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Have you upgraded to Service Pack 3 yet?  

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  1. 1. Have you upgraded to Service Pack 3 yet?

    • Yes
      143
    • No, but probably will soon.
      18
    • No, don't plan to.
      17
    • I'm using Windows XP GOLD! :P
      4


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I voted for 'YES' but shouldn't you have an option for people who are still using SP2?

I decided to eliminate the SP1 option instead... I mostly put XP Gold in there to be funny but still there are those that seriously choose to use it lol.

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no because it installed some random hardware that made me to reformat the entire computer as it would not get past the windows boot screen. always got BSOD.

It's a really really old computer, so I wouuldnt be surprised if there was some driver conflict with SP3

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no because it installed some random hardware that made me to reformat the entire computer as it would not get past the windows boot screen. always got BSOD.

It's a really really old computer, so I wouuldnt be surprised if there was some driver conflict with SP3

do you use norton av?

that has been a problem with sp3.( they supposedly made a fix)

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@ The Grasshopper: No. I had Comodo and AVG.

@ +dmd3x: Yep, it is a AMD XP.

It's odd because I had booted Windows. It then installed some random hardware which advises me to restart the computer.

After that, 4 seconds into the Windows boot screen, comes the BSOD. In an instant, it restarts the PC... again, and again, and again.

This occurred the 3rd day after installation.

As long as Microsoft doesn't force users to download SP3, I'm leaving it with SP2.

I seemed to have hi-jacked this thread. :p

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I've updated my laptop, but the family computer is still on SP2. Too lazy to update it, so waiting for the automatic updates to kick it in

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I've upgraded hundreds of pcs in many situation and have seen NO issues at all from doing it.

OH there was one side-effect - couldn't install WMP10 on a pc, said it was unsupported (Don't ask)

Apart from that, no probs at all, faster, smoother, more reliable. Can't say the same for Vista :/

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I tried to upgrade to SP# once and it failed half way through the installation, never never ever again will I upgrade my Windows.

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i have upgraded most to sp3 from sp2 but a few sp2 systems still exist.

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We finally pushed out SP3 to computers and discovered it broke certain printing processes. Computers are joined to domain in active directory. For example, Microsoft Word no longer detecting a printer installed. Also, have several fun situations where old print drivers would crash the spooler on the person's machine; and the printer automatically is loaded in that department when logging in. Hopefully microsoft has worked out all the bugs. Personally, on my home machines and virtual machines I have encountered no errors, but when involved in a big office environment, there are still fixes, patches, updating, etc. that has to be done. If you are in a office environment in Active Directory, make sure you have all the updated print drivers (at least available if it does break), and be ready for possible problems with Microsoft Office 2007. A solution to the Office Problem, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook not being able to print after SP3 is installed; delete all the printers, remove the Mail Profile (don't ask why :)), reboot and you should be fine. If you are running Exchange it is no big deal to reload their mail profile. But when we are talking 1,100 + PCs, this is not as easy as it sounds.

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I've upgraded hundreds of pcs in many situation and have seen NO issues at all from doing it.

OH there was one side-effect - couldn't install WMP10 on a pc, said it was unsupported (Don't ask)

Apart from that, no probs at all, faster, smoother, more reliable. Can't say the same for Vista :/

Typical of you to make that kinda troll comment.

Upgraded about 50 XP comps. Half had issues, half didn't.

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Apart from that, no probs at all, faster, smoother, more reliable. Can't say the same for Vista :/
Typical of you to make that kinda troll comment.

I wouldn't call that a troll comment, it appears as if Raa is speaking from experience. Not a troll in my book (at least this time)... ;)

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