Warning! Do NOT apply XP SP 3!

[Azselendor]

one of my lesser computer literate friends installed service pack 3 today. About halfway through it he called me and asked "I'm installing SP3, is it safe?"

Reply: "Only if your computer doesn't end up as a boat anchor."

You could hear the horror in his silence.

Fortunately it installed just fine.

[Baron Grazic]

I justed wanted to post that I've been running SP3 now for a week, without any problems what so ever.
Only warning is that SP3 re-enables the Windows Firewall even if you had it disabled, which can be a "got you" if running other Firewall software.
Baron Grazic

[capnq]

This security expert's blog explains what the problem is that XP SP3 causes and how to fix it.

[Xrati]

Why don't they beta this stuff before they do a wholesale release like this?

[Q]

capnq said:
This security expert's blog explains what the problem is that XP SP3 causes and how to fix it.

I used the tool available in this link and installed the service pack 3 without problems. And I do have a HP computer with AMD processor.

[AgentZero]

I installed it yesterday, and haven't had any problems. Aside from it pestering me to reboot every five minutes after it finished while I was trying to watch a movie. I would be indescribably happy if MS would take a page from Firefox's book, so when it tells me I need to reboot, and I say Later, it f***s off and leaves me alone and doesn't keep pestering me every five minutes like an attention-deprived four year old.

[Fyron]

Xrati said:
Why don't they beta this stuff before they do a wholesale release like this?

They do, and they explicitly delayed the release to public to give OEMs time to put out updates to fix the bugs they created (eg: HP running both the Intel and AMD power management drivers on AMD systems). MS obviously can't wait forever for OEMs dragging their heels, though.

[Azselendor]

that's a big point right there, between apple and Microsoft. You have 3rd party everything gadgets for MS meaning more chances of incompatible components and updates. With apple, you have pretty much apple-made-only components.

Many problems can be traced to a 3rd party component cutting corners or just being buggy.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I like the options.

[Xrati]

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