Re: windows xp service pack 3

Wait before installing - I've developed what a lot of us in the IT
industry have adopted as a precautionary approach to services packs -
wait 6 months and watch the blogs. If you dont have anything thats
broken dont try to fix it with something thats only been realeased for
2 days. Besides - if you have been using windows updates all along -
you already have most of what is in the service pack anyway. read this
article first before you decide to install. Many reports of continual
reboots after applying SP3.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/windows_xp_sp3_reboots_crashes/


On May 8, 7:32 am, jules <ju...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That registry edit fix failed on my laptop either freezing or giving the blue
screen of death. However, a reset loads windows normally again.  But I still
cannot recieve SP3 through windows update which baffles me as wikipedia and
news pages says it is available through windows update. Is this a server
issue with microsoft because this is confusing me and doesn't make any sense.
BUT with all the problems so far with SP3, this might be a blessing in
disguise.
.

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