http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2
This page contains a list of known problem programs on the SP2 update... the article indicates that it "...affect the operations and functionality of some programs."
Including:
Photoshop Elements
Cute FTP 5.0
Outlook (2000+)
Excel 2003
Installshield
Diskeeper
2 versions of Quicken
several McAffee programs
two versions of MSN
MS-Office (various)
Visual Basic
Visuall C++
Visual Studio
Real Player
several Symantec products (Norton, etc)
Yahoo IM
Zone Alarm
And that's just the ones that stood out to me...
So how much more secure is your system going to be if your AV and firewall doesn't work "properly"
And just how productive can you be if Office, etc. don't function as they should?
This page contains a list of known problem programs on the SP2 update... the article indicates that it "...affect the operations and functionality of some programs."
Including:
Photoshop Elements
Cute FTP 5.0
Outlook (2000+)
Excel 2003
Installshield
Diskeeper
2 versions of Quicken
several McAffee programs
two versions of MSN
MS-Office (various)
Visual Basic
Visuall C++
Visual Studio
Real Player
several Symantec products (Norton, etc)
Yahoo IM
Zone Alarm
And that's just the ones that stood out to me...
So how much more secure is your system going to be if your AV and firewall doesn't work "properly"
And just how productive can you be if Office, etc. don't function as they should?