I entirely agree......Herb. I've been reading all these problems that
some if not most have been experiencing w/ SP3; also, w/ SP2 when it made
its debut.
Is there much to be gained from having SP3, w/o entertaining a
myriad of MS problems. I'm still w/ SP1 & have reliable anti-virus &
firewall programs.
I can stand back wait till SP3...MS resolve these gliches.
Rudy


"Herb" <herbh30@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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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
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> 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.