Anyone who owns a PC can't do without Windows (let's be honest, how many of us will actually spend the time to decipher Linux?), and you're probably as eager to keep hackers, viruses and Trojan horses as far from your PC as the next person. But although Windows XP SP2 takes a more proactive approach to defence against viruses, potentially dangerous files (and, of course, stupid human tricks), its new antics are sure to rub experienced Windows users up the wrong way. Worse, like every major Windows upgrade -- and don't let the name fool you, SP2 is major -- it breaks some applications.
We tackle five new XP SP2 nightmares. Our tips and hints will help you deal with SP2 -- or keep it at arm's length if that's what you want -- so that you can smoothly navigate the Windows waters.
Talkback
what i would like to know is why do hackers and and such like target ordinary people with there progs ie trojans and do they only target windows ? i mean what do they get out of it ? is it because they hate bill gates so much or are they just bored or is it that they need to get a life and a real job ?
My laptop computer (3 Ghx Intel processor, therefore current) will not run at all with XP SP2 installed, not even with a clean install and no other software installed, not even in safe mode.
All I get is the BSOD, Blue Screen of Death.
Very frustrating.
I bought a new laptop xmas '04 3.2 Ghz It updated to SP2 and died. the shop reinstalled everything, and now it is fairly stable, but it is extremely annoying when a large company like ms can get away with putting out a product that they KNOW doesn't work.