Im a little weary about trying this update...has anyone experienced good or bad results?

I tried loading it onto my LT and so did my geek son - bad results. We ended up reloading the Windows XP system altogether. He says that the SP3 items are essentially all of the updates to SP2 rolled into one. So, if you've been keeping up on your automatic updates, there should be no pressing need for SP3. Look around and check out some XP forums and you will see that there are issues with hangups and load problems with SP3. But then again, as with all MS updates, once they work they're seemless - if they work. And maybe they've fixed the glitches by now.

In this case, I would say that if you don't know if you need anything in SP3, then don't load it unless you back-up anything worth saving or keeping. And be prepared to wait for a while for it to load - if it loads completely.

Cass

I've installed it on a number of PCs in the office without any problems. I agree, though if you've been keep up with the updates, no pressing need to update.

Thanks Cass.....good ting I asked....My Pc if fine now...no need for SerPk3 I guess.

I updated all my PC's to SP3

no problems I hope?

I'm writing this post on my new 24" iMac. A HUGE upgrade from any windows system I ever had. This is really a dual intel chip, so it works like mac or a pc .... I get to choose at powerup!

Both my PC's have been updated with SP3 without any problems.
Having read various forums' comments, it seems that you have no need to worry about updating to SP3, PROVIDING YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR PC IN GOOD ORDER..DEFRAGS being quite important.
Having said that, the SP3 is only marginally different to SP2 in my opinion and is not really necessary if you use your PC only for run of the mill usage, like Internet surfing and Emails and Forum visits#
cheers
Eddie Johnson

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