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RE: Windows XP SP2 - anybody tried it yet?
- From: "Cameron, Thomas" <Thomas dot Cameron at bankofamerica dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:20:18 -0500
- Subject: RE: Windows XP SP2 - anybody tried it yet?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Charles Plager
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:07 AM
> To: Cygwin Mailing list; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Windows XP SP2 - anybody tried it yet?
>
>
> Good day,
>
> Microsoft is getting ready to push out SP2 via their
> automatic update.
> What experiences have people had with using cygwin
> applications with
> sp2 installed (particularly with the "improved" firewall)?
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
I've installed SP2 at home and if you are clueful about which ports to open the "firewall" interface is actually pretty intuitive. It is also pretty easy to just turn the firewall off (which I did b/c it is on a trusted network).
--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
(972) 997-9641
The opinions expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Bank of America.