On 12:53 PM 9/20/2002 -0400 EST Cook, Donna (Donna)** CTR ** said: >Friend of mine works in a Hospital, and has been told that organizations >subject to HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of >1996) may not install SP3 because of the privacy issue that the features >below introduce. (HIPAA affects hospitals, doctors, clinics, insurance >companies and any organization that deals with patient data. It requires >strict protection of patient information and proof that access is denied to >unauthorized individuals.) -----------snip----------- Under Administrative Tools locate services and stop auto update. Right click on My Computer and disable Auto Update. XP is tremendously configurable. -- Hal Brown mailto: hal@xxxxxxxx http://adwt.com -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- --- What is Wurdz? Check it out at: http://adwt.com Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.389 / Virus Database: 220 - Release Date: 9/16/2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/faq To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://szaroconsulting.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------