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Originally Posted by miketwalker
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The security center's built-in firewall I enjoy very much.
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SP 2 did not introduce the firewall. It upgraded it significantly and turns it on by default to make sure the majority of users will use it.
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Originally Posted by miketwalker
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Since I've installed it my computers been more twitchy and programs like AOL Instant Messenger seem to mess up sometimes where I have to sign off and back on and it starts taking all my CPU power, don't really know why it's doing that but I've never seen that before.
It can be annoying with it's alert if you don't have anti-virus installed (I use Pc-Cillin Housecall cause installed programs like Norton take way way way too many resources for what they're worth) or you don't want Automatic Updates on it keeps bugging you. I disabled the security center from booting up with Windows, but the firewall system still works and asks to allow or disallow programs to connect, so it gives me everything I want.
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Those may not be two unrelated issues. Processes taking 100% CPU resource for seemingly no reason is often caused by a virus. I suggest you try some other virus scanners.
All of the modern resident anti-virus programs I have tried really take minimal resources on a 1+ Ghz machine. They usually add mere seconds to startup. They are also extremely effective. On a machine with an updated resident virus protection program, I have seen a single virus.