[The Poker King]

I installed service pack 2 from a disk on sunday, now every time I boot the pc up I get a warning saying that programme scv32 (i think that's it) is trying to connect to the internet. Should I allow it or block it?

[The Poker King]

Ok so the program that's trying to connect is not scv32 it's actually called 'Generic Host Process for Win32 services'

Should I allow it?

[RiG]

Not sure exactly what the problem could be attributed to but I guess you could do worse than check out the SP2 Site on Microsoft.com

Microsoft Help

[Savage Henry]

If you are using AOL there's a specific patch you have to download after you've done this pack thing.

I've sent off to get it on CD, but I'm not altogether happy about doing this upgrade.

[RiG]

I've not updated my computer back in Sneck with SP2 due to all the mess some people are getting into after the installation.

[clyde til we die]

I upgraded this morning and i've not had any problems yet, fingers crossed

[savagecabbage]

I updated it weeks ago. I havent had any problems since i stopped the firewall running.There was a conflict with my norton internet security.;Thats maybe why folk have not been able to access the net.

Check that its not because youve got two firewalls running.I believ its also got its own pop up stopper and antivirus as well.

[The Poker King]

I did a bit of research and it seems that it needs acces to the internet. It's not spyware or adware. It wasn't so much a problem as I just wanted to know what it was.

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I believ its also got its own pop up stopper and antivirus as well.

I don't think SP2 does have it's own anti-virus software. The security suite in SP2 just checks that your own anti-virus software is up to date.

[Savage Henry]

savagecabbage, on Oct 12 2004, 08:21 PM, said:

I updated it weeks ago. I havent had any problems since i stopped the firewall running.There was a conflict with my norton internet security.;Thats maybe why folk have not been able to access the net.

Check that its not because youve got two firewalls running.I believ its also got its own pop up stopper and antivirus as well.

I've just installed SP2... no problems so far, apart from things feeling a little sluggish.

But it doesn't seem to recognise Norton, and every time it logs on I get a warning bubble saying my anti-virus status is potentially dangerous.

How did you sort out your conflict?

[miketheheadlesschicken]

Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel and double click Security Center. On the left hand side, select "Change the way Security Center alerts me". From there you can select which things you want Windows to alert you about, ie. none. As long as you know Norton is working fine you don't need XP telling you it isn't.

[Savage Henry]

Cheers.

[Raith Against The Machine]

XP is shit! I've got good old Win98 and I never have problems.

[Gaha]

Raith1883, on Oct 17 2004, 07:02 PM, said:

XP is shit! I've got good old Win98 and I never have problems.

No, it isn't.

Is it worth downloading SP2? My computers been bugging me about it for over a week now

[The Poker King]

GazTon, on Oct 18 2004, 12:12 AM, said:

No, it isn't.

Is it worth downloading SP2? My computers been bugging me about it for over a week now

It's an 80mb file so if you're on dial-up it takes about 14 hours to download I got my copy on a free disc with PC advisor . Apparently it's on a lot of magazine cover discs as Microsoft see this update as so important.

[Savage Henry]

GazTon, on Oct 18 2004, 12:12 AM, said:

No, it isn't.

Is it worth downloading SP2? My computers been bugging me about it for over a week now

If you got to the microsoft website you can order a CD which takes a couple of weeks to arrive. It's a handy update, by all accounts, and I've had no problems whatsoever.

[Gaha]

I have a 600k connection, so it won't take anywhere near 14 hours.

I'll download it tonight

[Savage Henry]

GazTon, on Oct 18 2004, 01:08 PM, said:

I have a 600k connection, so it won't take anywhere near 14 hours.

I'll download it tonight

Seriously, it's a huge file. You're better off getting the CD.

[The Poker King]

GazTon, on Oct 18 2004, 01:08 PM, said:

I have a 600k connection, so it won't take anywhere near 14 hours.

I'll download it tonight

How did you get on downloading it?

[saints1884]

Had to re-install windows last night Should i download WSP 1 & 2? After reading some of the probs others have had with them,i dont know if i should bother.

[Savage Henry]

Absolutely. Apart from SP 2 not recognising Norton, I've had no problems.

[saints1884]

Jim Pansy, on Oct 22 2004, 10:23 AM, said:

Absolutely. Apart from SP 2 not recognising Norton, I've had no problems.

I had the same problem with it when i first installed it,that and the pc running a bit slow with it.

I might do it later after i have got a reply about the virus norton found,and my hijack log gets the all clear.

[Akritoi]

My computer started f'cking up over the weekend so I finally got round to installing the new service pack, only for pop-ups to come up every few minutes when I'm online. Anyone else have this prpblem?

[Gaha]

The Poker King, on Oct 19 2004, 10:58 AM, said:

How did you get on downloading it?

Just noticed that message

It seems pretty good so far, no problems whatsoever.