javaMan
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-15
San Luis Obispo, CA
| reply to takeahike
Re: XP SP3 (3111) standalone now available for download
said by takeahike  :Being the 'patient' one I am I wish they'd just release the final already so I could install it. Then we can accuse them of rushing it out the door! LOL That will be inevitable won't it?
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
1 edit | reply to ltsnow
Since installing this, defragger wants to run every 24 hours. How do stop this? I ran defragger after the install (although not immediately but when it popped up). ProcessGuard blocks it but I don't understand why defragger wants to run every 24 hours. I have never had that happen with SP2. Defragger never asks to run. I manually run it about 3 times a year on my host machine.
Plus, I installed this on a virtual machine. VMWare notifies me whenever the virtual machine needs defragging which, like the host, is usually about 3 times a year. Since I defragged shortly after installing this Service Pack 3, why does defragger want to run every 24 hours?
Edit: Defragger has tried to run two more times in the past hour. I denied it in ProcessGuard and then I went and manually had defrag do an analysis. The disk doesn't need defragging so why defragger keeps wanting to run I don't know.
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ltsnow
join:2006-04-08
Valdosta, GA
 ·Mediacom
| reply to bcastner
Thanks for all your input Bill. Your advice is sound for the normal consumer. I am one of those "technically-inclined individuals that are comfortable using pre-release software". Heck, I can build and install a slipstreamed version of SP3 in less than an hour (I've done it with every beta release). Then if necessary I can revert to SP2 in 4 minutes with ATI. |
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bcastner
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-09-25
Chevy Chase, MD
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 ·Verizon Online DSL
| If you are going to use ATI to revert then there is absolutely no reason to slipstream.
It would take longer to build a slipstream and do a new installation than it would be to install SP3 on a working build.
A slipstream in your case is not only a Beta program violation, it is an enormous waste of time. |
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ltsnow
join:2006-04-08
Valdosta, GA | I have reasons that I like to slipstream and I have the time (a couple of hours for each new build), but thanks anyway. |
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