Windows XP - Service Pack 3

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Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Flyboy69 » Thu May 08, 2008 7:52 am

Has anyone install SP3 yet? If so have you found any issues with it?
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Scrunty » Thu May 08, 2008 8:47 am

I have, although i didn't install the full exe as I was already up-to-date via auto updates.
Its bascially just the last set of hotfixes since sp2
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Post by BAZZIL » Thu May 08, 2008 10:31 am

Why don't u be the guinea pig for us Fly :D
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Flyboy69 » Thu May 08, 2008 10:56 am

BAZZIL wrote:Why don't u be the guinea pig for us Fly :D
Roger that, I'll see what it does
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by panther » Thu May 08, 2008 2:11 pm

I did a fresh install of windows xp today to try this. using the full download, not the update via the updates page.
you must install at least sp1 or 2 before installing sp3.
I did this then installed sp3 then tried to install my drivers for motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6. XP would not install the HD audio driver correctly and sound refused to function, even trying to uninstall and reinstall wouldnt work, it wouldnt allow to uninstall.
I then started over, installing all drivers after applying SP2, then installed SP3. So far so good, but its early days yet.

Edit: 24 hours later, having played Race07 last night and a bit of rFactor replays, I can attest that there has been no issues what-so-ever
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Heppy » Sat May 10, 2008 11:55 pm

Have read SP3 can kill OEM AMD machines!!!

Something about the way HP installs the OS the same on their intel and AMD systems.

Make sure you do a regedit first if you have one of these, have read you can't even boot in safe mode!!!

tomshardware.com has the bad news.
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by panther » Sun May 11, 2008 12:05 am

there is another good reason to stick with a Core 2 Duo or Quad.
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Heppy » Sun May 11, 2008 9:48 am

Na don't recon, it's just another reason to not buy those OEM HP machines :Puke:
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Skuzzlebutt » Sun May 11, 2008 10:16 am

Flyboy69 wrote:
BAZZIL wrote:Why don't u be the guinea pig for us Fly :D
Roger that, I'll see what it does
I thought you use Vista now? Or are you having a tutu on your old XP drive?
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by panther » Sun May 11, 2008 12:41 pm

Heppy wrote:Na don't recon, it's just another reason to not buy those OEM HP machines :Puke:
Good call ;)
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Re: Windows XP - Service Pack 3

Post by Flyboy69 » Mon May 12, 2008 12:50 pm

Skuzzlebutt wrote:
Flyboy69 wrote:
BAZZIL wrote:Why don't u be the guinea pig for us Fly :D
Roger that, I'll see what it does
I thought you use Vista now? Or are you having a tutu on your old XP drive?
I am, but this is on my work PC.

Since I've installed it, I've noticed nothing really, things may seem a little faster, but nothing, else. When Microsoft started talking about it, it was supposed to bring it more to a Vista platform, but there isn't anything there. So after doing a bit of reading on the net, all it seems to do is install all updates since SP2.

I also haven't had any crashes, etc, so it seems find to install.
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