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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
Thanks for any comments.
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Hi!
Microsoft's stance has traditionally been that the previous service pack for a given Windows product would be supported for twelve months from the date that the current service pack came out. Now it seems to have changed to twenty-four months. In this case, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (in all releases) is supported until July 13th, 2010. Windows XP will be in extended support until 2014. This would tend to imply that (so long as no other Windows XP service packs appear) you will need SP3 installed to get updates in the time between mid-2010 and 2014 when all support ends. Service Pack 3 does add a very small amount of new functionality, most of it pointed at business operations. One of these features is "network access protection" which requires that a PC be "clean" and approved before it can join a network. It also has hotfixes, some of which were only available by contacting Microsoft support to determine if the fix applied to your system. I've had no problems upgrading to it, and on a fresh system, it saves time by cutting down (at least a little bit) the number of updates you need to install from M$ Update to have a secure system. This has been the case on systems new and old. Systems that have been troubled with spyware or viruses in the past may have problems, as could those that are unstable. I would recommend backing up your data prior to installing the service pack. William |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
Any "real" reason why you shouldn't?
If your reason for not wanting to install SP 3 is that you're afraid it will cause damage to your computer, time to smell the coffee: SP 3 is not the problem. Daddy wrote: Thanks for any comments. |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
SP3 installed okay on my machines, not that I have much in the way
of software running that would present it with unusual difficulties. If you don't have good backups anyway, of course, you ought to, and this would be a good occasion to start. It's not ``if'' your HD will crash, but when. The reason to install it is that you get to use the common path for updates instead of the exceptional path each month. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:48:39 -0500, RnR wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:36:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Thanks for any comments. Good question !! Be interesting what others have to say. I answered it this way to myself... since all my 3rd party software works good, why take a chance messing around with SP3. I don't recall reading anything bad about SP3 nor anything revelating neither so I figured I'd leave well enough alone with my system. But later I might try windows 7 if I'm up for the challenge, that being in case my 3rd party software is picky. I use a fair amount of third party software and freeware and have only found that my diskdefrag program Diskkeeper doesn't work correctly with SP3. It is strange that if I have a SP2 system and install SP3 I have no problems but if I do a clean install of a SP3 disk then Diskkeeper gives error messages and will not run in the background. Art |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
On Apr 14, 6:48*am, RnR wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:36:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Thanks for any comments. Good question !! *Be interesting what others have to say. *I answered it this way to myself... since all my 3rd party software works good, why take a chance messing around with SP3. * I don't recall reading anything bad about SP3 nor anything revelating neither so I figured I'd leave well enough alone with my system. * But later I might try windows 7 if I'm up for the challenge, that being in case my 3rd party software is picky. * My sys came with SP1...and SP2 was a big resource improvement by M$. From what I have gleaned here and elsewhere...I don't see the need. |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:10:37 +1000, Star@*.* wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:48:39 -0500, RnR wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:36:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Thanks for any comments. Good question !! Be interesting what others have to say. I answered it this way to myself... since all my 3rd party software works good, why take a chance messing around with SP3. I don't recall reading anything bad about SP3 nor anything revelating neither so I figured I'd leave well enough alone with my system. But later I might try windows 7 if I'm up for the challenge, that being in case my 3rd party software is picky. I use a fair amount of third party software and freeware and have only found that my diskdefrag program Diskkeeper doesn't work correctly with SP3. It is strange that if I have a SP2 system and install SP3 I have no problems but if I do a clean install of a SP3 disk then Diskkeeper gives error messages and will not run in the background. Art That is strange Art and appreciate your experience. If I wasn't so lazy I might try SP3 but I don't see what I have to gain or that I would gain a lot so I'll wait till windows 7 instead. I used to run Diskeeper and it was then one of my most solid programs. I liked it a lot. Perhaps if I can find my old program lying around, I might install it on my current system. Thanks for reminding me. |
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OT/If I Have XP SP2...Is there any "real" need to install SP3?
I use DKlite...but not in the background. (just every week or 2)
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