Office XP SP3 upgrade

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:04:05 -0800

I had a similar problem, but it wasn't from SP3
originally. I had to do a system restore after updating
SpyBot S&d, it rolled back Office SP to 2 and I have been
unable to reapply the SP3.
>-----Original Message-----
>I installed the Office XP SP3 upgrade yesterday and was
>hit by a rash of Error messages in IE. I couldn't even
>post a request for help on this site. I, therefore,
used
>the System Restore feature for the first time and, I
>think, recovered to a stable condition before the SP3
>install. Did anyone else have this problem or was it
>just a glich in my install?
>
>Bill May
>willytc1066@yahoo.com
>.
>

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