It has a really good user interface, placing a bar at the top of the page and beeping when somthings been blocked which makes it easier to figure out and fix “false blocks”. IE’s been supplimented with a pop-up blocker as well.
While IP restriction alone isn’t a good security practice due to the ease of IP spoofing, it is fairly effective against a large number of automated attacks, and as one of many layers of security is an important capability. More advanced folks will appreciate that you can now limit different ports to different IP ranges which make it easier to limit a service (say personal web server) to a subnet or home network. Probably the two best things for the home user are that you no longer need to drill down through the advanced tab of the Network control panel to get to it and that it’s turned on by default. The firewall has been vastly improved both in ease of UI and functionality. Can't be installed on Windows XP that has previously installed a newer Service Pack.I’ve had Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 (whew…) installed for a couple of weeks now, and have had nothing but good experiences with it.This download is compatible with Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition.An essential and even compulsory update for Windows XP for those who still enjoy this version of the Microsoft operating system. You can also notice the improvement to the performance, to such an extent that some applications will not work properly if you haven't installed Windows XP SP2 on the computer. Among them, one of the most important new things that it includes is the default firewall for the operating system, that controls the inbound and outbound connections between our computer and the Internet. The innovations that the second Service Pack for Windows XP includes, improve it greatly and have a lot to do with the loyalty that most users of this operating system have towards it. Windows XP SP2 is the second of these updates, a collection of security patches, error fixes and improvements to its performance and stability. Since it was launched, Windows XP has had three important update packs, called Service Packs (SP). Update your Windows XP with this Service Pack 2 The main reasons for this are its good general performance and its limited use of computer resources. It was launched in 2001 as the successor of Windows 2000 and the professional Windows NT, and there are still many people that prefer it to Windows Vista. Windows XP is one of the users' favorite operating systems developed by Microsoft.
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