Man, AirSnare failed on the 3Com AirConnect 11Mbps Wireless LAN card I borrowed from a friend. What a blow.

On the other hand, I was recommended to use Sygate Personal Firewall instead of Zone Alarm. So I guess I will give it a try later:

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

I was trying to install WindowsXP Service Pack 2 on the VMWare Windows XP that I used to do development with. I got an error :

Windows has detected that one or more protected core system files (kernel) on your computer have been modified. The Service Pack contains updated versions of those files, which work to provide a stable environment for your programs. Due to this modification, the Service Pack will not be installed. For more information, see Knowledge Base article Q327101 at http://support.microsoft.com.

I checked http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327101 and found the instruction, but couldn't get the problem resolved.

I ran the same installation app on my regular XP (the OS of the hosting PC) and it seems to work fine. Strange.

The new iMac G5 has been released (http://www.apple.com/imac/) and .... It looks.... OK. I actually prefer the previous lamp design :->