SP3

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before i got the sp3 had no issues what so ever and then they said oh its a
critical update so i did get the update loaded the SP3 rebooted and guess
what happen IT WENT TO A BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH...
so started up in safe mode then did a system restore and went back to sp2
after that everthing went back to normal.
contacted them and all they did was trying to pass the buck
NEXT TIME IM BUYING A APPLE, MAC !!!!!!
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