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naw, I actually like M$. but every machine I have installed any of the "beta" sp's on, have ended up crapping out...It seems like the earlier releases wouldn't work at all with any of my firewalls(sygate/norton/ZAP), so i uninstalled them, and things went back to normal..I was encouraged with this "RC-1 " offerring , hoping they had fixed that issue...
After first installing ver. 2096, I was impressed with the way it worked; all I had to do was disable my Sygate software, and the Windows Firewall was working fine....
Until I checked my d/l speeds...they had dropped in 1/2!
I tried all my normal "fixes", but nothing would work, so I decided to un-install it, and once I did, everything was back to "normal"...
Nothing exotic about my home network, just 4 machines, a media server, and a wireless router thrown in for good measure!
The "humor" for me, is that M$ AND many other companies release "service packs" that end up fixing some things and breaking others.
"Acknowledging" the problems, and documenting their fixes at the same time is an admission they are releasing defective "fixes"...
Maybe I have a demented sense of humor, but the irony of that allways makes me chuckle!
And, what was the icing on the cake for me, a FEDEX messenger just pulled up to my house, and brought me an envelope with SP2 RC-1 2096 on a cd from Micro$$oft, with a nice thank you letter inside!!
Go figure!!!
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