Cecil I have installed SP3 in all machines that I make for custumers and so far so good. So I cannot say the otherwise. Am also the administrator for a small network (less than Hundred) And we had no problem. All machines were having SP2 already maybe that helped.
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 11:26 PM, k5nwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:41 AM 6/7/2008, you wrote: > > >Henk > > > >Sometimes people become very wrong with their believes. > >I still remember the many recommendation for not to use winXP > >because it was giving blue screens ( Never had) and some other > >malicious problems. > >People use to say it was better to wait for the SP and then try it. > > > >Now same thing is happening to vista, > >SP3 is a good addition to your XP. > > > >73 > > Not necessarily so, just because you are OK doesn't mean all is fine > with others, a lot depends on what is installed on the PC to begin > with and what kind of motherboard and drivers you have. > > I did a test install at work on 6 PC's running XP Pro SP 2 and > upgraded them to SP3 the result, three were fine with absolutely no > problems, 3 on the other hand died right then and there, the started > getting the BSOD even in safe mode, so they had to be formatted and > the OS re-installed . With that result SP3 will not be installed for > a while until Microsoft get their act together. > > My two home PC's have SP3 and they are fine, the ones at work have > Active Directory networking which not the same as home edition > networking and that makes a huge difference I have noticed over the years. > > Cecil > K5NWA > www.softrockradio.org www.qrpradio.com > > "Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light." > > > -- Jose Bonanca (CT1aos)
