WinXP SP3

Obituary · Post by **Obituary** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:40

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Post by **Anthro** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:41

Too much of something is not always a good thing.
In good time young paddawan
Anyway - we are spamming a particular awesome thread,, soo lets stop shall we

Obituary · Post by **Obituary** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:43

Too much of something is not always a good thing.
In good time young paddawan
Anyway - we are spamming a particular awesome thread,, soo lets stop shall we

Hehe Good point, Back on Topic, Have you installed SP3? Have you noticed and performance in crease or decrease or the like?

Post by **Anthro** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:45

Dont have DSL @ home.. but I am working on getting the update soon..
I know that there have been some positive reports compared to the Vista SP1 fiasco

Vista SP1 Wreaks havoc on some PC's

Source*

Source2*

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:46

It's been 2 days on my work PC now with no flops.

BTW, why are you posting Vista SP1 stuff in the XP SP3 thread

Obituary · Post by **Obituary** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:47

I also heard that it apparently increases performance by 30% sounds bit suspect to me? Oh wells I am gonna download it now and try it when I get home. Is this the final release or is it just a RC or the like?

Post by **Anthro** » 21 Mar 2008, 12:50

lol @ jamin
Obituary
I will definitely appreciate a performance increase.
Keep us posted please..
If at all possible do some benchies b4 and aftar

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 21 Mar 2008, 13:01

My work rig is an E6750 with 2GB RAM and an 8400GS. Pretty mid-range.

I have not had any significantly noticeable speed increases.

Obituary · Post by **Obituary** » 21 Mar 2008, 13:12

My work rig is an E6750 with 2GB RAM and an 8400GS. Pretty mid-range.

I have not had any significantly noticeable speed increases.

*Sigh* That sucks

Will see when I get install it.

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 21 Mar 2008, 13:24

Google news says Sp3 will be out next week.
Microsoft are taking a break between service pack releases me thinks.

Obituary · Post by **Obituary** » 21 Mar 2008, 13:25

Google news says Sp3 will be out next week.
Microsoft are taking a break between service pack releases me thinks.

Sigh

Oh wells suppose we will have to wait

marduke · Post by **marduke** » 26 Mar 2008, 11:17

Obituary wrote:I also heard that it apparently increases performance by 30% sounds bit suspect to me? Oh wells I am gonna download it now and try it when I get home. Is this the final release or is it just a RC or the like?

Maybe you heard wrong, there was a company that did benchies between XP SP2 & SP3 & also vs Vista SP1 & SP2, they said that there's a 10% increase in speed for ms office applications. They did not release the benchmark results.

[edit]

The 30% increase was XP SP3 vs Vista SP1

IcePick88 · Post by **IcePick88** » 26 Mar 2008, 12:55

I have tested SP3 RC2 over the past couple of days. It has really made a significant performance increase on the pc. I ran performance test on the pc afterwards and say a 100 point increase...

thrillseeker75 · Post by **thrillseeker75** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:19

anything visually new in sp3? im still pondering weather to download it or not

StoneIce · Post by **StoneIce** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:20

If you guys want WinXP SP3 , NAG the CD have SP3 on the DVD. I install it yesterday on my dad laptop and it works 100%

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:31

StoneIce wrote:NAG the CD have SP3 on the DVD.

This statement iss full of lulz and sunshine.

Try reading it aloud to yourself without laughing.

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:40

*sigh*
when will this damn service pack arrive!?
It's same time last week when Sp1 was released so wft?

matrixkid · Post by **matrixkid** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:48

is the RC2 version worth it?

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:51

matrixkid wrote:is the RC2 version worth it?

What he said... :stupid:

marduke · Post by **marduke** » 26 Mar 2008, 15:33

Well my outlook is muchos faster & since a lot of my work involves email I'd say it's worth it, to me at least. Apparently according to theinquirer SP3 final release will be available the last 2 weeks of April.

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 26 Mar 2008, 19:17

marduke wrote:Well my outlook is muchos faster & since a lot of my work involves email I'd say it's worth it, to me at least. Apparently according to theinquirer SP3 final release will be available the last 2 weeks of April.

Thats a long time from now!!

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 26 Mar 2008, 20:08

From Microsoft:
"You! valued customer wanting a product of ours that's technically done and finished: Hold on a tick...again."

From Sony:
"You! Valued customer buying our higher quality stuff: F*#k You!"

Zana · Post by **Zana** » 27 Mar 2008, 20:11

Frozenfireside wrote:*sigh*
when will this damn service pack arrive!?
It's same time last week when Sp1 was released so wft?

Its part of Microsoft's policy to bloat and and stall..and when we are tiered of there gloating, then they release it... Possibly they found more bugs and they undergoing the debugging process before release...

marduke · Post by **marduke** » 28 Mar 2008, 13:10

Zana wrote:
Frozenfireside wrote:*sigh*
when will this damn service pack arrive!?
It's same time last week when Sp1 was released so wft?
Its part of Microsoft's policy to bloat and and stall..and when we are tiered of there gloating, then they release it... Possibly they found more bugs and they undergoing the debugging process before release...

Good things comes to those who wait... personally, I don't think MS's policy is to bloat & stall, rather to screw the customer & make more $$ out of us.

SykomantiS · Post by **SykomantiS** » 07 Apr 2008, 15:42

Ok.. I tried SP again, restarted and checked everything... And this time, my network and internet connections worked fine... For a day. Then, without changing anything, or without even restarting again- I let the laptop hibernate) I received a big F# you. Internet isn't working anymore. My normal network still runs fine, and all the other pc's have internet access.

So... Something in SP3 got changed somewhere and again I'm screwed. If anyone can help me, please... I'm really fed up with this.
If it helps: I got SP3 from the NAG DVD and my laptop specs are as follows:
Acer Extensa 5620G
Intel Core2 Duo T5450
2GB DDR2 667
ATi Mobility Radeon HD2400 XT
160GB HDD

Gigabit adapter: Broadcom Netlink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi: Intel(R) Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Connection

Neither of these have internet connection, but both have full working network access, I'm not capped, and all my other pc's have internet access.

Any ideas??