Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Update for SBS 2003 to use Windows Firewall in XP SP2

Well we knew this was coming. By default the Group Policy setting in SBS 2003 will not allow the Windows Firewall in the forthcoming XP SP2 release (possibly coming out on the downloads site as soon as tomorrow according to reports) to work properly. Here's the download for KB 872769.

Definitely install this as one of the best features of the new SP2 is the Windows Firewall. We've been begging for more security from Microsoft and this is the result.

Remember, make sure and test everything regarding your SP2 rollouts before putting them into production. What did my Grandma use to say....oh yeah, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

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