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Problem 1 + solution
I downloaded and installed service pack 2 yesterday; all went well until it had all been installed. Now the system hangs when I start-up (no icons are clickable and hovering the mouse over the task bar shows the egg timer), and on some occasions the screen will be covered in colourful dots.
The problem seems to be with a file called 'drwtsn32.exe', which can be found in the 'Processes' panel when you hit Ctrl, Alt & Delete. Ending this process seems to get rid of the hick-up and enable to computer to run as normal. Clicking on 'Start' then 'Run' and entering 'drwtsn32' enables the program to start running again without any problems.
Problem 2 + solution
The new Windows security centre reports that my virus protection and firewall are not enabled. It states that Norton reports that it is installed but its status is unknown. I have both the Firewall and Antivirus turned on and working, but the Security Centre fails to acknowledge this.
[URL]http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html[/URL] and you'll see that Norton's software is designed not to let other software tamper with it.
> When you say should, do you mean available now, or available
> soon? I've got all the updates, but the security center still says
> that the firewall and antivirus can't be verified.
Should as in soon, htough they'll probably push users to update to 2004
> I've got XP Pro, I need to backup stuff first however before, I don't
> want any disasters...
I installed SP2 using the Download (266MB) and have had Zero trouble with it
I'd recommend downloading it, even if you don't use IE or OE.
> Should as in soon, though they'll probably push users to update to
> 2004.
Thought I replied to this this morning!! hhmm.
Anyway, as the 2005 edition of Internet Security should be coming out sometime soon, I may just go for that when the time comes. If I remember, Symantec launched their 2004 series back in Sept/Oct 2003?