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You should also never install a service pack if it is a full moon, or Mars is aligned with Jupiter, or it's Friday the 13th, or you had clams for lunch.

Also, if someone named Bob has ever offended you, you should never, ever, talk to anyone else named Bob again, since past history ALWAYS dictates future results with completely separate test sets, right?

Lastly, if red comes up on the roulette wheel 50 times in a row, the odds are definitely much greater that black HAS to come the next time, right?

Please.

SP's should be prudently tested and applied. They don't have to be rushed into, but neither should they be ignored because of that bad experience an admin had with an NT service pack back in 1997 (or because the numbering scheme is cosmicly cursed).

Security updates will ALWAYS apply directly to an issue you are having, so they need to become high priority to get installed ASAP. You don't need to install full SPs to get the critical security patches.

Too many admins hide behind "SPs *always* cause trouble" and "we have to test it first" when what they really should be saying is "we are too lazy/busy with other othings to bother even looking at it for 6 months."
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ActiveX and Firewall  Michael Kelly | 10/15/03
Responce to 3rd paragraph  JoeMama_z | 10/15/03
Works for me........  Jose Jimenez | 10/15/03
XP Firewall  pschroeder@... | 10/15/03
XP Firewall can already be enabled easily NOW  Oggie_z | 10/15/03
Home users  pschroeder@... | 10/16/03
I'll Be Waiting About 6 Months Before I Do It  cybershoplifter | 10/15/03
6 months!  pschroeder@... | 10/15/03
contributing to the global security problem ??  cybershoplifter | 10/15/03
Like I Care!  pschroeder@... | 10/15/03
You forget  Rick_K | 10/15/03
Testing  pschroeder@... | 10/16/03
Like I Care!  cybershoplifter | 10/16/03
Problems  pschroeder@... | 10/16/03
SP1 slowdown  pschroeder@... | 10/15/03
Re: ActiveX and Firewall  issthatso | 10/15/03
Corporate vs. Home Users  Michael Kelly | 10/15/03
but...  ryusen | 10/15/03
Yes but...  Michael Kelly | 10/15/03
possibly, but  ryusen | 10/15/03
Once a month?  Michael Kelly | 10/15/03
This is my problem with MS  Arrg | 10/15/03
No complaints about SP's here...  BitTwiddler | 10/15/03
Ditto...  Jose Jimenez | 10/15/03
you must have a problem with all companies  JoeMama_z | 10/15/03
No thanks  skeptic tank | 10/15/03
but...  ryusen | 10/15/03
correct me if i'm wrong...  ryusen | 10/15/03
Make up your mind...  Asher_N | 10/15/03
if you actually read my arguemnts  ryusen | 10/15/03
Memory protection?  CooCooCaChoo | 10/15/03
Original  pschroeder@... | 10/16/03
depends  ryusen | 10/16/03
"Faster, MonkeyBoy, Kill, Kill!..."  dicktaurus@... | 10/16/03
Service Packs & Upgrades are Maintanence!  bunnyman | 10/16/03
Apparently, none of you are Admins  Sir_Chancealot | 10/16/03
Phases of the moon  pschroeder@... | 10/17/03
Hurried SP??!!  vuccolc | 10/17/03
Test post  Oggie_z | 07/27/05

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