Absolutely. It tells me hundreds if not thousands are running computers with
a lot of trash on them that interferes with
the OS.
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:exXtHuT4IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Do you have any concept of the number of people who quite contently
> haven't installed it?
>
> And who have NO related problems (or potential "pitfalls" to avoid before
> installing it)? (you know, that page of links to some caveats and
> warnings)? Does that tell you anything? :-)
>
> Unknown wrote:
>> Have you any concept of how many people have installed SP3 without a
>> problem?
>> Does that tell you anything?
>> "Herb" <herbh30@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:Ofm07WS4IHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> My best advice is to keep as far away from SP3 as you can. I installed
>>> it
>>> on my desktop (a XP Pro) and the next day it started recycling and other
>>> weird things. When I tried to fix it, it went from bad to worse and then
>>> I
>>> could no longer do anything with it. I took it to a computer repair and
>>> he
>>> gave up so it cost me a computer, I had to buy a new machine. I built
>>> that
>>> computer and in 4 years had never had a problem. I did not have Norton.
>>> I
>>> use AVG. I run a Google search and found many people have had this
>>> problem. Microsoft blames OEM's and OEM's blame Microsoft, you know the
>>> drill.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Katie" <Katie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:AAB735E3-E772-4472-8222-EA9821777940@microsoft.com...
>>>> DI installed SP3 last week on my home computer. I began having
>>>> problems:
>>>> slow
>>>> reaction times, programs not loading when I click, even little notepad
>>>> documents not loading. Then when I tried to run NAV 2008 full system
>>>> scan,
>>>> the computer started turning off & rebooting. Happened 4 - 5 times over
>>>> the
>>>> course of the day. I uninstalled & reinstalled NAV, tried a Restore,
>>>> but
>>>> the
>>>> computer still crashed again (not when running a scan.) SO... I
>>>> uninstalled
>>>> the Service Pack 3. I had read about other people having problems with
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> MY QUESTION: Do I need SP3? Will other Microsoft security updates do
>>>> the
>>>> job
>>>> for me? I've turned off Automatic Updates until I can figure this out,
>>>> because I don't want SP3 until I know it won't cause so many problems.
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