Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Interests > Tilted Technology


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 05-30-2008, 03:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
Anyone upgraded to SP3 yet for Win XP?

Since I forgot all about this until Wyodiver33 talked about Windows 7, I can say that I have upgraded my machines, as well as many others' machines without issue as of yet. Whatever problems there were, I have not seen them again. And yes, Windows 7 is good.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Original Post
I conclude I will never upgrade to SP3. There have been three instances, circumstantial at best, where immediately after installing SP3, friends' computers failed to reboot into Windows. As of yet I can't definitively blame SP3 but there was nothing else done to the machines except upgrading to SP3.

Original OP   click to show 

Last edited by Hain; 03-02-2009 at 12:59 PM..
Hain is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 04:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
Let's put a smile on that face
 
blahblah454's Avatar
 
Location: On the road...
I have not done it. But my computer reset itself last night while I was sleeping (the noise it made actually woke me up, I am a light sleeper). When I woke up I had a message that said it restarted to install updates.... how do I check it SP3 put itself on here?
blahblah454 is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 04:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
warrior bodhisattva
 
Baraka_Guru's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: East-central Canada
Quote:
Originally Posted by blahblah454
how do I check it SP3 put itself on here?
"System" under "Control Panel."

I haven't upgraded yet. There was an update I installed recently, but my System still says Service Pack 2. I wanted to because of what I've heard, but now I'm hesitant if there are problems.

PC Pitstop survey finds:
  • The most frequently cited problems were Internet Explorer lock-ups, reboots, system crashes, and failure of XP to start.
  • Only 5.5% of users having problems had called Microsoft to troubleshoot the problems.
  • 37% of those surveyed decided to upgrade to XP SP3, despite the known issues.

Apparently 24.6% of those surveyed experienced noticeable problems, and 75% of those weren't able to resolve it.

EDIT: Woah, I just read that Symantec has warned users to disable their protection before installing SP3 or risk crippling their computer.

At a go, Microsoft. Yet another reason* why I'm glad I switched to Mac for my primary computing.

*If Vista woes weren't enough....
__________________
Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 05-30-2008 at 04:21 PM..
Baraka_Guru is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 04:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
Those aren't encouraging statistics.


@ blahblah454:
To install Sp3 you have to go to windows update and select it yourself. There is a welcome screen asking you if you want to install it. I have clicked no. Another way to check is right click on the My Computer icon and select properties. You will see "Service Pack ..." usually 2.
Hain is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 04:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
Playing With Fire
 
DaveOrion's Avatar
 
Location: Disaster Area
I have upgraded about a week ago, so far the only probs are windows automatic updates doesnt work, no biggie I can do that manually. Otherwise nothing bigtime, I've checked the Event Viewer and nothing else seems to be wrong. All apps seem to be working normally........
__________________
Syriana...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...
DaveOrion is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 05:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
Let's put a smile on that face
 
blahblah454's Avatar
 
Location: On the road...
Just checked, I have SP2 installed. I have no intention of installing SP3 as I find nothing wrong with SP2, it seems like the only time I really have a problem with the computer is when software needs to update.
blahblah454 is offline  
Old 05-30-2008, 05:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
 
MexicanOnABike's Avatar
 
Location: up north
in the last week, I've seen most computers at work have problems and it was after installing SP3. so ya, fuck that. I will not install it on my computers at home.
__________________
MexicanOnABike is offline  
Old 05-31-2008, 05:04 AM   #8 (permalink)
Smithers, release the hounds
 
ironman's Avatar
 
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
I made the upgrade the same day it went out and haven't had any problems with it, I've even felt an improvement on speed, but apart from that, it's all the same.
__________________
If I agreed with you we´d both be wrong
ironman is offline  
Old 05-31-2008, 06:12 AM   #9 (permalink)
Junkie
 
sapiens's Avatar
 
Location: Some place windy
I made the upgrade. I think I did before it even went out officially (via a lifehacker.com link). I haven't had any problems. My laptop still takes forever to boot up - no change better or worse.
sapiens is offline  
Old 06-02-2008, 08:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
Just here for the beer.
 
Wyodiver33's Avatar
 
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh
Have adopted SP3, no problems.
__________________
I like stuff.
Wyodiver33 is offline  
Old 06-03-2008, 01:59 AM   #11 (permalink)
Groovy Hipster Nerd
 
Jove's Avatar
 
Location: Michigan
Installed SP3 on about 60 computers at work and had no problems.
Jove is offline  
Old 06-03-2008, 04:36 AM   #12 (permalink)
Just here for the beer.
 
Wyodiver33's Avatar
 
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh
MS and Vista can kiss my ass.
__________________
I like stuff.
Wyodiver33 is offline  
Old 06-03-2008, 10:17 AM   #13 (permalink)
Confused Adult
 
Shauk's Avatar
 
Location: Spokane, WA
yeah I don't know, you can create a SP3 iso and install a fresh copy of xp sp3 too if you want to just back up relevant info beforehand.

usually the best bet.

as far as vista, i've not had any real problems.
Shauk is offline  
Old 06-04-2008, 10:24 AM   #14 (permalink)
Insane
 
Location: at home
M$ has anounced sales of Windows XP will end June 30. (2008).

Yours
ZB
__________________
Sodomy non sapiens. : I'm buggered if I know
Zweiblumen is offline  
Old 06-04-2008, 10:37 AM   #15 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
Old news. TFP Thread.


Did you happen to upgrade to it yet, Zweiblumen?
__________________
Hain is offline  
Old 06-05-2008, 02:10 PM   #16 (permalink)
Insane
 
Location: at home
Sorry, didn't know of that thread and I got an email yeasterday from M$ reminding me of the "pull", rest is history.
I'm not going to upgrade any of my production machines to XP SP3 (nor Vista) any time soon.
Slight side step, I have seen too many of my customers having problems with laptops running Vista on a domain. (more and/or worse problems if the HD is slow).

Yours
Zweiblumen
__________________
Sodomy non sapiens. : I'm buggered if I know
Zweiblumen is offline  
Old 06-06-2008, 12:53 AM   #17 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauk
yeah I don't know, you can create a SP3 iso and install a fresh copy of xp sp3 too if you want to just back up relevant info beforehand.
Can you point me to a reliable guide to do this?



Quote:
Originally Posted by Zweiblumen
Slight side step, I have seen too many of my customers having problems with laptops running Vista on a domain. (more and/or worse problems if the HD is slow).
Agree completely. This is why my university refused to upgrade to Vista.
__________________
Hain is offline  
Old 06-17-2008, 06:21 PM   #18 (permalink)
MSD
The sky calls to us ...
 
MSD's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: CT
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hain
Can you point me to a reliable guide to do this?
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_rc1.asp

Done since May 3, no problems since then.
MSD is offline  
Old 07-27-2008, 02:12 AM   #19 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
I am really glad that I did not upgrade to SP3. Two of my colleagues with laptops exactly like mine, recently had their systems imaged to an earlier state---this included Automatic Updates. My warnings of what could happen, were actually premonitions of what did happen. Both their computers would boot to a black screen. One of them had the Ultimate Boot Disc, but this was useless, except confirmed my suspicion that it was SP3 on their systems.

In short we had to use a BIOS option to search for hard drive errors, which seemed to fix whatever problems were also having before we could install Kubuntu.

Full Story   click to show 
Hain is offline  
Old 07-27-2008, 06:20 AM   #20 (permalink)
Junkie
 
I've been running SP3 on both my personal laptop and my work computer for a couple of months now. No problems at all.

With the laptop I created a slipstreamed version of the XP install that included SP3. It is a fresh install.

The computer at work was updated via the downloadable version of SP3 from Microsoft Volume Licensing. I did not disable Symantec AV before applying the SP.
vanblah is offline  
Old 07-27-2008, 06:34 AM   #21 (permalink)
has a plan
 
Hain's Avatar
 
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
You seems to be the lucky one, vanblah. I have to conclude it is incompatible with certain hardware configurations. There is too much circumstantial evidence pointing to a problem with SP3. There is now a third machine that failed: another friend here in my dorms installed it on her desktop computer, and her computer does not boot anymore. I don't know what magic needs to be done for successful install, but three failures now and the only thing that links them all was an SP3 upgrade. I know I will not upgrade to SP3.
Hain is offline  
Old 07-27-2008, 08:15 AM   #22 (permalink)
Junkie
 
Fotzlid's Avatar
 
Location: Greater Boston area
I loaded SP3 a few weeks back. Haven't had any problems.
Fotzlid is offline  
Old 07-27-2008, 07:21 PM   #23 (permalink)
Mine is an evil laugh
 
spindles's Avatar
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
sp3 running here for a week or so, without any issues at all.
__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?
spindles is offline  
Old 07-29-2008, 04:42 AM   #24 (permalink)
Junkie
 
What does SP3 do?

I'm running it, and gather it installed during one of the semi-automatic updates... But I've no idea what features it comes with or why it's been released?
__________________
Desperation is no excuse for lowering one's standards.
Jimellow is offline  
Old 07-29-2008, 05:47 AM   #25 (permalink)
Shade
 
Nisses's Avatar
 
Location: Belgium
If you feel like it:
List of fixes that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 3

if not:

What's The Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 All About
__________________
Moderation should be moderately moderated.
Nisses is offline  
Old 08-11-2008, 07:55 PM   #26 (permalink)
Psycho
 
shadowalker's Avatar
 
Location: Firefox yourself and change the world!
I have been running SP3 for a while now (sense it went live) and I have yet (knocks on wood) to have any problems.
__________________
I'll make ya famous!
shadowalker is offline  
Old 08-12-2008, 01:31 PM   #27 (permalink)
Upright
 
I had a theory that SP3 was an attempt to make XP so unusable that everyone would just install Vista. Nevertheless, I installed SP3 on my new Dell and so far no problems at all.
LtTragg is offline  
Old 02-28-2009, 03:25 PM   #28 (permalink)
Let's put a smile on that face
 
blahblah454's Avatar
 
Location: On the road...
Just thought that I would resurrect this to see how everyone is doing with SP3 who installed it. I have yet to make the plunge.
blahblah454 is offline  
Old 02-28-2009, 03:56 PM   #29 (permalink)
Just here for the beer.
 
Wyodiver33's Avatar
 
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh
The only problem I had with SP3 was with Windows Update. After installing SP3 Windows Update was totally crippled. Wasn't a big deal as I quickly found a fix on Microsoft's web site. Other than that, SP3 has been just fine for me. I've been using Windows 7 for the last couple of months. I like it a lot. I still have XP Pro SP3 in a dual boot environment, but rarely go back to XP. XP was a great OS for, what, 8 years? Had it's problems, sure. But it's still better than Vista in a lot of ways, IMHO. Windows 7 is shaping up to be what Vista should have been.
__________________
I like stuff.
Wyodiver33 is offline  
Old 03-01-2009, 10:32 AM   #30 (permalink)
Junkie
 
Location: My head.
No problems here, installed SP3 as soon as it went live.
Xerxys is offline  
Old 03-01-2009, 11:03 AM   #31 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Location: North America
SP3 going good here, I too was skeptical at first but I decided to be adventuresome and take a trip to the dark side...It really wasn't all that dark
catback is offline  
Old 03-01-2009, 11:32 AM   #32 (permalink)
Just here for the beer.
 
Wyodiver33's Avatar
 
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh
If you really want to be adventurous, give Windows 7 a try. It's worth it, trust me. It's all I really use now and I will definitely be buying it when it ships. Glad I bypassed Vista.
__________________
I like stuff.
Wyodiver33 is offline  
 

Tags
sp3, upgraded, win

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:27 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360