
SP2 adds a user-accessible control panel for Windows Firewall. Windows Firewall It's not as robust as commercial firewalls, but it may come in handy if you don't have a corporate standard for desktop firewalls. Microsoft offers information about enterprise deployment at their site. CA, for example, makes remediation procedures available at esupport.ca.com. And despite SP2's incompatibilities with security programs, such as Computer Associates' eTrust, Internet Security Systems' BlackIce, Symantec's Norton AntiVirus and Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm, the damage can be minimized. Not many of these programs are important to enterprises, and most of the problems are minor. Microsoft lists programs that suffer from known compatibility problems when SP2 is installed (see support. You'll need about 1 GB of disk space to install it from the download, and about 1.5 GB from the CD. The download is 232 MB (compressed) if you get it from the SP2 support center for IT professionals the actual install is more than 400 MB.
