Service Pack 3

[scoutjoe]

Alright you more computer savvy people, what's the scoop on this one? Is it something that needs to be done like Service Pack 2? Or is it more like the way Microsoft has been going as of late (which is like Feinstine at a gun show).

[er2006]

I just downloaded SP3 for Windows XP and I am having minor issues with this , Spybot is doing more stuff than before , But it is minor.

If I have real issues I will let everyone ASAP

Ed

[schr8er2000]

I downloaded SP3 on my Dell puter when I first got it and had NOTHING but problems... ended up wiping out the hard drive and starting over... and after contacting DELL it seems that some of their computers using the AMD processor doesnt like SP3.... so I am sticking with SP2 and checking out the other updates for it and NOT going to use SP3 .... JUST MY OPINION......

[normanvin]

I downloaded it earlier in the week. After it was done I found mozzila thunderbird gone.

[Damage control]

I installed it and after restart, my computer ate my cat! Well that's what I told my wife that's my story and I'm sticking to it.



DC

[Noah_Zark]

Noah's 1st Rule of Microsoft Updates:

Keep Automatic Update shut off, and never download a MS OS Service Pack for at least two or three months after its release.

Noah

[Exbiker]

I have XP Home-SP3-IE7+Firefox-Avast-Spybot-SpywareTerminator and have no issues what so ever.

[Dredly]

I have windows XP... running in a nice safe place called "vm ware"... and it still trys to crash my system.

[PocketProtector]

Downloaded SP3 on 3 different computers about a month ago. No issues.

[Hawk]

If I recall correctly, SP3 is nothing more than all the patches up to the date of the release of SP3 and not much more. So if you had maintained your updates up to that point SP3 doesn't do much for you. I have deployed it to dozens of PC's with no issues.