SP3 question
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From: Henry on 1 Jul 2010 00:33 I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on a Dell Dimension 3 GHz machine with 2 Gig of RAM. I have only heard bad things from people I know who tried to install SP3 and on newsgroups. It seems that one of three things will happen. 1. Everything will go well and it will work OK. (Seldom) 2. It will seem to go well for some period of time and then something happens and your computer gets screwed up. 3. It will not install correctly and your computer gets screwed up. With the last two, a clean re-install of WinXP is required to get back running. With my luck with updates, one of the last two will occur. Since support for SP2 is ending shortly, I need advice. Signed Scared Henry
From: Bruce Hagen on 1 Jul 2010 00:45 "Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message news:i0h5q0$3lg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on a Dell Dimension 3 GHz machine with 2 Gig > of RAM. > > I have only heard bad things from people I know who tried to install SP3 > and on newsgroups. It seems that one of three things will happen. > > 1. Everything will go well and it will work OK. (Seldom) > > 2. It will seem to go well for some period of time and then something > happens and your computer gets screwed up. > > 3. It will not install correctly and your computer gets screwed up. > > With the last two, a clean re-install of WinXP is required to get back > running. > > With my luck with updates, one of the last two will occur. > > Since support for SP2 is ending shortly, I need advice. > > Signed Scared > > Henry 1: Not seldom. 2: Seldom. 3: Seldom. Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3: http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717 WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3 http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here. Do not use Windows updates. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en Before you install, turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is in and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn off the Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: Paul on 1 Jul 2010 01:56 Henry wrote: > I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on a Dell Dimension 3 GHz machine with 2 Gig > of RAM. > > I have only heard bad things from people I know who tried to install SP3 > and on newsgroups. It seems that one of three things will happen. > > 1. Everything will go well and it will work OK. (Seldom) > > 2. It will seem to go well for some period of time and then something > happens and your computer gets screwed up. > > 3. It will not install correctly and your computer gets screwed up. > > With the last two, a clean re-install of WinXP is required to get back > running. > > With my luck with updates, one of the last two will occur. > > Since support for SP2 is ending shortly, I need advice. > > Signed Scared > > Henry If you have good backup software, and room on a spare disk for a backup, then you shouldn't have any immediate worries. As long as your backup software has "bare metal" capabilities, like its own boot CD, then you should be able to put your C: back exactly as it was. That should take care of most of the worries about trashing C: with SP3. Paul
From: Jerry Ed on 1 Jul 2010 02:38 I have a Dell 380 workstation with WinXP Pro, 3.2 GHz, 1 Gig ram, 15000 rpm Cheetah, IE7, NOD32, Windows Firewall. Two years ago I installed SP3. The only problem I had was "Service Pack 3 setup error. Service Pack installation did not complete ". The following Microsoft Support page is what I used to solve the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377 Under MORE INFORMATION, I checked the svcpack.log and found "DoRegistryUpdates failed". Under ADVANCED TROUBLESHOOTING, I did the "Let me fix it myself". (Starts with downloading Subinacl.exe). It took about 6 minutes for Reset.cmd to run. JE "Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message news:i0h5q0$3lg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on a Dell Dimension 3 GHz machine with 2 Gig of > RAM. > > I have only heard bad things from people I know who tried to install SP3 > and on newsgroups. It seems that one of three things will happen. > > 1. Everything will go well and it will work OK. (Seldom) > > 2. It will seem to go well for some period of time and then something > happens and your computer gets screwed up. > > 3. It will not install correctly and your computer gets screwed up. > > With the last two, a clean re-install of WinXP is required to get back > running. > > With my luck with updates, one of the last two will occur. > > Since support for SP2 is ending shortly, I need advice. > > Signed Scared > > Henry
From: Big_Al on 1 Jul 2010 03:16
Henry said this on 7/1/2010 12:33 AM: > I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 on a Dell Dimension 3 GHz machine with 2 Gig > of RAM. > > I have only heard bad things from people I know who tried to install SP3 > and on newsgroups. It seems that one of three things will happen. > > 1. Everything will go well and it will work OK. (Seldom) > > 2. It will seem to go well for some period of time and then something > happens and your computer gets screwed up. > > 3. It will not install correctly and your computer gets screwed up. > > With the last two, a clean re-install of WinXP is required to get back > running. > > With my luck with updates, one of the last two will occur. > > Since support for SP2 is ending shortly, I need advice. > > Signed Scared > > Henry You only hear about the troubles. The millions of users that did it and it worked, you don't hear about. I have 3 PC's and all were upgraded fine. Some basic help: Download the update and run it manually rather than thru MS updates. Turn off AV software that might conflict with writing files. And make a backup with something like Acronis True Image that allows you to reset the system back to current settings. I think someone else mentioned that, and its a fabulous fallback and security blanket. |