As Windows XP SP3 has now been out since 06th May '08, has anyone noticed any bugs/issues with it?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Windows XP SP3 - any known bugs/issues?
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I've not noticed anything with my PC here. 
Course that doesn't mean no-one else will be in the same boat.
Course that doesn't mean no-one else will be in the same boat.
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The only issues are with HP AMD systems because of their customised OEM version of Windows.
Otherwise it's fine, it's just the usual updates.
Otherwise it's fine, it's just the usual updates.
In functionality terms, not really, but it's worth installing just because it wraps up all the security updates since SP2.
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Well I wouldn't say SP2 to SP3 is as big a jump as SP1 to SP2 but for the security updates post-SP2 yes it is worth it.
Also, it might be worth noting that even if you have a fully up to date SP2 setup with all the SP2 updates, when it downloads SP3, it still wants to download the whole shebang it seems????
I dont have a 32Bit O/S on any of my boxes, but I recently got a LapTop and I decided to throw SP3 onto that and I freshly installed XP-SP2 ( Withh all updates up to end of MARCH 2008, so fairly up to date ) and it still wanted a 300MB Update for SP3, so I thought stuff it and I downloaded the whoel lot and slipstreamed SP3 into a CD instead.
But back to the question, its running fine on that.
SP3 is not a major overhaul as SP2 was, its merely all *** SP2 updates in one package and not strictly a new Service pack at all... Much like Windows 2000's Service pack 5 only ended up as a SP4 rollup... This is the same thing but MS have had the nerve to fool people by calling it a new Service pack when its only a roll-up for SP2
I dont have a 32Bit O/S on any of my boxes, but I recently got a LapTop and I decided to throw SP3 onto that and I freshly installed XP-SP2 ( Withh all updates up to end of MARCH 2008, so fairly up to date ) and it still wanted a 300MB Update for SP3, so I thought stuff it and I downloaded the whoel lot and slipstreamed SP3 into a CD instead.
But back to the question, its running fine on that.
SP3 is not a major overhaul as SP2 was, its merely all *** SP2 updates in one package and not strictly a new Service pack at all... Much like Windows 2000's Service pack 5 only ended up as a SP4 rollup... This is the same thing but MS have had the nerve to fool people by calling it a new Service pack when its only a roll-up for SP2
Sorry if I'm hijacking thread...
does that mean if I've got a Windows XP Pro SP2 CD here here, I use nLite to slipstream the downloaded SP3 = no need for any updates that I've got inbetween SP2 and SP3?
Just so I know what to add to nLite e.t.c
(Also, does SP3 inc IE7 and WMP11 too?)
does that mean if I've got a Windows XP Pro SP2 CD here here, I use nLite to slipstream the downloaded SP3 = no need for any updates that I've got inbetween SP2 and SP3?
Just so I know what to add to nLite e.t.c
(Also, does SP3 inc IE7 and WMP11 too?)
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Yes, and no - IE7 and WMP11 remain optional.
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we've installed it here at work with no problems, but at home it messed all 4 of my PCs up. Couldn't open Computer Manager, Disk Defrag etc. Only fix was to eventually unistall it.
Must have been some software I had installed, but what I don't know.
Must have been some software I had installed, but what I don't know.