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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:36 am
by Testiculese
Something far more important than any WindowsME^2 service pack:
WinXP SP3 due 4/29
<brag>April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers</brag>
\"Windows Internet Explorer 7 is not included as part of SP3 and still must be downloaded and installed separately.\"
Fortunately!
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:11 pm
by Krom
I thought for sure IE7 would be bundled. Well that just means that if it is installed repair installs after IE7 still have to go through the whole recovery console song and dance to get IE working again.
I wonder if they will fix some of the more obscure bugs, like sometimes \"always on top\" items getting stuck under something else. Or the taskbar covering up tool/info bubbles. At any rate, I'll probably wait a week or two before installing it to make sure any late bugs are fixed.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:27 am
by Testiculese
I'll be waiting a month or more. I don't have a spare machine to screw up, nor time to test it, so I'll wait for the reports to roll in from various sites. There's nothing wring with my install as it stands now anyway.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:18 am
by Nergen-Ak1-Defender
Man, theres not much in SP3. Is that it, 4 things? Unless i am mistaken.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:51 am
by Testiculese
All the security updates from SP2 to today...
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:09 pm
by Spidey
Prolly gonna make XP buggy and unstable so people will buy Vista.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:43 am
by Testiculese
I have a sneaky suspicion that's what they did with Win98.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:07 am
by JMEaT
Spidey wrote:Prolly gonna make XP buggy and unstable so people will but Vista.
loi, I was thinking the same thing.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:46 am
by Top Wop
That really sucks with the IE7 bit, a real pain in the ass when you have to do a repair. Now im going to have even more gray hair.
But the nice thing is the performance improvement.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:01 am
by Testiculese
Sucks? Why would anyone want that piece of trash on their computer? No thanks! If I really wanted to kill myself, I'd jump off a building.
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:04 am
by Top Wop
Testiculese wrote:Sucks? Why would anyone want that piece of trash on their computer? No thanks! If I really wanted to kill myself, I'd jump off a building.
It sucks because you cant use the re-install portion of Windows setup per Krom's post, hence making my job of fixing peoples computers more difficult. Otherwise yes, IE is a piece of trash.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:46 am
by Testiculese
Well, you know what to do
! 
I've long refused to work on people's machines if they insist on IE. Not worth my time.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:37 pm
by Warlock
useless to me XP64bit here
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:18 pm
by JMEaT
It's out:
Link
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:35 pm
by Grendel
Whoops.
Microsoft Delays XP SP3 Once Again
By Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb
2:13 PM EDT Tue. Apr. 29, 2008
Microsoft has decided to hold off on releasing Windows XP service pack 3 through Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center due to a glitch that affects one of its Dynamics products.
The problem stems from a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both XP SP3 and Vista SP1, a Microsoft spokesperson said in an email to ChannelWeb.
Microsoft, which last week targeted Tuesday, April 29 for public distribution of XP SP3, is preparing to block PCs running Dynamics RMS from downloading XP SP3 and Vista SP1 through Windows Update and the Download Center, the spokesperson said.
Once that block is in place, Microsoft will release Windows XP SP3 to the public through Windows Update and Download Center. \"Until we have published a fix for this issue, we advise Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers to not install either service pack,\" said the spokesperson.
Microsoft is working on a fix for the issue and will release it \"as soon as that process is complete\", according to the spokesperson.
Dynamics RMS is Microsoft's SMB-focused retail chain management offering. In January, Microsoft rolled out a new Dynamics for retail solution that melds Dynamics RMS with its Dynamics AX applications for purchasing, inventory management, merchandising and supply chain management.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft revealed plans to delay the release of XP SP3 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers until May 2 due to high demand for Vista SP1, but reversed its decision the following day.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:26 pm
by AceCombat
got it before the block, is anyone reporting any software conflicts yet?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:20 pm
by dissent
I'm in no hurry. I'll wait for the official RTW; and then probably wait a little bit more.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:15 am
by JMEaT
It's only on my Virtual Machine, but I didn't notice any problems.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:39 pm
by AceCombat
so far everything is working just fine
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:57 pm
by Grendel
Running it on 5 comps w/o any problems so far.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:30 pm
by AceCombat
think i found one......
my FSX no longer works correctly.....
screen turns white randomly and flickers back and forth
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:44 pm
by Spidey
What are the ramifacations of not installing SP3.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:59 pm
by roid
i thought it was pretty funny that SP3 explicitly says that it does not install Microsoft Media Player.
Which is correct.
However, it does steal all your associations back from other programs and gives them to Media Player.
What is the point in that other than Microsoft just being a dick.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:32 pm
by akula65
I just saw the download in Windows Update for the first time today. I was able to download it from the Windows Catalog (KB936929).
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:46 am
by JMEaT
akula65 wrote:I just saw the download in Windows Update for the first time today. I was able to download it from the Windows Catalog (KB936929).
Confirmed RTW here.
Also direct link to stand alone:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:42 am
by Krom
Downloading.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:55 am
by JMEaT
Windows Update kept failing, so I used the stand alone.
Everything working great!
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 2:39 pm
by akula65
I rebooted, disconnected the network cable, turned everything off in the system tray and let her rip. It took a little over 20 minutes for the SP to run (not counting the obligatory reboot at the end) on my 866 MHz Pentium III Win XP Pro box.
I tested most of the icons on my desktop, put the Mozilla software through its paces, and everything seems to work.
Pretty painless, all in all.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:16 pm
by Krom
~15 minutes + a second reboot for the themes patch.
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:57 pm
by TechPro
Krom wrote:~15 minutes + a second reboot for the themes patch.
Mmmm.... Thanks for the reminder. I'll need to do the same.
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:09 pm
by Krom
TechPro wrote:Mmmm.... Thanks for the reminder. I'll need to do the same.
Note that Multi-Patcher 5.5 can't do SP3, use this one instead:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS- ... cher.shtml
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:21 am
by TechPro
Some AMD users may need to be aware of this first...
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/ ... p-sp3.aspx
(some AMD systems end up in a continuous reboot situation after applying XP SP3)