[~Candy~]

Thanks I know a couple that like to kick reddawgs, um, I mean rednecks

[Old Rich]

I 'spect he'll be back with a different name . . we'll keep a light on for him

[JohnWill]

He won't be hard to spot, the returns seldom are.

[Gabriel]

Well, mine is still running ok...I won't stop being apprehensive for about a month, though. Actually, when I forget I installed it.
Still walking on eggshells around it

[Old Rich]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

He won't be hard to spot, the returns seldom are.

. . .

[JStergis]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

And I EVEN said "please"

Some people..... *sigh*

I don't think I've ever been called a cyber bully But, at least he didn't think I was a HE


This is funny

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Maybe he's gonna sue me

Telling a mod to "go away" and stop being a "cyber bully"...he sounds like a bright one

That guy was asking to be banned.

[JohnWill]

Ask and you shall receive.

[tlordame]

I've been using SP3 for a while now, but I still have SP2 on about half of my machines. No issues so far, but I did just switch only about 3 weeks ago. I did have one problem at first with SP3. The Thooje Vista Sidebar had an issue with skinning that it didn't have before installing SP3. I just reinstalled it and it works fine now though. Weird......

Now I have to install SP3 before I install the vista sidebar for xp.

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

Ask and you shall receive.

He certainly wasn't poolboy material

[Soundy]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

He certainly wasn't poolboy material

ROFL!!!

So back on subject, I wouldn't really say that SP3 "shines"... aside from removing the need to install several hundred separate updates, I haven't noticed a significant difference, EXCEPT, as noted, the disappearance of the Address toolbar, which I was quite fond of. In fact, several automatic updates have already been installed on top of SP3 as well (okay, in fairness, some were Office updates, but I came in to my machine this morning to find it rebooted from a "critical update").

Anyway, I don't think I'll be putting SP3 on any other machines just yet... mostly because I haven't seen any real benefit to it, and one major detriment (the Address toolbar).

[Old Rich]

I don't use the adderess in the toolbar and don't know anyone who does, so that is not an issue with my clients. . . and I don't see any major benefits either . . but it sure makes reinstalling nice, which I probably do two or three times a week.

[tlordame]

Vista SP1 was a joke and I see nothing in XP SP3 to make me feel any different about it than I do about the vista SP. It's probably just a bunch of junk anti-piracy software & SP2 updates that MS put into an install package and called a "service pack"

[Old Rich]

In what respect was Vista SP1 a joke?????

I found it to be a significant improvement on any Vista system I installed it on

[win2kpro]

It seems that at least some of the problems with XP SP3 involve HP machines with an AMD processor, although I would guess that it may also be applicable to any machine with an AMD processor. SP3 installs an Intel power management file intelppm.sys at C:\Windows\System32\Drivers.

2 days ago, I had to reload a HP machine with an AMD processor. What I did is this;
After Windows reinstalled and rebooted I went into the Control Panel > Folder Options >
View and unchecked Hide file extensions for known file types Clicked > Apply >Clicked OK.

I then installed SP3 from my SP3 disk. When it came time to reboot, on reboot I started tapping F8 and entered Safe Mode. In Safe Mode I right clicked on the Start button and then clicked on Explore. I then navigated to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers

I then located the file intelppm.sys, right clicked on it and renamed it to xxxintelppm.syx checked and made sure the file was renamed, restarted the machine. So far, so good, no problems.

[DaChew]

that file seems to have started on my system with sp2