[Halcyon]

Since building my new PC, I havent had any real need to connect it to the net as yet so I have only got WINDOWS XP PRO + SERVICE PACK 1 installed at the moment.

Now Im going to be connecting the machine to the net.

Do I really neeed to download Service pack 2 when it will ask for updates ?

- I will be behind a wired router.

- I dont use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Outlook Express so dont need any more of that Microsoft cheese.

- I will have Zone alarm and probably put on AVG. do I really need that new Windows Firewall ? Is it better than Zone ALarm ?


The reason I ask is becuase I have had 2 friends who have installed SP2 on a system thats already been in use. eg. not straight after an O.S install, and its made more damage than good with their Windows coming out with all sorts of weird problems.
Plus I dont want to reformat everything and install afresh just to put on a service pack.

What are your opinions.

Thanks,

Halcyon.