well i've had SP2 running on this comp for a few days now with no problems so far.
You do get the option of turning the firewall off and using your own on boot up also it drops another icon in your control panel ( security centre ) where you can make any adjustments you may need.
Also found p2p, ftp, networking and torrents easy to set up. Just hope it stays as easy and gives me no unexpected problems with other progs as i use them