Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:56 UTC, submitted by Jon Cooper
"We evaluated the security features of Windows XP SP2 on a test machine, following a clean install of XP Pro with no configuration changes and no third-party software or drivers installed. We installed XP with the NTFS file system, choosing all of the factory defaults, then patched it with each recommended security update including SP-1 (required), before installing SP2." Read the rest at TheRegister.
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MSFT classify's Javascript and Activex together. You can't disable one without taking out the other.
Javascript for the most part is fairly safe. ActiveX is nothing but a target for viruses.
DNS client??? DHCP client you need to get an IP, Why do you need a Cache of DNS servers??? That is why there is DNS servers. Linux users have a local hosts file if they want to override the defualt Domain Name Servers, but windows doesn't last I checked.