Comments on: Windows XP service pack 3 Review after usage

By: Kingcat

Kingcat — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:26:13 +0000

Service Pack 3 is really crappy! It let install 3 game but thats it. Now its screwed up. Everytime… BLUE SCREEN. Then I have to wait 2 hours to turn it back on I never had a problem wit Service pack 2. Yes I used to have computer problems. That was with my old on. Now I just spent 1,000 Dollars on a new computer. Now it is worse!

By: al

al — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:56:39 +0000

hi every one i want to say that when i instituted the sp3 onto my computer my computer started to act real funny and have a lot or problems like the blue screen of death.it’s got to a stag where now it wants to just reinstated windows xp so i put in the disk and it says 34 mins reaming never 34 before that the computer caches how can this be fix

thanks guys

By: Arun_India

Arun_India — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:20:32 +0000

Hi all, 98% of the posts r correct. The SP3 is just crap. I wasted my time downloading it and installing it. Both my laptops went phut !!!!!! Lucky enough had made the an entire backup of both the hard disks onto an external hard disk. Main problems were Internet Explorer would open then kaboom it would freeze, compatibility issues with some S/W, driver problems etc. Gave me a nightmare fixing it. Finally decided to just format and reinstall with SP2. Back to normal. One good thing : speeds up the OS but messes up the rest. And last but not the least talking to Microsoft has been so helpful. They just would’nt bat an eyelid to look at ur problem without speaking regarding their monetary gains. Very very lovely people indeed.
ADVICE : Stick to SP2 folks and inform Microsoft to roll up SP3 & shove it up their ***.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:40:20 +0000

The latest Windows XP service pack 3 causes problems with Microsoft Internet Explorer such as causing it to crash and causing problems with trying to upgrade to IE7. It also kills the remote desktop connection feature and I have been suspicious of it cauing various other errors! I know because I work on computers for a living and have tried both SP3 updates and manually installing updates and have had problems only with Windows XP service pack 3! Great going Microsoft!!

By: Nosterex

Nosterex — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:06:02 +0000

My wife and i also have had problems with SP3, errors galore, as died hard gamers, we have the latest hardware / high-end rigs, have had no problems with conflicts under SP2 until a recent patch, prior to SP3, where we noticed a steep drop off in performance.
Sadly, we cant help but wonder if this is Microsoft’s way of forcing people into Vista or the new OS due for announcement soon, as we have no trust in Microsoft due to their lack of Transparency .
Great to hear that some users are having no problems, and could all stem from system specs, however, not many posts that mention “no problems with SP3″, have stated what they use their comps for e.g. Games, 3D applications, Web Surfing, Office etc.
Any new information on Performance issues with SP3 from users would be greatly appreciated, as Microsoft cant give us any explanation for these issues, after speaking with them on the phone and online via email etc, except to say we need to pay them for anymore info on SP3?! (nice people)
Good Luck,
Good Gaming

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:34:11 +0000

I installed it, it took forever to install. I didn’t have any of the compatibility issues but once installed it didn’t want to work! My computer froze and it did not want to get online, so my husband had to uninstall it. My mom had the exact same problems as we did, and she had no compatibility issues as well. Her computer froze up and she couldn’t get online. So I don’t know what the problem with it was. I was really look forward to all the fixes and some of the features that were added on. We both Have Windows XP home edition with Service Pack 2 and the manufacured computers are both DELL. So if anyone has any suggestions why it maybe having these problems please let me know!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:59:29 +0000

thanks, great post, installed it and everything worked fine..

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:59:11 +0000

the thing is that ive never had these probs with service pack 2 either and I just dont understand why its causing me probs and it shouldnt be at all.
i think its just gon be better to go back to service pack 2 period, i mean, my system entirelly ran better than what it is now.
and that when I fire up my computer, it takes for ever after I get to my desktop and to even do simple things of getting onto internet explorer and here on messenger and that tooo alone is another story and then after a few minutes, my computer finally clears up and its like its just tryin to wake up like its had its burst of caffene and just jitters right along ya know??? I really think that mircrosoft screwed up with this new service pack 3 update and that service pack 2 is just way better and for now on, I dont think I’ll ever be updating again from microsoft specially that I found out that possibly that service pack 3 is a possible 3rd party issue and not meant to work with programs on the computer period and just slows things down and takes for ever just to catch up even with a system thats got 2gigs of ram which …… come one now, thats messed up. but as for that, i am thouroughly not happy with service pack 3 at all and wont ever go back to it no matter what people say.

By: Asim

Asim — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:19:25 +0000

Hi guys, all I want to say is if you are using a pirated copy then you will definitely land up with lots of problems, so please use the legal copy of windows and have fun, and also in case if you encounter in any problem please do fresh installation of windows and then install the service pack 3. I hope this will clear to all.

By: ducksinthewind

ducksinthewind — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:40 +0000

grrrrrrrrr, i just had this sinking feeling while i considered installing.

conflicts, error messages, freezeups, incomprehensible trouble with anything plugged into usb ports (!i know this sounds like it must be some other dumb thing, but of course it started suddenly for the first time ever the morning after)

and i am positive the sp3 “update now” did NOT say beta anywhere on it.

in desperation i sys restored to the day before, and it ran a copious uninstall of “mystery files” about 60 meg worth. when i went to add and remove programs on a later day, still going nuts with errors, frozen mouse, off/on/offline, messenger bounces…

no program appeared there called sp3 or anything like it.

searching file by file for anything that was installed that day, or modified.