Re: XP SP3

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Win2k with what service pack though..?
Not vanilla win2k I can imagine..,

Im talking about service packs here not upgrading the os to a later version


"philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"on the Bridge" <On@the,bridge> wrote in message
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Wrong

they force you indirectly, expecially MSFT

there are so many programs that require sp 1 or 2 or else they will not
install

so unless you want to live in a batcave with old ancient non updated
programs you need the service packs.





Well if that's the case...forget it as you will soon enough be forced into
using Vista

My main OS is still Win2k all my stuff works with it.

My second machine has XP though .

I also have a test machine for Vista but it seems to still have some bugs
in
it




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"AliceZ" <AliceZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've heard that MS will be releasing SP3 for WinXPsp2, in a month or
so.
I
searched but did not find any info about it, other than it will be
abour
328MB.
Is this SP3 "coming out" soon? Will everyone who has SP2 be required
to
download (?) and install it?
At the moment it appears to me that this SP3 will make many changes to
our
computers and possibly cause problems with other programs we now have
installed.


Huh?

The world has not yet gotten to the point where one is forced to apply
as new service pack. The decision is up to you.
I suspect that once SP3 is officially released...the instances of
problems
will be minimal...
hovever you may want to clone your drive prior to applying SP3 just
in-case
of problems.

I did test out the pre-release of sp3 and found it made some nice
improvements
to my system.









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