>> If Live Update does not work, you can't get the Norton Patches for SP2.
>>
>> I know every possible fix and go around for the specific problems which
>> are:
>>
>> 1) Won't scan for some people. Norton often recommends using the command
>> line.
>> 2) Live Update won't work--that'd be Norton KB 1812--doesn't work much of
>> the time--and the end result is to manually uninstall the app which
>> doesn't work often.
>> 3) Boots up with auto update off--easily fixed with a right click in the
>> notification area>Configure Norton and putting the check in when it stays
>> in.
>>
>> " I suggest you contact Symantec or Norton with your specifics." I have
>> done that, and they have no answers for when their stock KBs don't work
>> and they are seeing more of that situation by the hour. They also have
>> no clue as to the decision to make their patches available only via Live
>> Udpate and unobtainalbe if NKB 1812 won't work to fix LU with SP2.
>>
>> Good suggestion. Been there and done that extensively the last 3 days.
>> I have their fixes and KBs and patches down. They will admit the don't
>> often work for SP2 on the phone and this time next week more of them will
>> be admitting it more often. Just watch the different groups. If you
>> read that last FAQ posted when there patches for SP2 were released
>> carefully they say actually nothing of value here:
>>
>> Q: How will installing SP2 affect the Symantec products I already have
>> installed.
>> A: This varies based on the Symantec products that you own.
>>
>>
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html
>>
>>
>> That's a 2 hour wait as of today for paid support, and getting worse by
>> the day as more people are ratched into SP2. If it works for a lot of
>> people Chris, why is Symantec frantically beefing up bodies in their call
>> centers in Oregon, California and other locations and logging SP2
>> conflict calls today even after the patch has been grabbed by LU that are
>> off the wall? It isn't because most XP users who now have SP2 RTM can't
>> figure out the hype of the "Windows Security Center gui", because to a
>> person none of them need that to figure out "What is Tech Net?","What Is
>> Help and Support?", Is My AV on, Is My Firewall on. That security center
>> meshing is really for those people who just want to see one place that
>> has an on switch to say things are OK and on.
>>
>> The Security Center sure wouldn't take the place of configuring any
>> Norton app, for example for optimal use.
>>
>> Chad Harris
>> __________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uEFxXY9fEHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Seems to work for a lot of other people after SP2 is installed, Chad. I
>> suggest you contact Symantec or Norton with your specifics.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Chad Harris" <ddram32_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:OZ0maM9fEHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Chris--
>>>
>>> I appreciate the Live Update patch came out with their FAQ. One problem
>>> is that *SP2 breaks Live Update* whether you uninstall Norton and
>>> install SP2 (as virtually every Microsoft document on SP2 tells you to
>>> do) or leave Norton/Symantec in. The bottom Line is after a lot of game
>>> playing and clicking successive links on Live Update, tripping through
>>> multiple Norton KBs one leading to the next, you have a *LU 1812
>>> error*, whose final move is to uninstall NSW or NAV manually and
>>> meticulously, and after you have exhuasted it's remedies, it won't fix
>>> with SP2 RTM period.
>>>
>>> The only way they are delivering the compatibiilty patches for SP2 is
>>> through Live Update. SP2 whether Norton is installed before or after
>>> breaks Live Udpate and you can't get the patch.
>>>
>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2003082911090713?OpenDocument&src=_mi&product=LU&version=2.5&language=english&module=LU&error=1812&build=Symantec
>>>
>>> The part left out on the KB is to install any other antivirus
>>> product--many will work with SP2.
>>>
>>> They are not making any other means avialable to patch Norton other than
>>> Live Update. If it's broken, and their KBs to fix it often don't,
>>> you're stuck with scan not working, booting up and having to turn on
>>> Auto Protect with a right click (minor) and often uninstall problems
>>> with Norton products. Microsoft tells you to install SP2 first
>>> (uninstall NAV) and Norton/Symantec tell you to wait until they are
>>> updated (in some cases 8 weeks from now for Enterprise Products
>>> according to their enterprise FAQ I linked before) before installing
>>> SP2.
>>>
>>> Microsoft tells you to turn their Windows Firewall on; Norton 2005
>>> products on the last box before you click finish will tell you in a
>>> single explicit box to turn it off. NAV 2005 has a piece of NPF or NIS
>>> billed as "worm protection." How much of a piece and what it actually
>>> does compared with the Windows firewall that has been criticized with
>>> respect to outbound traffic still after SP2 RTM is hard to define.
>>> Many people are finding that the Windows firewall leaves much to be
>>> desired right now, as you know, but I'm sure it will be a different
>>> story come Longhorn in 2007.
>>>
>>>
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html
>>>
>>> The answers from Symantec on this FAQ just issued just aren't true in
>>> some cases. There is the paradox that for many, Live Update doesn't
>>> work with SP2 and Norton has elected not to deliver their update patches
>>> any other way. They aren't making them available on their site now.
>>> That was a goofy choice to say the least. The patch to fix what's
>>> broken can't be obtained because you are required to use what's broken
>>> to get it--that's not only ironic and paradoxical--you ain't gonna be
>>> able to fix what's broken.
>>>
>>> Microsoft wants you to put in SP2 before Norton, and if you put in
>>> Norton first and patch it, SP2 can still break Norton a number of ways.
>>> Norton 2005 seems to work pretty well with SP2 until you boot 3 times,
>>> and then you have refresh freezing on all categories on the Norton
>>> Integrator or gui interface, i.e. you can't tell what's on. You can
>>> see that email scanning is working. The important thing of course, is
>>> that Auto Protect is enabled, because in fact Auto Protect includes
>>> adequate email scan and script blocking to the point you could turn the
>>> other two off and be just fine according to every Symantec engineer I
>>> talked to--so you have to be able to determine that Auto Protect is up
>>> and running.
>>>
>>> I reproduced this and so did others about 25 times.
>>>
>>> Sometimes but not all that can be fixed by reregistering jscript.dll,
>>> and downloading and reinstalling Scripten or the Microsoft Windows
>>> Script package including the Windows Script Host 5.6 since IE has to
>>> function correctly to read the Norton interface.
>>>
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&displaylang=en
>>>
>>> This KB applies to any version of NSW or NIS through 2005 with Windows
>>> versions past 9X. Often Norton doesn't update KBs in version name for
>>> Windows version, but the Norton/Symantec KB will do the job.
>>>
>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/0f75ab1a9982283d88256c250066dc94/9918704bb68cedfe882568040070e925?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam
>>>
>>> The FAQ says:
>>>
>>> "Installing Service Pack 2 will have no affect on Norton Personal
>>> Firewall or Norton Internet Security."
>>>
>>> Some of the FAQ's are vague to the point of covering anything that will
>>> happen,--I like this one because it avoids saying SP2 can break things
>>> that are Norton/Symantec and it does.
>>>
>>> "How will installing Service Pack 2 affect the Symantec Products I have
>>> already installed?"
>>> A. "This varies on the Symantec [Norton as well] products you own."
>>> Right. Many break.
>>>
>>> On many boxes, installing SP2 any build will outright break
>>> NIS/NPF any version. It will put up a box that says "You're not the
>>> Norton
>>> supervisor" and when you put up the Norton Integrator (the box that
>>> shows
>>> what it does with NAV added you can see it but you can't do anything
>>> with
>>> it). You'll not be able to uninstall NIS or NPF from Add/Remove, and
>>> you'll
>>> have to use a Norton KB that involves 30-45minutes of using a Norton
>>> removal tool, thendeleting several GUID keys and other registry keys,
>>> multiple folders, every Norton file you can track down in ectopic
>>> places.
>>>
>>>
>>> "With Service Pack 2 installed, do I even need my Symantec antivirus and
>>> firewall products? Absolutely."
>>>
>>> Norton explicitly tells you to turn the Windows Firewall "*off*" in
>>> their
>>> 2005 products about to release. I wouldn't run two software firewalls
>>> or
>>> more at once, and I don't have data comparing their abilities like
>>> stateful
>>> inspection head on with say, ZA, and that info isn't easy to come by
>>> now.
>>> What they didn't say in the FAQ is that when you load Norton or
>>> Symantec
>>> anything, it's going to tell you to turn your Windows Firewall in SP2
>>> off--last box before "Finished Install."
>>>
>>> "Installing Service Pack 2 will have no affect on Norton Personal
>>> Firewall
>>> or Norton Internet Security" Just not the case. SP2 can make it
>>> difficult to install, and particularly to uninstall Norton products. I
>>> don't know the numbers in 10,000 boxes for this.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've found this to be totally *untrue* and reproducable that the
>>> firewall
>>> can and will break. Norton also tells you on installation of any 2005
>>> product to *turn off the Windows firewall*. It's the last box before
>>> you
>>> click "Finish" on the install of the Norton/Symantec 2005 AV, PF, or
>>> NIS.
>>>
>>> Norton anti-spam is hype and whatever it does can be spelled a dozen
>>> ways
>>> without it.
>>>
>>> Norton Go Back reconfigures the Windows Master Boot Record, and I'd just
>>> as
>>> soon have someone playing with my elevator lift on the way up the
>>> Empire
>>> State Building--it often has the same effect and unhooking Go Back from
>>> a
>>> botched Windows boot strap mechanism is simply impossible--their tech
>>> support will tell you they have no clue how and so will MSFT personnel.
>>> In
>>> a high percentage of cases, Go Back will destroy partitions in the
>>> Windows
>>> Operating System and you won't be seeing that particular OS again ever.
>>> It's refractory to Recovery Console moves or commands and a
>>> repair/upgrade
>>> or parallel install will get nowhere.
>>>
>>> SP2 can destroy scans in Norton System works, the ability to make it run
>>> after boot, and Live Update the same as in Norton Antivirus.
>>>
>>> On some people's boxes the security center will monitor it, but how many
>>> people need the Security Center (none here) need the Security Center to
>>> tell
>>> them where Technet is, how to get to Help and Support, or whether their
>>> AV
>>> or Firewall are all. Very few individuals who install a Norton product
>>> don't adjust it at the Norton product or who are going to be working
>>> with
>>> the Windows Firewall as it evolves and gets better toward Longhorn are
>>> going
>>> to be relying on the security center to check on the firewall. My point
>>> is
>>> that there are 3 things that happen with multiple versions of NAV that
>>> don't
>>> work with SP2--sometimes with the patch update. There are fixes for
>>> them,
>>> and sometimes they don't work. System scans, booting up with Auto
>>> Protect
>>> Off (it usually can be turned on but sometimes can't--and Auto Protect
>>> is
>>> key because it does script blocking/scanning and email scanning--even if
>>> you
>>> had them both turned off (they are duplication in Norton/Symantec) auto
>>> protect will cover that functionality. Live Update will often not work
>>> with
>>> SP2 and for those people, they can't update to the patches anyway,
>>> because
>>> Norton has chosen not to make the patches available any alternative way
>>> which is goofy to say the least.
>>>
>>> *Contradiction of Instructions by Microsoft and Symantec/Norton on SP2*
>>>
>>> There is also the direct contradiction between Microsoft's instructions
>>> and
>>> Norton's. Every place MSFT has an SP2 article at Technet, MSDN, the XP
>>> Expert Zone or any place on MSFT's site, you are told you should
>>> uninstall
>>> AV to install SP2.
>>>
>>> Symantec and Norton explicitly tell you to wait to install SP2 until you
>>> have updated NAV--and in the case of Symantec patches for enterprise
>>> security, AV, and firewall products there is a vague timetable
>>> projecting 8
>>> weeks out from now for release toward the end of September.
>>>
>>> When you install a Symantec or Norton 2005 product, it tells you
>>> explicitly
>>> to *turn off the Windows firewall--something I know the Networking team
>>> and
>>> SP2 team did not strive to have done. NAV 2005 has a piece of their
>>> NIS
>>> 2005 firewall, so-called "Worm Protection" although how much a piece is
>>> impossible to quantify unless you are a Symantec engineer who has the
>>> code.
>>>
>>> I do know that Microsoft is definitely developing Microsoft Antivirus
>>> products, but that the publicity campaign for them is non-existent. I
>>> would
>>> bet on Microsoft to produce a superior product to Symantec/Norton in a
>>> number of ways, including the ridiculous necessity to read 10 Norton KBs
>>> to
>>> do a cascade of work arounds to make a product work. Live Update is a
>>> great
>>> example. Scans that fail are another. Clicking a plus to go to a drop
>>> down
>>> to get a link to get the 5th KB you've used for one Norton problem is
>>> like a
>>> childeren's game. Those come into play with SP2.
>>>
>>> I personally hope Microsoft puts Norton and Symantec out of business
>>> and gets their AV product up and running rapidly. I guarantee Symantec
>>> is looking over their big floundering shoulders.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Chad Harris
>>> _________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Ledkh6fEHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Between your post last night, Chad, and early morning (PDT), I'm seeing
>>> reports of Live Update now downloading the proper fix so the Norton
>>> Internet
>>> Security 2004 is now compatible with SP2, and Norton Antivirus is now
>>> properly reporting to the XP Security Center its status.
>>> --
>>> Chris H.
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>> Associate Expert
>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>
>>>
>>> "Chad Harris" <ddram32_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Omrhpw2fEHA.3048@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Unfortunately, Chris, Norton didn't come out with anything yet for home
>>>> and small business users on their site and have thus far refused to
>>>> specify the degree of backwards compatibility that the promiesed and
>>>> not yet delivered patches for *Norton* products would entail. Although
>>>> there are go arounds to make SP2 work with any version of Norton
>>>> product, and some a little bit Byzantine--the routine where you read
>>>> one Norton KB and click on an icon in Live Update to reveal the next KB
>>>> to read, followed by a hyperlink in the error message to read the 3rd
>>>> KB--they all end with uninstalling Norton appropriately I belive and
>>>> should add to install a product from another company.
>>>>
>>>> The webpage that didn't deliver from Norton that has been up all week
>>>> is this one:
>>>>
>>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2004080212383739?Open&src=ivr_na_con
>>>>
>>>> They plan whenever this happens (it didn't happen on August 10 as the
>>>> web page has been announcing all week, to deliver a patch in two parts,
>>>> the second after a reboot.
>>>>
>>>> The importance of SP2 working for enterprises and home was in
>>>> Microsoft's press release:
>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-06WinXPSP2LaunchPR.asp
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "With the proliferation of viruses and other broad threats on business
>>>> and
>>>> consumer desktops, I can think of no higher priority than trying to
>>>> ensure
>>>> the security of personal computers," said Rob Enderle, principal
>>>> analyst for
>>>> the Enderle Group. "Whether the customer is a large enterprise, a small
>>>> business or an individual, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is critical
>>>> because it
>>>> addresses today's exposures in a comprehensive fashion. For anyone
>>>> currently
>>>> using Windows XP, my advice is to apply it at your earliest
>>>> opportunity."
>>>>
>>>> The disingenuous comment by Symantec Senior Vice-President Stephen
>>>> Cullen is here:
>>>>
>>>> "With the proliferation of viruses and other broad threats on business
>>>> and
>>>> consumer desktops, I can think of no higher priority than trying to
>>>> ensure
>>>> the security of personal computers," said Rob Enderle, principal
>>>> analyst for
>>>> the Enderle Group. "Whether the customer is a large enterprise, a small
>>>> business or an individual, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is critical
>>>> because it
>>>> addresses today's exposures in a comprehensive fashion. For anyone
>>>> currently
>>>> using Windows XP, my advice is to apply it at your earliest
>>>> opportunity."
>>>>
>>>> Actually in *several papers* available at Technetand MSDN, Microsoft
>>>> urges people to uninstall the antivirus before installing SP2. There
>>>> is a different story though, from Symantec who advises people to wait
>>>> for their patches before installing SP2 on the webpage linked above.
>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/winxpsp2.mspx
>>>>
>>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2004080212383739?Open&src=ivr_na_con
>>>>
>>>> "Symantec will release a product update to provide native support for
>>>> the Windows Security Center status utility found in SP2. This update
>>>> will be available worldwide over the coming weeks and will enable
>>>> Symantec products to communicate their status to the Windows Security
>>>> Center utility."
>>>>
>>>> Symantec asks you to wait, and in the case of their time table for
>>>> enterprise editions for a vague range up to 8 weeks:
>>>>
>>>> FAQ Running Symantec Client Security
>>>>
http://tinyurl.com/6mfsy
>>>>
>>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/0f75ab1a9982283d88256c250066dc94/9918704bb68cedfe882568040070e925?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam
>>>>
>>>>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/1999082515392606
>>>>
>>>> "Symantec encourages its customers to install the product update prior
>>>> to installing SP2 in order to avoid incorrect reporting from Windows
>>>> Security Center."
>>>>
>>>> The "security center" for almost everyone who reads and contributes on
>>>> these two groups is pretty moot, since they don't need that very basic
>>>> thing to tell them where Technet security links are, or whether their
>>>> firewall and AV are "on." But many Norton products require
>>>> work-arounds to make a system scan work (can be obtained as well from
>>>> any web site and sometimes will work from the command line with SP2 and
>>>> for some people will not), to make "Live Update" for what it's actually
>>>> worth work, and to boot up with auto protect on.
>>>>
>>>> Actually script blocking and email blocking are duplicative ancillary
>>>> functions and hype in a Norton/Symantec AV product--not because those
>>>> things aren't important--but because any engineer who works at Symantec
>>>> will tell you that Auto-Protect does everything the other two do, and
>>>> the other two could actually be turned off and you'd still get email
>>>> scanning and script blocking.
>>>>
>>>> Norton Antivirus 2005 actually has a box telling people *explicitly to
>>>> turn the Windows Firewall in SP2* off as does their Tech Support
>>>> currently (I spoke with several of them yesterday)--the reason being
>>>> because NAV 2005 has a little code from their "worm protection" or
>>>> firewall which competes with the Microsoft Windows firewall. How much
>>>> firewall is available in NAV 2005 is hard to determine (their new "worm
>>>> blocking feature.") Obviously it isn't the whole NIS 2005.
>>>>
>>>> NAV 2005 for many people who have used it works fine with SP2 until the
>>>> third boot, and then it has the well known freeze in refresh problem
>>>> that is addressed sometimes by this Symantec KB which applies to Win XP
>>>> RTM although it doesn't say so. A lot of Symantec/Norton KBs are
>>>> labeled forone year's version but the same steps apply to versions of
>>>> Windows and Norton after 9X. This is corrected by reregistering
>>>> "jscript.dll" and downloading and reinstalling Windows Script Host 5.6
>>>> and other components.
>>>>
>>>> The more people they tick off by dragging their feet on compatibility
>>>> to force sales of 2005 boxes, the better it may be for the new company,
>>>> "the new security vendor on the block," Microsoft Antivirus.
>>>>
>>>>
http://news.com.com/Security+vendors+face+new+kid+on+block%3A+Microsoft/2100-1016_3-5302920.html
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Chad Harris
>>>> _____________________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%2317WUfwfEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> The problem in some cases is (1) a previous version of the beta SP2
>>>> software
>>>> has been installed, and a program installed during that existence, or
>>>> (2) a
>>>> software company hasn't updated their software to work with SP2 yet
>>>> (example: Norton/Symantec, which is coming out today with an update to
>>>> fix
>>>> issues). Otherwise, it is very rare a program will fail.
>>>> --
>>>> Chris H.
>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>>> Associate Expert
>>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "KMO" <teardrops@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns95416BD9E3EF4KMO@216.168.3.50...
>>>>> "Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew@Nospam]mvps.org> wrote in
>>>>> news:#5FkhRmfEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Some software is known to fail on SP2 due to new security settings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well that doesn't sound very inviting!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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