Re: What is the problem
- From: Big Al <BigAl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:33:43 GMT
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:04:01 GMT, Big Al <BigAl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I agree. I have a friend who we can show how to combine rar files (part001.rar etc) and he goes home and can't do it 20 minutes later. They just should not be allowed in front of a PC.
Just.some.guy wrote:With getting SP3 from the IT/developers page?Probably for the same reason that you can drive to work and not be involved in an accident and the next guy gets in one. Sp3 should work, and you should be able to drive to work. Life happens. Maybe its the hardware, or some program that isn't compatible, or malware, or someone previously tampered with their registry, the moon. Who knows? The results people are posting are very wide from working great to a dead pc. It does seem to be a gamble doesn't it. Mine worked fine.G
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displ
It seems to work, I have no problems. I'm reading where many folks *are* having major installation issues with the one at Windows Update...I don't see the problem. Is there really one? What is the downside?
I agree with everything you say, but just wanted to add the following:
1. Whether with XP SP3 or anything else, you always hear much more
about failures than about successes. Few people, for example, write to
a newsgroup to say that everything went well, but someone who is
having a problem is very likely to come to these newsgroups to ask for
help.
2. So, although some people have problems with SP3, the chances of a
problem occurring are much less than they might appear at first
glance. The frequency of problems is rare, and although "it does seem
to be a gamble," it's a very slight one.
My personal experience is that I installed SP3 on my two computer that
run XP here, and neither had any problems with it at all. That matches
the experience of others I know who have installed it and not had a
problem. In fact I personally know of only person, an acquaintance who
lives not far away, who had a problem with it, and in his case, I'm
not surprised. He thinks he knows what he's doing, but in practice he
knows much less than he thinks he does, and he often gets himself into
trouble.
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