Ok Torgeir, there was no other firewall installed, as I had uninstalled
ZoneAlarm after the SP2 download, I think; hard to remember the exact
sequence sometimes! but the difficulty may have arisen after I manually
checked Update and found a .NET Service Pack of 10.2 megs waiting to go in,
and after that, I had slight difficulty in Logging off/Shutting Down, so at
some point, the screen came up with choices, like Start Windows Normally, and
Last Good Configuration; I chose Start Normally once, and then when my
machine froze up later, I went for Last Good Configuration, ansd this may be
the cause of the reversion to the defaults....
If it is of any consolation to anyone else, I am not having any further
difficulties with SP2 now; though I have to say that almost everyone I speak
to has found that bits have gone missing after the install, in one case,
Network Connections folder, or in my case sndvol32.exe and another file
related to the Volume Controls, which I had to manually reintegrate from a
floppy disc! minor annoyances, but significant to the average Windows user
with not much knowledge of systems....
I had to search for my name here to find my original posting, having not had
any notification of a reply to it, in spite of ticking the box to be
notified....
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
> g88keeper wrote:
>
> > I found that the Firewall installed with Service Pack 2 eventually did
> > something that resulted in an error code for accessing Windows Updates and
> > also the Installation History on that page, so I went to ZoneLabs and got
> > hold of a firewall that I can understand. The error code was interesting, but
> > it was a Firewall setting that caused it, as evidenced by the problem
> > resolving itself when I restored the Default settings within the Firewall.
> > After turning off Windows Firewall, and installing ZoneAlarm, I found to my
> > amazement that most of the XP settings had reverted to the condition they are
> > in after a fresh install, and similarly for other programs such as Yahoo!
> > Messenger and outlook Express....
> > Not a problem, really, just unexpected! it seems as if the Windows Firewall
> > will leave, taking a lot of stuff with it!
>
> Yes, this is not what you should expect.
>
> Turning Windows Firewall off should not change general WinXP settings
> or any programs such as Yahoo! Messenger and OE, and it does not for
> me.
>
>
> > there was no System Restore point
> > created either, though previous Restore points still seem to be available.
> > I am wondering what effect, if any, re-enabling the Windows Firewall might
> > have if ZoneAlarm is running?
>
> Turning Windows Firewall on and off will not create any Restore
> points...
>
>
> > Any of you boffins out there know about any of this?
>
> Not really.
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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>
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