Peter L. Peres wrote:

>> I don't mind Microsoft making things better, and I accept that a 
>> certain amount of damage is inevitable, but I would have hoped that 
>> such major packages as Zone alarm and Norton whatever would be traeted 
>> properly by SP2.
> 
> You mean, such major *competing* packages ? So far I have read lots of 
> reports on SP2 breaking ZA and Norton av. Could someone confirm that he 
> has installed SP2 and did no have to remove ZA and/or Norton av ?

My boss installed SP2 without checking with me.
It broke his email and PC anywhere connections, but ZA and AVG
continued to work without problem. I had to go in and
configure ICF to allow PC anywhere and the mailer secure
ports to pass, but otherwise it was uneventful.
On the other hand, many other administrators on campus
have had many painful experiences. It seems to be a bit
of a crap shoot at to what WILL be broken, so I'm still
waiting for 'reports from the front' before I take the
chance (I have lots of non-standard hardware).

Make sure you create a system restore point and system
recovery disk before installing  SP2 since SP2 update
failed to do so on at least one
victim's machine, leaving it unusable.

Robert



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