WinXP SP2 FAQ 10 cases

Editor's note: Since the launch of Windows XP SP2, many users can't wait to install it on their own systems, and want to fully experience the new experience that SP2 brings to us. However, SP2 is not as expected, it brings new surprises to people, but also brings more doubts to everyone. In the forum of IT168 software channel, we can often see the various questions raised by the readers about SP2.
Windows XP SP2 has been released for a long time, and many friends have installed it. However, during use, you have encountered one or the other problem. Here, I summarize some common problems based on my experience, I hope to help my friends!

Question 1: After I installed SP2 successfully, I always found a red shield in the taskbar when I booted up. Click to enter the prompt "virus protection is not enabled", I installed Norton Security SWAT 2004! what happened? But these two days have disappeared mysteriously! Later, I felt that Norton's own firewall was better. I turned off the firewall that comes with Windows in the options, but there is a red shield in the taskbar. What should I do?

A: In SP2, Microsoft joined a "Security Center" console, which is mainly to detect the status of virus protection, firewall, and automatic update in the system. If it is not detected, a red shield will automatically pop up at boot to indicate a warning. In fact, Windows SP2 can't accurately detect most anti-virus software, even if you have it installed correctly! In fact, you just need to enter the "Control Panel", click "Recommended" under "Virus Protection", check "I have installed anti-virus program and monitor the status of myself", will not remind you the next time you turn it on. Now, major anti-virus software vendors have improved compatibility with SP2, as long as they are upgraded to the latest version. Your "mysterious disappearance" is actually the software itself is automatically upgraded and updated. The other firewall problem can be referred to the "virus protection" method above, of course, in the "firewall" tab. Alternatively, you can find the Security Center service Security Center from the Control Panel→Administrative Tools→Services window and deactivate it.
Question 2: I use ADSL virtual dial-up Internet, no IP settings. After installing SP2, every time you open ADSL Modem, the system will automatically find the IP address, which will naturally fail every time, and the dialog box for renewing IP appears. And the local connection always has a yellow exclamation mark, showing "restricted or no connection", although it does not affect the dialing, but it does not feel good, how can I prohibit this problem?

A: This problem stems from the fact that the network card does not have a fixed IP address. In order to ensure communication, Windows automatically assigns an IP address to the network card.

Method 1: Enter the control panel and cancel the "Notify me when this connection is restricted or no connection" option under the "Network Connections → Local Area Connection → Properties → General" tab.

Method 2: Specify an IP address for your network card in the "Network Connection→Local Area Connection→Properties→TCP/IP" attribute (Note: Be sure to be in the same network segment as the ADSL Modem IP address) . It is recommended to use the second method, which can also reduce the boot time!

Question 3: I use dual systems. After installing SP2, find "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn in the dual boot menu file:boot.ini file "There is a "NoExecute=OptIn" item, but it does not affect the use of dual systems. What does this mean?

A: It is due to another important security function in SP2 - "Data Execution Protection Function (referred to as: DEP)". You can find it in Control Panel → System → Advanced → Settings → Data Execution Protection. When you switch between these two, "/NoExecute=OptIn" will also become "/NoExecute=Optout". Note: This feature requires hardware support: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel's Itanium and Itanium 2, it is said that nVIDIA, VIA, Transmeta and other companies also plan to add this technology to their chips. It is recommended that ordinary users do not modify it, otherwise it will cause the system to run unstable. (If you want to know more about DEP, Please refer to Microsoft's KB875352 knowledge base file.)
Question 4: Due to work reasons, I often use China Merchants Bank's online banking business. Can I upgrade to SP2 and find that I can't see the verification code? What can I do?
Question 5: When I installed SP2, I want to use Windows update. Look at the "V5" upgrade site in "Legend" when the error message "HTTP5000 error - intranet 0x8ddd0010 error", can not access the site. What can I do?

A: This is due to IE pop-up window The interceptor is caused by conflict with Windows update. Solution: Open Internet Explorer, select Tools menu→Internet Options→Privacy→Settings, and add http://v5.Windowsupdate.microsoft.com in “To Allow Website Address” "(Do not include double quotes), then click "Add" and finally "Close" the window.
Question 6: I am a maintenance staff of a website, sometimes need to check the validity of the URL of some pop-ups. Since the SP2 is installed, all pop-ups have been blocked. What can I do?

A: If you need to check the pop-up window frequently, you can turn off this function: go to the IE Tools menu → Internet Options → Privacy, uncheck the box before “Block Pop-up”, then click OK to close this function. . If you occasionally allow pop-ups, you can temporarily skip this feature by holding down the Ctrl key or holding down the Ctrl key and clicking "Refresh" when you click on a link with a pop-up.
Question 7: After installing SP2, the Internet zone security level defaults to intermediate. When I want to lower the security level, a pop-up dialog box prompts that the security level is not allowed to be lowered. How to solve it?
A: The solution is to open Notepad, enter the following text, and then save as REG registry file double-click to import the registry, take effect after restart.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
←(Note here is blank line)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\Zones\\3
"MinLevel" =dword:00010000
Question 8: I often use BT to download, but since upgrading to SP2, I found that the download speed is much slower, and when using BT download, there will be problems that can't open the webpage. What is the reason?

A: This is because SP2 limits the maximum number of concurrent connections TCP connections, which are designed to increase network security and prevent shock when as a kind of worm outbreaks caused by network crash. This restriction is only a limitation on the number of concurrent connection threads, and there is no limit if the connection is completed. This restriction has a certain impact on downloads such as bt, but does not affect its final download speed. If you feel that the download speed is slow, it is a problem with the built-in firewall. If you have a third-party firewall (such as Skynet) installed, you can turn it off. If you don't want to turn off your own firewall, you can do this: Go to the Windows Firewall, check the UPnP "Frame" in the "Exceptions" option, and edit, in the pop-up window "Edit Service" "Change Range", then select "any computer ( Including computers on the Internet)".

For the problem of not being able to open the webpage, you can download the official version of BitComet at the address below. The maximum number of simultaneous TCP connection attempts has been increased in this release, reducing the impact of the XP SP2 connection limit.

BitComet download address http://software.it168.com/files/xiazai3.asp?iid=9138.
Question 9: In SP2 has provided the function of blocking pop-ups, I feel pretty good! Unfortunately, I like to use GreenBrowser to browse the web. Although it is based on the IE core, it does not support this new feature, but it also comes with a similar plugin. But always feel a little regret! Excuse me, is there a way to use it?
A: Of course! The easiest way is to change the GreenBrowser.exe to iexplore.exe by going to the GreenBrowser installation directory. Although you can use this new feature, there will be some garbled characters on the bottom left, which is hard to read! ! However, we now have the perfect solution:

first of http://software.it168.com/files/xiazai3.asp?iid=9158 ​​download Maxthon Maxthon browser. Then extract to any directory, go to this directory and find the sp2settings.reg file. After selecting it, right click and select "Edit" to open this file. Use the "Find Replace" function to replace "maxthon.exe" with "GreenBrowser.exe" and save and exit. Double-click this file to import the registry. Try it now! !

Tip: If you don't want to use this feature, please find sp2removal.exe and replace it as above. Finally, import can "uninstall" this function. In addition, if you use other IE-based browsers such as MYIE, you can follow this method, and it is also effective!
Question 10: After I installed SP2, I found that the system partition was a few hundred megabytes less. After checking, there is a "$NtServicePackUninstall$" directory in the c:\\Windows\\ directory, which is actually 349MB! In addition, the c:\\Windows\\ServicePackFiles folder actually has 400MB! ! ! What is this? Can I delete it?

A: The "$NtServicePackUninstall$" folder is the folder needed to uninstall SP2. You can't use the Control Panel to uninstall SP2 when it's deleted! Of course, if you use stability and don't want to uninstall SP2, you can delete it! !

The SP2 installation file exists in the "ServicePackFiles" folder. If you delete it, you may need to insert the SP2 installation CD when you add some new features (such as adding a Bluetooth peripheral). If you have integrated SP2 into the Windows XP installation CD, you can also remove it. Of course, please choose according to your specific situation.