Chris and esteemed others, my IT department is all fired up about installing Service pack 2 for XP. Does Adobe have any issues with Service pack 2 or will it be ok! I’d rather they install it next semester but they are all fired up! (they must get a free copy of Doom or some other game with install…they’ve never moved this fast on an install before!)
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Rumor has it that the "zoom and enhance" and "remove clothes" filters will finally work properly under SP2. However, activation may not work as flawlessly as it has up to now.
I think I’ll load it on my laptop and see how it goes.
Bob
Aug 9, 2004
Eek. I’ll never go back to dial-up, if I can possibly help it.
I can remmeber the bad old days of all-night 100 MB demo downloads, and the disgust with waking up in the morning to find it got 99% then just crapped out.
I am not a Microsoft basher, but Ho’s reply is exactly correct. Let the brave computer enthusiasts with time on their hands go for the ride first. Wait a few weeks then visit some forums discussing software that is crucial to your work. Then you will have some good information.
DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download will be available soon on Windows Update. To receive this download, turn on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP to receive an optimized download of SP2. Please visit Protect Your PC for more information on receiving Windows XP SP2.
no i got the full deal. i didn’t get it from the windows update page, but the msdn download page (paid service). Oooh! There’s also customer support diagnostic tools for download! They should be fun! (29 meg to go!)
nice… 475 meg to get what i already had with mozilla, zone alarm and winamp. thank bob it didn’t come with antivirus, it woulda been over a gig!
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How will the security of my computer be enhanced?
Service Pack 2 includes the following new security enhancements for your computer:
———————————————————— ——————– Windows Security Center The Security Center makes it easy for you to view and manage your computer’s security settings in one place.
———————————————————— ——————– Windows Firewall Windows Firewall is installed and turned on by default. A firewall helps protect your computer against viruses and other security threats, such as unauthorized users trying to access your computer over the Internet or a network.
———————————————————— ——————– Download protection for Internet Explorer Download protection for Internet Explorer warns you about potentially harmful downloads and allows you to block unwanted programs.
———————————————————— ——————– Attachment Manager Attachment Manager enhances Outlook Express, Windows Messenger, and Internet Explorer by protecting against viruses that can spread over the Internet.
———————————————————— ——————– Pop-up Blocker in Internet Explorer The Pop-up Blocker in Internet Explorer is on by default and makes browsing the Internet more enjoyable and safer by blocking unwanted pop-ups.
———————————————————— ——————– Windows Media Player Windows Media Player helps you enjoy music, video, and broadband content more securely.
So then it’s not so much a helpful fix for XP rather than Bill’s continued push for a complete monopoly?
(I read "Attachment Manager" as being antivirus – half baked in expected M$ style, of course)
I’ll continue to use Mozilla Firefox (and its download manager), Sygate Personal Firewall, AVG Antivirus and PowerDVD media player : at least I know they all work.
I was forlornly hoping that SP2 might have addressed some of the failings in the way XP works, rather than just fiddling with all the dangly bits and the security holes around the edges….
i’ve heard there’s a lot of work on things like buffer overruns and other security issues. so much so that no one seems to be calling it service pack 2, they’re calling it security pack 2. 🙂
I’ve downloaded and installed XPSP2 and so far have had no problems. I really had no problems with the preview of XPSP2 either though the final version fixed a problem I was having when connecting my Canon EOS Digital Rebel. So far it’s a net gain and works like a charm. The pop-up blocker is great and the firewall notifies me when an app tries to connect to the internet; something I’d have to sift through my MN-700 logs for before.
The only annoying thing I’ve found is the download warning information bar. You can turn the information bar off for the pop-up blocker but I haven’t found a way to turn it off for the download security warnings.
Ok I’m feeling somewhat better! You guys know the problems that I have had over the last few years! (Basically we just got rid of the problem ghost image (I refer to it as the ghost of the last head of IT…he was here for 6 months) and now this! I really don’t want students crying or smoke pouring out of the hateways! (don’t ask…state contract and such!)
Good Luck and answer back if Photoshop croaks, bombs or otherwise hiccups on Service Pack 2.
Thanks as always!
(Gotta get back to my interactive PDF tutorial–totally adobe–no stinkin’ flash at all!…Makin’ Movies on Location…)
At the bottom, it lists programs that might need the suggestions in this doc implemented. One of the programs is PS&, and I would assume others as well.
Those "problems" are simply messages that will pop up when you open the HTML help. It happens with all Adobe HTML help files and can be safely ignored.
Does Adobe have any issues with Service pack 2 or will it be ok!
I have used Creative Suite and Photoshop 7 on both SP2 RC1 and RC2 without any problems whatsoever for the last couple of months or so and it works fine on the RTM release too.
The only little "problem" I’ve found so far is that the new ActiveX- blocker in IE blocks the Adobe help files(*), but that can be changed inside Control Panel > Internet Options > Advanced > ‘Allow active content to run in files on My Computer’.
Well, I believe I have an issue with SP2 and Photoshop CS. I have installed and tried using SP2, but I find that the precision of the Lasso Tool in photoshop to be very poor, it seems like it doesn’t want to co-ordinate properly.
This has only occured since installing SP2. I’ve now uninstalled it and reverted back to SP1, the precision is back once again.
I don’t know what’s causing the problem, but it’s very frustrating trying to solve. I also have this problem with some tools in illustrator CS.
Sounds like it might be a problem with the video driver. If you hadn’t uninstalled it, I suggest turning hardware acceleration down to zero and seeing if that fixes it.
Lasso seems to work perfectly for me here. What tools in Illustrator? All seem to be good for me in that program as well.
I have run into no problems with CS & SP2 so far. I have the combination running on 3 separate machines for testing purposes, and haven’t come across any issues at all, besides the afore mentioned "help files" error. The aforementioned fix solved that one right away.
I might be hallucinating, but my computer actually seems to be running faster with SP2… It uses more memory right off the bat, but booting the OS and starting Photoshop both seem to take less time.
have been beta testing the Serv pack 2 release candidate for over 6 months on my xp box with PS CS… and have had NO problems whatsoever…
but if you are going to install it… at least backup your files if only as temporary precaution… i havent seen it do anything nasty to any of the 6 boxes we have installed it on…
"The Microsoft Security Response Center responded to the report, saying that the issues raised were not in conflict with "the design goals of the new protections," and that it did not consider the holes serious enough to warrant a patch or workaround, Schmidt says."
I use Opera for the same, secure, tabbed reasons. Although I’ve read gripes about the way Opera renders some Web pages, I find that it works flawlessly on the sites I visit.
Following the link Robert Levine provided, MS warns against using that download file for updating just one PC. I have a home office with 3 desktops and one laptop. It seems more efficient to download one file instead of running Windows Update on four PCs. My PCs are on a network, so sharing the file is not a problem. Any reason not to use the update file Robert pointed to?
There’s no reason not to use it. The reason for the "warning" is that it’s a very large file…266 megs.
It contains EVERY fix to the original WinXP. Running Windows update will only download the fixes and updates needed by that one computer. I have three XP boxes and downloaded the file in about 20 minutes.
I updated my three machines as well as a couple of friends already with no issues at all.
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