jabarnut
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Galaxy M31
4 edits | reply to Oleg
Re: [Info] XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots
said by howie  :Wow, XP SP3 sounds like the next ME!  LOL 
FWIW, I got it howie.
I know People have been saying that about Vista. (No comparison whatsoever, in either case).
Anyway, I guess I've been pretty "lucky".
I've installed SP3 on 4 different machines now with zero problems.
(Including my MCE Laptop...the same MCE that has produced a rather long thread of problems here).
Of course, one thing to note is that I don't own an HP, or the Asus Motherboard mentioned in the link.
However, all but one of the machines is AMD based....including the Laptop.
I also disabled all anti-malware protection before installing SP3, as suggested by Microsoft.
Just call me "lucky ol' Jabarnut". 
(Late edit) I wanted to add (after reading some of the posts since mine), that I agree there is really no pressing reason to install SP3 at the moment, simply because it exists.
Providing of course, that you're fully patched, with SP2.
I'll admit it...I just did it because I can.
But I will tell you one thing...I never would have done it without a full image of my existing configuration first.
Had I run into any serious problems, I'd simply resore my previous image.
After 10 minutes or so, my computers would have been running again as if SP3 never existed. (At which time I would have re-evaluated and taken it from there).
An imaging program is worth far more than it's weight in Gold, as far as I'm concerned.
(Sorry, a little OT, but worth mentioning none the less).
And if you'll forgive me for one more slightly OT comment.....one of the greatest advantages of installing this Service Pack sucessfully, is that you can post screenshots and brag about having SP3 installed, when others don't. 
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