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Loek - 11 Jul 2008 09:01 GMT

Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
experiences in general?

Loek

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Ibby - 11 Jul 2008 11:11 GMT

> Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
> experiences in general?
>
> Loek

Hi Loek,

This question was posted a few weeks ago and I don't think anyone had
any issues with it. I have it installed too but as I had my Windows
installation well updated there probably was very little new added
with the SP.

Ibby

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Loek - 11 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT

Thanks Ibby,

So it was posted before? Missed that one then being away from the compu for
a couple of weeks. I'll see if I can find it.
Thanks anyway.

Loek

On Jul 11, 9:01 am, "Loek" <just...@me.nl> wrote:

> Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
> experiences in general?
>
> Loek

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Marcel Kuijper - 11 Jul 2008 18:33 GMT

> This question was posted a few weeks ago and I don't think anyone had
> any issues with it. I have it installed too but as I had my Windows
> installation well updated there probably was very little new added
> with the SP.

It blew right past me too, because this is the first I heard of SP3.

Geez!! I used to be on top of things like this.

Why is it Microsoft hasn't notified its users the normal way? I got a
notification when SP2 came along.

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notspecified - 12 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT

> Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
> experiences in general?
>
> Loek

Several weeks on my computer with xp pro. no problems, and I have now deleted
the gigabytes of SP2 files saved by windows in case you want to uninstall sp3.

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Robert Bobic - 12 Jul 2008 04:55 GMT

I have an AMD processor and could not install AP3 i.e. on reboot I got the
black screen with white letering and the count down screen.
I could not get into SAFEMODE and had to ghost back to SP2. The microsoft
tech can't help me I've use the utility to chech the registry which says I
can install SP3 but I keep geting the black screen with white lettering and
the countdown times.

Any help or suggestions?

thanks,

Robert Bobic

>> Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
>> experiences in general?
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> the gigabytes of SP2 files saved by windows in case you want to uninstall
> sp3.

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Charles Ulmer Farley - 16 Jul 2008 08:42 GMT

Microsoft have just RE-RE-RE-released Service Pack 3 for XP
(yes, the 4th time) and I've just downloaded it for testing.

The last time I installed (3rd revision) I uninstalled very quickly,
as it messed up my network connections on 2 seperate computers.

Hopefully this time it's right.

> Any reason why I should not install SP3 for Windows XP Home? What are the
> experiences in general?
>
> Loek

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Loek - 16 Jul 2008 22:38 GMT

If I don't forget :-) I will give it a try tomorrow.
I tested it today on another (not mine!!) computer and it all seemed fine.
And you still have the possibility to uninstall...??

Loek

> Microsoft have just RE-RE-RE-released Service Pack 3 for XP
> (yes, the 4th time) and I've just downloaded it for testing.
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>>
>> Loek

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