Thread: Windows xp service pack 3 issues

Downloaded and installed SP3 from Microsoft and its definitely more stable. I'd recommend you to format your windows drive and install a fresh genuine copy of windows.

I have downloaded SP3 patch,installed it onto my Non Genuine Windows XP,works ok nothing went wrong or is wrong for that matter ...... working like a charm .I read somewhere last week that SP3 has a lot of Security updates and also it will improve the speed of Ms Office suite if ur using Ms office 2007

Stop telling bad about Windows XP SP3. Ok?. How much amount did you get from Linux guys for this?.

I've been using Windows XP service pack 3. Its working fine. Its highly recommended that all XP users upgrade to SP3. It solves lots of security issues and other stuff.

As such SP3 does not bring in any new functionality or patches. Its merely a collection of all the patches made till date. So if u r having problems, it may just been waiting to happen or jus a coincidence.

I am using xp sp3 last couple of month I did not face any problem so far although I have good experience with xp sp2 also.

I think thats a problem with your graphics drivers.. It may be conflicting after you installed SP3.. I had the same issue after I installed SP3, after that I came back to SP2.

Originally Posted by gardencityboy

Hey is any one using windows XP sp3?

I had this sp3 on my system for a few weeks now and find it unstable
I have upgraded the sp3 to the latest build from windows but still does not work that well

I play game and the system keeps blue screening (BSOD) all the time, may be every one hour

Even if i leave the comp ON for few hours and leave the internet to download torrents , it would blue screen

Not sure that it is the sp3 as i did not have this issue with sp2

please post your experience

dear friend,
hope your system has been identified by microsoft as pirated version, so some of the features will be deactivited because of that , first make your sp3 original.
2. if you made your sp3 version orginal , still if you are getting the problems , try to reinstall video drivers and update the same immediately,

i have been using SP3 for sometime now .. no prob at all .. Only prob i had was that MS did not provide the HDaudio drivers and i wasnt getting HD Audio Hardware Support for Ati IC .. After d/l a patch from MS that was fixed..
Also since sp3 my system is more stable and runs 0.8% faster in overall performance

Originally Posted by Shamik Mitra

Also since sp3 my system is more stable and runs 0.8% faster in overall performance

:w00t: How can we calculate performance change sooooo accurately?

probably used some benchmarking soft.
but, I want to know the reality too ....

yes I used a few bechmarking software and others for network and internet and gaming.. i took the values in a excel sheet before sp3 installation and then 1 day after. and just calculated the average .. plz dont go into it that deep .. its just an experiment. But as far as stabality goes sp3 is quite stable

@itsmemad
i cant say that its 100% accurate just the avg increase as to my fiddling around. i actually did that to c if MS claims were real or not..

we all know that whatever MS claims abt its softwares (good things), we users need to check ourselves...

Originally Posted by Shamik Mitra

we all know that whatever MS claims abt its softwares (good things), we users need to check ourselves...

thats quite true.
by the way, which soft do u prefer 4 non-gpu related benchmarks.

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

thats quite true.
by the way, which soft do u prefer 4 non-gpu related benchmarks.

SiSoft Sandra is a good one. It has a complete range of diagnostic benchmarks from CPU arithmetic, to DDR bandwidth tests. They also include charts to compare your setup to other similar rigs, or totally different setups like comparing yours to a Phenom 9600 with 2gigs of DDR2 for example. The newer Everest Ultimates have benchmarking tools as well. SuperPi is an easy one to get results from also. Then there is PCMark which runs a bunch of tests on your PC to test capability.

Everest, PCMark, SuperPi I have used before. Its time to check on Sisoft sandra. Heard about it everywhere, never used myself before. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

Everest, PCMark, SuperPi I have used before. Its time to check on Sisoft sandra. Heard about it everywhere, never used myself before. Thanks.

Its really good, and a prof. benchmark tool. And did i mention the system report it generates runs into pages..