JVRudnick wrote:
> running XPPro/SP2 and went and got SP3. Tried to install yesterday,
> but it seemed to "hang" when installing a .dll. Rebooted, had it
> "undo" all it's work, then rebooted once more and again tried to
> install.
>
> The installer ran all afternoon, evening, and this morning after 19
> hours, was still trying to install (again in the .dll area) - so
> again, I quit the installer and ran thru the uninstall process back
> to SP2.
>
> This is worrisome. Why so dang long? Anyone else got the same woes?
>
> buzz on this is....?
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> No you didn't. SP3 doesn't exist yet. What you downloaded was an
> unsupported test version of SP3. If you want to run the risks
> associated with running a test version, that's your choice, but
> don't be surprised when it doesn't work the way you expected it to.
JVRudnick wrote:
> Yeah but...beta releases like this we always test on non-production
> machines, to get a "feel" for the lastest sp offerings. My point
> was not that the install wasn't working...but that after 19 hours I
> would'a thought it should have installed.
>
> So your point is moot. What I'd like to know is - are others also
> facing the same LENGTHY install period?
The point is not moot because you made no reference to it being a test
version nor did you make any mention of how you were installing it on
non-production machines. You are - to everyone here - just some person who
found Windows XP SP3 online and decided that since you had SP2 now - the
next logical progression is SP3 and not knowing what Beta or Pre-Release
means (nor bothering to find out nor reading all the warnings surround it
(if you found it legitimately) decided to install it on your home system.
It happens - more often than not. Without information to the contrary (like
you posting on the proper newsgroups for Windows XP SP3 issues) - it is
safer to come to that conclusion than any other. I don't read minds - even
if I did - I don't do it remotely for people whom I have little or not
information about. There was no amount of 'reading between the lines' that
would have lead anyone to the conclusion that you had any idea what you were
doing with SP3.
Forums for Windows XP SP3:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2010&SiteID=17
Beyond that - your question is simple (knowing now you are doing this on a
single test machine): No. Not everyone is having this trouble. Have yu
tried it on a frshly installed machine with SP2? Tried Virtual Machines?
Other machines in any way? Was this machine you updated *ready* for SP3?
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