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[Spyrax]

So I have formatted. I d/l SP2, and I was wondering if I need to get anything else before installing SP2. After formatting, should I install it straight away? TY

 

[insert-username]

Install away.


I_F

 

[fatmuscle]

don't need to do anyhting b4 installation, just gotta patch up the other MS stuff after installation.

 

[pritnep]

don't need to do anyhting b4 installation, just gotta patch up the other MS stuff after installation.

Trust advice to from fatmuscle will actually have a degree in Information Technology field in the not to distant future. But I concur he is correct best to install SP2 straight after your reformat then use windows update for any updates that have occurred since.

 

[Spyrax]

thanks, anyhow i installed it. For the firewall, should i use the windows inbuilt one OR The Norton antivirus worm firewall thing? Which one is better, or are they both the same? thanks

 

[pritnep]

Well the windows one is ok but I don't recommend using that alone especially if you don't have any anti-virus installed. I would recommend installing the anti-virus software of some sort along with adware, spyware scanners etc.

 

[Spyrax]

well, so far I have NAV 2005, and it has some firewall in it. + Windows firewall. Now what would you install out of them, the NAV 2005 that has a included firewall or the windows one with Norton antivirus 2005 on the computer?

 

[pritnep]

Although I dont use Norton AV (Trend Micro Internet Security 2005 - which handles both my AV and firewall) I would use that for both AV and firewall as Nortons does have pretty good protection, but can take a lot of system resources.

 

[AntiHyper]

Be sure to turn off the other firewall software.

Having multiple firewalls running at the same time can give away loopholes in your ports, especially if it's windows firewall because it's utterly the most basic and crappy.