Art, Downloaded and installed the SP2 upgrade. The setup decided that I did not have a firewall or virus protection, I have both ,and proceeded to install another firewall without permission. This new firewall blocked access to and from my mail server which was not restored after turning it off. I got my mail back by doing a system restore to yesterday, but I am now getting messages that files that are important for system stability have been replaced by unrecognized files. Did I miss something in the installation? Any advice on how to continue? Regards Peter

Art, All the articles I've read suggest that you wait while all to bugs are being worked out before installing SP2. I suggest that you restore your computer prior to the time you downloaded SP2 and wait for others to figure out all of these problems. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "pfitton" <pfitton@sc.rr.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: SP2 > Art, > Downloaded and installed the SP2 upgrade. The setup decided that I did not have a firewall or virus protection, I have both ,and proceeded to install another firewall without permission. This new firewall blocked access to and from my mail server which was not restored after turning it off. > I got my mail back by doing a system restore to yesterday, but I am now getting messages that files that are important for system stability have been replaced by unrecognized files. > Did I miss something in the installation? Any advice on how to continue? > Regards > Peter >

Peter, >Downloaded and installed the SP2 upgrade. The setup decided that I did not >have a firewall or virus protection, I have both ,and proceeded to install >another firewall without permission. This new firewall blocked access to >and from my mail server which was not restored after turning it off. >I got my mail back by doing a system restore to yesterday, but I am now >getting messages that files that are important for system stability have >been replaced by unrecognized files. >Did I miss something in the installation? Any advice on how to continue? I'm afraid you did miss something during the installation. After the reboot, when the Security Center comes up, you should have turned off the MS firewall and Anti-virus notifications. Doing this would allow your third party applications to function as they did before the update. I do believe your system has now become unstable and prone to crash. As a fix, here is what I would do. Reinstall the SP2 (yes, I know it's a headache as it takes awhile). When it reboots and the Security Center comes up, turn OFF the firewall and anti-virus notifications before continuing. After that, things should be fine. Art