[Bloodyskullz]

Just wondering, other than the 90 odd updates combined into one install, will their be any upgrades to the system such as adding a little bit of features to XP that Vista has to make users feel a little more "at home" when upgrading to Vista?

Or am I just talking nonsense? lol.

[EnfoToad]

Does it improve your performance?

[DaChew]

I have old dell that crashed on a friend, he gave it to me to recycle(8megs shared vid) no agp slot at all

P4 2.8

It's booting faster than any other older computer I have seen, I did a clean install, I should have wiped the boot sector better tho as it's got the 2 choices for loading windows

It's awfully snappy after applying all the tweaks even w/o loading the intel chipset inf

[DaChew]

my dllcache folder is 487 MB, never checked that after a clean install of SP2 tho?

[EnfoToad]

I will be installing SP3 on my old Dell Desktop. Wish me best of luck. I will clean the hard drive and then install Windows and then SP3.

[DaChew]

I slipstreamed sp3 into my cab files, the install goes much quicker and cleaner and then you have a ready made repair disk for later use

[EnfoToad]

Status on Dell Desktop: Finished reformatting, installing SP1, and installing drivers. Doing checks to see CPU Usages and more. Will be putting SP2 on it in about 30 minutes.

[EnfoToad]

I will get a hijack this log for each SP (1, 2, and 3).

[DaChew]

all service packs are cumulative

you can leave off sp1 and sp2

[EnfoToad]

Here are my results: http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt...ml#post5833587

[Amppy]

Windows XP SP3 Release Notes and Known Issues

Microsoft has published release notes documentation that contains known issues and information information for Windows XP Service Pack 3, which XP users should read and know before deploying and using Windows XP SP3.

The Release Notes for Windows XP SP3 can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en ), or can be read directly at this page (http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm). The title still reads “Release Notes for this Release Candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3″, but that doesn’t void the release notes. The release notes will most likely to stay the same when the XP SP3 finally goes live or RTM with just a title chance.

[Amppy]

How to Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Your Windows XP Installation CD ....

http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstr...nstallation-cd

[AcaCandy]

Originally Posted by DaChew

all service packs are cumulative

you can leave off sp1 and sp2

Not for SP3......it seems you have to have at least SP1 already installed.

[DaChew]

Not for SP3......it seems you have to have at least SP1 already installed.
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I wonder if that would apply for the slipstream also?

[AcaCandy]

Originally Posted by DaChew

I wonder if that would apply for the slipstream also?

No clue. It may be too early for anyone to have tried yet.