RE: Service Pack 3 - should I?

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Thank you to everyone for their advice and I apologize for my confusion over
service packs.

My OS is XP Professional. I've run Spybot and Adware. And then I'll run
Norton Internet Security, back-up the digital picture files of my family,
school work, personal website and the version of moviemaker (that I like) on
a flash drive.

Reboot.

Only open Internet Explorer. Run Windows update that recommends I install
Windows Service Pack 2, download and install.

Then reboot.

Only open Internet Explorer. Run

Run the Office Update that recommends to install Office XP Service Pack 3.
Then install.

Is this a logical sequence to update my laptop?

"blondiesque" wrote:

> Last October I downloaded Service Pack 2... and havoc ensued!!
>
> In the end I had to reformatt my laptop and re-install everything (on
> DELL'S) advice. All the while, being chastised for not making backups of
> documents and pictures, etc., I was told that Service Pack 2 was "defective"
> and causing problems for everyone. Also, I didn't like the version of Movie
> Maker that came with SP2.
>
> Since October's reinstallation I have been AFRAID to update or download
> anything from Microsoft - what if I have "freezing-up" problems again?
> Today, being brave, I downloaded 20 Windows Update files.
>
> Should I also download Service Pack 3? Has there been problems for other
> mid-techno knowledge users?
>
.

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