Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Proactive Protection for Windows XP

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Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2Proactive
Protection for Windows XP
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Service Pack Basics

• Released almost once a year
• Set of updates that contains all the fixes and
  enhancements made available in the previous year
• Downloaded for free

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Approaches to Platform Security
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Introducing

• Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security
  Technologies helps protect your PC against
  viruses, hackers and worms.

For Windows XP users only!
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Protect your Windows XP PC step by step

• Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Use and Internet firewall
• Get computer updates
• Use up to date antivirus software

www.microsoft.be/protect
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Why is Service Pack 2 Important?

• Significant update that dramatically improves the
  overall security of the Windows platform
• Addresses the number one driver of customer
  dissatisfaction with Microsoft Security

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Why is Service Pack 2 Important?

• Delivers new value that further differentiates
  Windows XP from earlier versions Windows
• Improved Internet web browsing and communication.
• New security tools engineered expressly for
  Windows XP
• Support for the latest computing experiences

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Overall Service Pack 2 Benefits

• Better protected against malicious attacks
• Spend less time and money patching their systems
• More easily and quickly configure their systems
  to be secure
• Forced to make fewer compromises between the
  productivity of users and the safety of their
  systems

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Whats new ? Stronger Security Settings

• Windows Firewall
• Enabled by default in the On-With-No-Exceptions
  Mode
• Extends protection to a computer's boot time and
  shutdown process.
• Attachment Manager
• Establishes stronger default protection against
  viruses spread through Outlook Express, Windows
  Messenger and Internet Explorer
• Internet Explorer
• Limits a hacker's ability to attack a PC by
  restricting HTML in the local machine zone from
  running with elevated system privileges
• Warns customers about potentially harmful
  downloads and helps them block unwanted software
• Data Execution Prevention
• Reduces the risk of buffer overrun
  vulnerabilities by helping prevent certain types
  of malicious code from attacking and overwhelming
  a computer's memory.

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Whats new ? Increased Manageability and Control

• Windows Security Center
• Monitor information on firewalls, Automatic
  Update and third-party anti-virus software
• Manage centrally via Active Directory Group
  Policy
• Automatic update enhancements
• Smart Downloads
• Internet Explorer Add-on Manager
• Manage and enforce a list of add-ons that are
  either permitted or disabled to enhance security
• New wireless LAN client
• Updated wireless networking infrastructure to
  enable easier setup and management of wireless
  connections

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Whats new ? Improved and More Secure Experiences

• Internet Explorer Pop-up Blocker
• Internet Explorer Information Bar
• Internet Explorer download monitoring

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3 points to remember before installing Windows XP
SP2

• Check your computer for unwanted software - You
  can detect and remove unwanted software from your
  computer using a variety of tools available from
  other companies, including Lavasoft Ad-aware.
• (Note Microsoft is not responsible for the
  quality, performance, or reliability of
  third-party tools)
• Get the latest PC manufacturer updates for SP2 -
  As one of the steps to ensuring you have all of
  the support information you need to install SP2,
  we recommend that you visit your PC
  manufacturer's Web site first and search for any
  information about SP2 that might apply to your
  computer.
• Protect your important files - We strongly
  suggest you back up or make a copy of your
  important and irreplaceable personal information,
  such as pictures, documents, music, and financial
  data.

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Installation Issues

• To help provide security for your Windows XP
  SP2-based computer, Windows Firewall blocks
  unsolicited connections to your computer.
  However, sometimes you might want to make an
  exception and permit someone to connect to your
  computer.
• For example, the following scenarios describe
  occasions when you might want someone to be able
  to connect to your computer
• You are playing a multiplayer game over the
  Internet.
• You are expecting to receive a file that is sent
  through an instant message program.
• Issue
• After you install Windows XP SP2, client
  applications may not successfully receive data
  from a server. Following are some examples
• An FTP client
• Multimedia streaming software
• New mail notifications in some e-mail programs
• Solution
• Enable programs by using the Security Alert
  dialog box
• Enable programs by using Windows Firewall

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Known Installation Issues
Other issues http//support.microsoft.com/default
.aspx?prwindowsxpsp2 www.microsoft.be/protect
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Customer Support

• Consumer Information www.microsoft.be/protect
  and http//support.microsoft.com
• FreePhone Belgium 078-6000008 and Luxembourg
  0800-40023

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Windows XP Service Pack 2 new SKUs

• New SKUs are on the distributor pricelist (MS
  Oper)

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Windows XP SP2 Boxshots
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Appendix
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Windows XP Service Pack 2
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Safer Browsing and Communication

• Safer Browsing with new Internet Explorer
  Enhancements
• Block distracting pop-ups with Pop-Up Blocker
• Download Monitoring warns against potentially
  harmful downloads
• Notification Bar provides better information
  about settings

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Safer Browsing and Communication

• Safer Communication with Outlook Express and
  Windows Messenger
• Avoid harmful communications with Attachment
  Manager
• Outlook Express Anti-Spam update reduces
  unwanted email

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Powerful Security Tools

• Windows Security Center
• View current status of firewalls, automatic
  updates and virus protection
• Easily manage settings from one place

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Powerful Security Tools

• Automatic Update Enhancements
• Helps you stay up-to-date with the latest updates
  for Windows XP
• Added help for dial-up customers

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Powerful Security Tools

• Improved Firewall
• On by Default
• Co-exists with Internet applications and home
  networks
• Safeguards from Startup through shutdown

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Improved Experiences

• Improved Wireless support
• Simplified process of discovering and connecting
  to wireless networks
• Bluetooth Ready
• Easily connect to the latest devices
• Windows Media Player 9 Series
• DirectX Update

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Top 10 Reasons to Install

• Help protect your PC from harmful attachments
• Improve your privacy when youre on the Web
• Avoid potentially unsafe downloads
• Reduce annoying pop-ups
• Get firewall protection from startup to shutdown

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Top 10 Reasons to Install

• Take control of your security settings
• Get the latest updates easily.
• Help protect your email address
• Take action against crashes caused by browser
  add-ons
• Go wireless without the hassles

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Call To Action

• Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Visit www.microsoft.be/protect for more
  information
• Take Windows XP Service Pack 2 online training
  module
• http//retail.microsoft.com/retail/training