#125575 - 2004-08-25 02:42 AM
Issues with XP SP2
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FYI,
Information related to Windows XP SP2 issues and other links.
Execution Protection - Developer Implications
These changes may affect two areas of compatibility that will directly impact the developer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/XPSP2/memoryprotection/exec_imp.aspx
Common Issues with Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/SP2/common.php
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Experiences
http://isc.sans.org/xpsp2.php
DivX issues with XP SP2
http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=731
Managing Windows XP Service Pack 2 Features Using Group Policy
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dacf095f-fdbd-4c50-bdaa-96ff9f00e007&displaylang=en
Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5321783.html
Programs that connect to IP addresses that are in the loopback address range may not work as you expect in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884020
Windows XP SP2 clients cannot use Background Intelligent Transfer Service to download files from SMS 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832860
An update is available for the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841625
Programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884130
Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=842242
Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875357
You receive a "Data Execution Prevention" error message in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875351
Detailed description of the data execution prevention feature in Windows XP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875352
XP SP2 has almost as many new Group Policy Objects (GPOs) as a full-fledged Windows release (609 new GPOs, according to the software giant; the original XP release, by comparison, had about 800 GPOs).
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Available languages
Chinese
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=zh-tw&FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A
Simplified Chinese
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=zh-cn&FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A
French
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=fr&FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A
German
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=de&FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A
Korean
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=ko&FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A
Symantec offers you the ability to download the product update for Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 for the following products:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise/sp2/compatibility.html
From Microsoft XP NEWS Groups
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Subject: SP2 creates a bug in Word XP and Word 2003
From: "Titans Fan" <stumiller@comcast.net> Sent: 8/23/2004 4:01:34 PM
This has been confirmed by 7 users of SP2.
If you are using Word XP or Word 2003, either stand-alone
or as editors for Outlook, and you have upgraded to SP2
you will discover the following bug:
Open Word XP or Word 2003.
Click View.
Click Toolbars.
Click Web Tools.
Click the Sound icon (bottom left corner of the Web Tools
box).
You will get the following error message:
"This object was created in HTMLInlineSoundCtl.
This application is not available to open this object.
Make sure the application is properly installed and that
it has not deleted, removed or renamed."
If you are running with SP1, you will see a dialog box
entitled "Background Sound" and then you'll have entries
for browsing for the name of a sound clip and also a box
to enter the number of times you want the sound
to "loop." This ability is no longer available with
SP2.
I have VBA enabled in the Office Shared Features for
Office 2003.
By the way, if you click on the Movie icon in the Web
Tools box (last icon on the right), you will get a very
similar error message. There is apparently some glitch
between SP2 and OLE objects. I'm sure there are more but
because this one is directly related to a Microsoft Office
product, I find it disappointing.
Stu Miller
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Subject: avi files in wep pages do not play
From: "Marianne" <mbreinig@utk.edu> Sent: 8/20/2004 9:46:54 AM
I have installed SP2 on the computers in our computer
labs. Some computers are brand new Dells, and some have
been around for sometime. After installation all avi
files encoded with Indeo 5.10 and Cinepak no longer
play.Files encoded with Microsoft MPE6-4 Vl or V2 play
fine. All files play fine locally with Mediceplayer 9 ,
and all play fine in the Web pages before installation of
SP2. This is a huge headache for us, because many of our
training videos use the Indio codec. Is this a bug, or is
this by design?
I have turned off the firewall to see if it makes a
difference, but it does not.
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Subject: Outlook 2000 - No New Mail Notification
From: "Trevor Adair" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent: 8/20/2004 1:50:40 AM
Here is the solution:
Add application exceptions for Outlook.exe and for
c:\program files\common files\system\mapi\1033
\nt\MAPISP32.exe.
>-----Original Message-----
>Outlook does not receive new mail notifications when
using
>XP SP2 with the firewall enabled as it blocks all UDP
>traffic. The Outlook client selects a different UDP port
>(anywhere between 1024 to 65,535)to connect to exchange
>each time, so you can't simply set an exclusion on the
>firewall. You can set Outlook to use the same UDP port,
>but only in version 2003, not earlier versions. Allowing
>traffic for the outlook.exe application does not work
>either. I logged a support call with MS and was told
that
>yes it was an issue and to keep checking the MS site and
>wait till they come up with a fix. In the mean time, I
>have configured the clients to poll the Exchange server
at
>intervals, but this is not the preferred option. Does
>anyone else have any other suggestions?
>.
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Subject: ShellUIHelper does not work in sp2??!!
From: "Steven Tang" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> Sent: 8/9/2004 3:26:57 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Some of the objects or interfaces in SHDOCVW.dll cannot
>be used in Sp2??!!
>.
>
Actually, only ImportExportFavorites does not work.
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#125577 - 2004-08-25 07:27 PM
Re: Issues with XP SP2
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Overall Microsoft has patched a lot of things and SP2 includes all the previous hotfixes/pataches so you don't need to make a hundred other downloads.
So far very few breaks in code. The vast majority of reported issues involve having the firewall now enabled by default. When the firewall is either disabled or modified to allow the application to work most problems are resolved.
The same issue would happen with any firewall a user installs, ports need to be opened to allow certain applications to operate as they were written.
Overall I think SP2 is a good thing for Windows XP, but I would recommend waiting / checking that all your applications and hardware work correctly before just blindly rolling it out. I'm sure that in the next couple of months any real issues will be resolved and there won't be as much fear of installing SP2a 
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#125578 - 2004-08-25 07:27 PM
Re: Issues with XP SP2
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====================================================================================
Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2
(c) Microsoft 2004
Released August 23, 2004
====================================================================================
Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 Download
Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=33953&clcid=0x409
The Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 considers
potential application compatibility issues that may arise after a Service Pack 2 deployment. The guide
provides mitigation procedures that can be followed to overcome compatibility issues.
Since the mitigation procedures relax the default security configuration, the guide in no way recommends
that they should be followed, but if there is no other way of overcoming compatibility issues, they can
be applied in the short term.
The Guide also includes a download of example scripts. The scripts demonstrate how to reconfigure
a Service Pack 2 computer to overcome compatibility issues. The scripts are designed as functional
samples and will require modification for use in a production environment.
For information on additional functionality such as error checking go to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001169
or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rmscpt/html/rmscpt.asp
The documentation also provides medium and small business scenarios. The scenarios
document how the scripts can be used to install and configure Service Pack 2 for
application compatibility.
Before Running the scripts read the Readme.txt for each scenario and the appendix to the Application
Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2.
====================================================================================
Folder contents:
AppComPatXPSP2.doc
Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Application Compatibility Testing
Chapter 3: Mitigating Application Compatibility Issues
Chapter 4: Deploying Mitigation Fixes
Appendix: Description of script functionality and scenarios
Scripts
The folder containing the scenarios and scripts mentioned earlier
CIS_EULA_v4_Application_Compatibility_Guide.rtf
The end user license agreement for using the guide
Readme.txt
This readme file
====================================================================================
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