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atomicali

Wed May 07 2008, 08:12am

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yes folks time to risk screwing up the PC again as SP3 for XP is now available on windows update.
First up make damn sure you have a backup before applying as it could save your posterior.
For me it borked windows in such a way that I was left staring at a black screen, although the monitor was still receiving a signal. Luckily you can uninstall SP3 in safe mode, but I opted for an image restore with Acronis Trueimage to make sure no remnants of it where left over.
Will have to investigate further when I have time.
Cheers.

alf_ppp

Wed May 07 2008, 09:02am

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aliali wrote ...

, but I opted for an image restore with Acronis Trueimage to make sure no remnants of it where left over.

and Ghost

Would be lost without them in my work

alf_ppp

Wed May 07 2008, 09:06am

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alf_ppp wrote ...

aliali wrote ...

, but I opted for an image restore with Acronis Trueimage to make sure no remnants of it where left over.

Acronis True Imge Home and Server:) and Ghost

Would be lost without them in my work

AUSDV8

Wed May 07 2008, 09:23am

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running "corporate 2007 XP" so I think i'll leave that alone - thanks for the info though

Nappy

Wed May 07 2008, 10:05am

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i installed it a while back when it first came out, now all my games dont work

Fitterstrack

Thu May 08 2008, 12:27pm

Guest

I installed it about 2 months ago and no problems.
Except I'm a shit player anyway

atomicali

Thu May 08 2008, 01:12pm

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Interesting that it broke your games Nappy.
Tried a test install on a domain machine today and again it broke XP. Freeze on reboot, then after a hard reset, BSODS.
A look in safe mode event viewer throws up a load of Symantec services errors.
So may be something to do with that.
Unfortunately we are stuck with Symantec corp as it is what we are required to run on the ed dept network.

GrendeL

Sun Oct 19 2008, 05:20am

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Been running SP3 for over a week now and no problems. The only negative stuff I've heard was about compatibility with certain Norton products. Who uses that crap anyway? lol

Fitterstrack

Sun Oct 19 2008, 05:59am

Guest

Norton is the Devils Spawn!
It can only be banished by Full Format!
Dr Norton is the Anti Christ!

AUSDV8

Sun Oct 19 2008, 11:13pm

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Joined: Sun Mar 02 2008, 03:16am
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have picked up a fresh "xp sp3" disk & as a clean install - no problems.
Install on an older machine & it gives all sorts of crc errors.
NEW program - NEW machine only seems the best advice.

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