Re: Turmoil Continues in XP land
"smith" <smith@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Brian Livingston at Windows Secrets wrote:
>
> We usually skip publication on any 5th Thursdays that come around
> (such as May 29), but serious problems involving Service Pack 3
> for Windows XP have made us work overtime to bring you today's
> special report.
>
> http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080529
>
>
> Win 98 users thinking of finally converting with SP3 should
> monitor developments.
Consider myself conservative regarding use of any update. Whether it be the
OS, IE, or 3rd party software. I was lured by SE for 98, and it was good
thing. There were snags in many fixes of many versions of IE. Remember
there was a 5.5 version?
Been lurking at the XP general newsgroup for a few years. There was plenty
of PCs broke by SP2 for one reason or the other per posts. I waited 6
months for anything spectacular like a re-release of a revised SP2. I bit
the bullet, and installed SP2 from the MS provided CD. Smooth as silk, but
lengthy. Am playing the same waiting game on SP3. Guessing the results
will be the same again. MS has not released the CD for XP SP3 update to
date either.
For those who have been around a long time, perhaps the worst I've seen is
the Millenium Edition upgrade on a 98 system. Saw more complaints posted on
this at the MS newsgroup site than anything before or after.
Myself, don't recommend upgrades of any MS OS to another sequential OS.
Clean install.
Service packs for XP were designed to avert security issues. They may
modify some serious system files as part of the upgrade. Always have a
backup prior to applying a service pack in XP. Similar with IE and 3rd
party software. The inconvenience is small compared to rebuilding the
entire OS, etc.
--
Dave