I'm not anti-MS. I just don't see why I should fix what isn't broken. I see no point in SP2 so I won't risk (even a small risk) to have things stop working for no reason.

Well as of 4am this morning after installing all the updates to StarDock Central over SP2 My two Line based PC's can no longer even see the router. They suddenly have addresses out ofthe range set by the Linksys's DHCP. Thank God I didn't update the StarDock programs on the laptop and it's wireless to boot! I uninstalled SP2 from the Hardwired to the router PC's and they still show IP addresses of 169.something.something.something insteald of 192.168.1.(Assigned by router DHCP)100-149. If anyone can tell me how to get my network cards to go back to getting their DHCP from the router I'd be much obliged! >

Doomgaze I heard someone say that the Windows firewall was made by Mcafee.

SP2 installed here for a few weeks now....no issues Though I backed up my HDD just in case things went south with the update.

Something installed seems to have caused the linksys router to assign IP addresses to it's land line ports that are outside it's range because my two wirless PC's still have access and the landline connected PC's all have IP's addressed outside the proper range.

Found this little tweak for getting rid of that annoying little secuity sheild logo in the tray....


1. If you're familiar with the Windows Command Prompt, open it (choose Start > Run > type: cmd > press Enter) type these two lines in succession:

sc stop wscsvc
sc config wscsvc start= demand

(Note: The space after the equals sign is required.)

To reverse these steps, use these two commands entered the same way:

sc start wscsvc
sc config wscsvc start= auto

2. The second method uses a graphical process. Choose Start > Run > type: services.msc > press Enter. That opens the Services box. On the right side, click any name in the Name column. Type S to scroll the list quickly. Look for the "Security Center" entry and double-click it to open its properties page.

Toward the bottom in the "Service status" area, click the Stop button. Just above that, open the "Startup type" dropdown menu and choose "Manual." Click OK and close the Services window.

To reverse the steps, click the Start button and choose Automatic from the dropdown menu.


Whew, it's finally gone.