IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WINDOWS XP SP2 AND ALL PREVIOUS RELEASES OF OPENAFS FOR WINDOWS

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING WINDOWS XP SP2 AND ALL PREVIOUS RELEASES OF
OPENAFS FOR WINDOWS

There is a serious incompatibility between Microsoft Windows XP SP2
and all previous versions of AFS for Windows whether released by 
IBM/Transarc or OpenAFS.org.  The afslogon.dll which provides the
Integrated Logon functionality violates newly imposed security
restrictions.  These restrictions cause network operations performed
during DLL process attachment to block forever.  This will prevent
proper loading and unloading of user profile information.  Depending
on the version of AFS, the boot cycle of Windows XP SP2 may fail to
complete.

All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this release prior
to the installation of Windows XP SP2.  If OpenAFS for Windows cannot
be installed, all references to afslogon.dll should be removed from
the system.  If present the following registry key should be deleted

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows_NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\Notify\AfsLogon

In addition, the string "TransarcAFSDaemon" must be removed from the 
"Provider Order" value in the following keys:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\HwOrder

Doing so will avoid the incompatibility and will disable the integrated
logon functionality.

Jeffrey Altman