Service Pack 3

[RWB 0]

Has anybody downloaded the latest windows SP3? I think I read somewhere that it isn't a good addition, unlike the other SP's. I may be wrong in my memory but it seems I read that it can actually slow you system. Anyway it is sitting around waiting to be downloaded but I am a bit leary.

 

Thanks for any info

[csm 4]

I downloaded it some time ago and haven't had any problems

[Jack Scagnetti 488]

haven't noticed a difference since installing

[RWB 0]

Thanks, I still can't remember where I read that there was a problem, but didn't want to take a chance, gotta make this computer last for a bit more than a year before I move permanent to LOS.

[joekicker 53]

The current newest SP3 has been almost trouble-free. There is no such thing as totally trouble-free on computer add-ons.

[JONPAT 222]

No known problems. It did take forever to download and install. Maybe 3 hrs and I'm on digital cable. Could be my old computer HP7935 .

[too_mutt 10]

No known problems. It did take forever to download and install. Maybe 3 hrs and I'm on digital cable. Could be my old computer HP7935 .

Do you see "SP3" when you right click my computer and select "Properties"? I still see SP2.

[RWB 0]

yep SP2

[Dave16 1]

SP3 is merely a consolidation of all the updates released since SP2 so there should not be a problem. It just puts them together and in order and deletes all the separate ones. Some of the updates released since SP3 are another matter. They have fucked my system up and now I get all sorts of error messages and some programmes won't operate properly. Time for System Recovery I think!

I don't know why some companies can't get their software right. They have been in the game long enough. I recently bought a new HP printer (C5180). It's great while it's working properly, trouble is it doesn't very often work properly! The software is a shambles. I have only had it installed three weeks and there have been two software updates already and whether it works or not is still hit and miss.

[4niceight 32]

Do you see "SP3" when you right click my computer and select "Properties"? I still see SP2.

I see Service Pack 3 when I do same.