terryco Ok - thanks Lesley

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As Terryco stated, save the configuration so that you can uninstall SP-1, if necessary. Once it's installed, try it out for a week (or more). If everything is OK & you want to delete the stored files, follow the directions here. The files take up quite a bit of HD space, so you may want to remove them. HTH Dave

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There have been several occurrences of SP1 problems. There are key issues that SP1 addresses that need to be taken care of, but you do not need SP1 to fix those. Two problems that need to be addressed are security problems. One, you need to disable your universal plug n' play ports (1900 and 5000). Two, you need to disable another vulnerability (uplddrvinfo.htm) located in your X:\Windows\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\SYSTEM\DFS directory. Left alone, if you receive a certain malicious e-mail, or you visit a website with certain malicious links, important directories can be autodeleted, such as your Windows directory. There are several ways of dealing with this problem. Some are... 1) Download XPdite.exe from http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm <-- read the red caution box at the top pertaining to SP1. 2) Download a small fix (separate from SP1) from Microsoft. 3) Download and install SP1. 4) Rename the file to something like uplddrvinfo.htm.old as mentioned in the following video clip (load this link in your web browser, and Windows Media Player will run it)... mms://stream.techtv.com/windows/thescreensavers/2002/ss020909c_165_0.asf 5) Delete the file altogether. To fix the universal plug n' play vulnerabilty, you can download and install SP1, or you can get a small utility to disable it called UnPlug n' Pray from http://grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm More vulnerabilities will be discovered that SP1 does not address, over time. Also, SP1 will most likely need to be installed when SP2 comes out. For now, you do not need it (assuming you fix the key vulnerabilities I listed above).

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