Microsoft has patched various flaws in SP2, but you can still be able to disable unwanted services or change behaviours of included software and other features.

Windows XP SP2 is supported with the current shipping versions of eCopy ShareScan 8.3 Build XX and eCopy Desktop 8.5 Build 0.116. We do not have any plans to certify Windows XP SP2 with earlier versions.

If you noticed a decrease in your FireWire performance after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, try downloading this patch from Microsoft.

ServicePack 2 disabled this feature. You can enable it again by creating the following registry entry on the XP client: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server "AllowRemoteRPC" = REG_DWORD:1 Also make sure that the Windows firewall on the client is configured to allow File and Print sharing, as well as Remote Desktop.

There are a few ways that you are going to get hold of XP SP2 and not all of these will be available at the same time.

I just upgraded to the latest version of PowerTCP XXX for .NET, now my Delphi 8 app does not compile. I get an error about a manifest declaration.

Windows XP SP2 limits the number of TCP connection attempts to 10 (quite small ). If there are more concurrent TCP connection attempts, Windows generates a warning: EventID 4226: TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts. You can go to Xp's Admin tool, event viewer, look in system tab and notice tcpip entry (with yellow warning sign).

Yes, preEmpt is completely compatible with Windows XP SP2 and provides significant security benefits beyond the changes included in SP2. First and foremost, Windows XP SP2 is a one-time event, coming almost a full year after the last significant service pack, SP1. Windows XP SP2 contains a number of important security fixes, including some that were originally identified and published by PivX Labs security researchers complete with mitigation steps to block exploits of those vulnerabilities.

Yes, RemoteExec can remotely execute tasks on Windows XP SP 2 workstations. You just need to follow the instructions listed in the document XP SP2 firewall settings for RemoteExec in order to deploy the firewall settings allowing RemoteExec to remotely execute tasks on these computers.

Halo PC and CE can experience problems with certain 256mb cards and Windos XP SP2. There is a fix available, please see here .

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

Yes. The Windows XP SP2 will automatically open the Internet connection firewall of Windows XP. So outside requests will be blocked by the firewall. Now you need to config the Internet connection firewall of Windows XP to allow WWW File Share Pro to respond outside requests. To learn how to config the Internet connection firewall of Windows XP, please click here.

If you have recently installed Windows XP SP2 and your eBooks will no longer work click here for the fix.

Yes, though as with any multiplayer game, you will need to configure the firewall to allow the application to access internet services. This can be done by adding the application to the list of exceptions for the firewall, and opening the required ports 2934 and 2935 (UDP). This Knowledge Base article explains how to configure the firewall in general for multiplayer games: http://support.microsoft.com/

Please consult your software firewall vendor's documentation about how to open up ports 2934 and 2935 (UDP).

The problem is related to the limits SP2 for Windows XP puts to the number of TCP connections a P2P program can make.

Yes, please reference EFI Balance User Guide Windows XP Connection Appendix for more information. Since the Service Pack includes security and firewall protection, you will need to make system modifications for EFI Balance and its utilities to operate correctly.

BitComet 0.55 or above can work correctly under Windows XP SP2 without patch. However, limiting the connection attempt by the system may result in a slower speed at the beginning of downloading, since fewer peers can be connected at the same time. For those behind a NAT or firewall, the thrid-party [ http://www.lvllord.de/ patch] for tcpip.sys to fix that SP2 issue is still recommended.

No. If your Symantec product runs on Windows® XP now, it does not require SP2 to continue working. Symantec Client Security may not appear correctly in the Windows Security Console, but the product will work as designed.

For EFI systems, each bootable drive must contain an ESP, an MSR, and at least one basic data partition that contains the operating system. Each data drive must contain at least an MSR and one basic data partition. All basic data partitions on the drive should be contiguous. As noted above, placing an OEM-specific or other unrecognized partition between data partitions imposes limitations on later volume spanning.

This seems to be just a simple confusion. In my last newsletter I gave a link to the "Network" installation of the Windows XP SP2 and wrote that this was not for home users.... At a 260Mb download most home users would not want it! Do I need to uninstall the "public beta" of XP SP2 before I install the official XP SP2 release (sometimes referred to as XP SP2 RTM).

Yes. If you are using Project Mentor version 2.01 or later, it will work seamlessly within service pack 2. If you are version of Project Mentor prior to 2.01 you will get script warnings. These warnings are given by XP SP2 if Internet Explorer detects any scripts within a locally hosted web page. As Project Mentor requires these scripts for its normal working, these must be allowed. If you are using Project Mentor 1.

You can use the SPCheck tool to determine the service pack level of installed components on computers that are running either Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, WIndows XP, or Windows Server 2003. The SPCheck tool generates a report that lists the origin of each file for each installed component. SPCheck examines each component one file at a time. Because of this, SPCheck must run under a security context that is equivalent to the local administrator account.

Note that doing any of the below will erase all data in your hard disk! You can boot from a Windows 9x boot disk, reformat the XP partition and install a previous version of Windows. If XP is installed using NTFS file system, you'll first have to use FDISK to delete the partition, type FDISK at the prompt. Once you are at the menu, select "Delete Non-dos Partition.

Use the Unlocker utility. This file will unlock all file handles on the file/folder and even offer to delete it for you before the program locks it again!

Microsoft is aiming to combine the features of Windows Me for the consumer, and reliability of Windows 2000 for businesses and power users into one new operating system. This operating system in its' different flavors will have new features for gaming, multimedia applications, audio, etc. in addition to features for networking, development, etc. for businesses and power users.

Windows XP comes in Professional and Home versions. Servers will also come out, but they are still in beta testing.

Windows XP Home is $99 for an upgrade copy and $199 for the full version. Windows XP Pro is $199 for the upgrade version and $299 for a full copy.