Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates in Security

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20754417 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:08:34 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:08:34 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20887830 anon : Thanks Cudni. :) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20887830 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:20:32 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20884484 Pentangle : Thanks for your reply--much appreciated.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20884484 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:16:23 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20882236 Gnaraktol : I'll try it this weekend then...
thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20882236 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:03:55 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20882048 cork1958 :

said by Littlem129

said by redwolfe_98

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after installing win xpsp3, i noticed that i no longer had the option for installing "NETFramework 3", the update for "ms vitual machine", or "win media player 10", through "windows updates", so i think that there are some bugs with MS's implementation of win xpsp3..

Your not by yourself on the option for installing NetFramework 3 through windows updates. The option was offered before installing SP3 and now it isn't there anymore.

I think MS finally wised up and dumped the Net framework junk. Totally worthless and useless POS anyway!
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make sure you have the latest Intel Chipset Drivers for your machine, usually the ones made by the OEMS are not the latest versions.

check the New "Note to Intel users" part of my artivle where i give a link to the place on Intel's site to not only identify what driver you need, but it will also tell you the "true name" Intel has for your motherboard...and it will help you find the appropriate drivers to get installed.

I encountered a system today, and intel based system that had problems simliar to yours, and i found updating the chipset drivers and trying the SP3 install again fixed the problem

also, for good measure, ensure you have the latest bios update as well, i personally don't think that would be causing your problem, but its worth a try to eliminate a possiblitly

but i bet its the chipset driver that controls your USB hub and SATA drive that is causing the problem it sounds like

check the updated section of my article, hope it helps, and im glad my article helped a few out.

take care and good luck to you
»inverity.org/articles/fixsp3.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881310 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:43:03 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880868 Pentangle :

said by jarrycanada :

Pentangle, did you have AMD Drivers installed?

Thanks for your reply. I don't have an AMD chip--it's a Dell Optiplex GX270 1.5GB RAM, Intel Pentium4 CPU 2.60GHz. In other words it's just like millions of other similar computers with no weird configuration issues. And I still had lotsa problems. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880868 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:19:29 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880763 jaykaykay : Since there seem to be issues with this SP3 installation on some machines that vary from BSOD to just a program not working or something like a printer, a question keeps spinning through my head. :hmm: What is going to happen when MS does present SP3 as an auto download and the regular, Joe Blow computer user doesn't understand the issues and the install doesn't go well? They certainly don't know about such things as drivers and updating them to get a clean install. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880763 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:59:57 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880361 jarrycanada : Pentangle, did you have AMD Drivers installed?
according to Woody79_00 if you have a AMD chip, then install the optimizer software from AMD to make your chip detect right with service pack 3. This optimizer software also fix's problems with some games having with AMD Chips. so it's a must have software program even if your not planing on running Service pack three.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880361 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:38:40 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880183 Pentangle : Not an easy install here from automatic updates. My Dell Optiplex is fully patched, pretty standard configuration. Closed all applications, rebooted, shut down anti-virus, anti-malware and software firewall. Allowed the update to proceed without interference of any kind--twenty minutes later it rebooted into the BSOD. Had to do several cold reboots before the desktop reappeared and I'd lost both my printers. The system is running more or less "normally" now but it takes forever to boot up and if I try to start any applications before it's fully booted (approx 4+ minutes) the system freezes and needs to be restarted. I'm considering using my Acronis image to revert to sp2, although never having had to do that before, it worries me. The message is that not everyone is having an easy time with sp3. :(
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20880183 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:59:17 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879175 jarrycanada : Gnaraktol, if you follow Woody79_00 guide to installing service pack 3 you'll be fine. I would install service pack three before the auto update does because it will install more cleanly. I just downloaded it, turned off my virus scanner and installed it, worked fine. no reboot of death. I also noted that in Woody79_00 guide that you have the amd processor driver. I already have this as I am gamer.

No problems here, I am running a A8N-SLI board too]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20879175 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:41:55 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20876779 Gnaraktol : I read up about my specific MoBo on ASUS and the only fix is to plug a USB drive (flash or HDD) to bypass...

It's very specific to my MoBo (old Socket 939 ASUS A8N32-SLI deluxe)... unfortunately...
the other AMD PCs your fix will work... especially the HP ones...

Thanks for the info though, cause I know this will help others that have the AMD with Intel driver...
I just wonder how many people out there that use auto update will end up thinking they got a virus or wasting money on a tech cause of this issue... hehe!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20876779 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:18:02 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20876505 Cudni :

said by steve45 :

Does anyone know if you can get a SP3 cd through postal snail mail from MS as they offered with SP2 (free or otherwise)? Thanks.

sure, see under Order the Windows XP SP3 CD
»www.microsoft.com/windows/produc···ult.mspx

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i hope the information i put up in this article is useful to those struggling with XP SP3 messing up peoples machines with continious reboots. the method in my article is 100% effective and i have installed XP SP3 on 50 AMD based machines without a single hiccup as long as your prepare your system properly

check the article here

»inverity.org/articles/fixsp3.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20874060 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:52:17 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20870988 Gnaraktol : I went and searched for this cause one of my PCS is a A8n32-SLI MoBo... (ASUS)...
I couldn't find any reported problems since the release of the autoupdate of service pack 3 and it popped up on my machine the other day...
So just to be safe, I backed up most of my stuff, figured even if it goes into the endless reboot thing, no matter, I can use a quick clean up of the PC...
After the patch, it went into the endless reboot... I'm not gonna bother trying that again, gonna stick with SP2...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20870988 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:20:29 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813265 Finger2208 :

said by Libra

said by SUMware

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As I understand it, if XP is fully patched there is no advantage to installing SP3.

True, but I have yet to find any software that doesn't work properly with SP3. And I have installed it on multiple rigs, including some dual networked running TCP/IP on ethernet and WYSE50 via terminal emulation to a RS6000 unix server, CAD/CAM workstations running to cutting tables, etc. But I haven't tried all software, so I guess there could be a possibility of something not working.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813265 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:40 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813128 Libra :

said by SUMware

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As I understand it, if XP is fully patched there is no advantage to installing SP3.

Thanks SUMware. If that's the case I don't see any reason to install SP3. I have a Dell with an Intel processor, but I didn't care for the part about some software might not work properly after SP3.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813128 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:31:04 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810457 Finger2208 : Yes, go to the Security Center and look to the left under Resources. Click on the last link "Change the way Security Center alerts me" and remove the check mark from in front of Automatic Updates. That will get rid of the disabled warning for automatic updates.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810457 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:52:22 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810227 anon : Is it possible to turn off automatic update without the nagging screen on the taskbar that says it has been disabled? Currently I have it setup to notify me of updates, but not install them. I'm not looking to install SP3 anytime soon and I wish to rid myself of the yellow shield icon, if possible.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20810227 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:09:15 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20804504 rdhw :

said by bcastner

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MS-MVP Jesper Johannson has a little free utility to do this for you:

Or, perhaps even better, before SP3, apply hotfix »support.microsoft.com/kb/953356 which fixes the problem in the driver, whether it is started or not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20804504 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:06:26 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20803621 morph3ous : We have 30 to 40 PCs and around 5 servers. WSUS has been invaluable for us. Not just because of the ease of patching. We can use its reporting to monitor for compliance.

WSUS 3 is a huge improvement over version 2.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20803621 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:26:21 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20803405 bcastner : 1. About AMD Concerns with XP SP3

If you have a conflicting installation of the intelppm driver on an AMD system, you will not receive XP SP3 through Windows Update. This condition is automatically filtered and automatically blocked for you, and has been for several weeks even prior to making XP SP3 generally available.

To receive XP SP3 through Windows Update, you need to correct the issue:

You can either disable the Service entry:
(Start, Run, sc config intelppm Start= disabled

Or, MS-MVP Jesper Johannson has a little free utility to do this for you: »https://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/···sp3.aspx

2. About Concerns with Antivirus Programs

You should disable your Antivirus software prior to installing XP SP3 -- whether received through Automatic Updates or doing it with a dowloaded image. The people who got into difficulties did not do this.

Even then, both Microsoft and Symantec offer an easy repair utility to undo the matter:
Symantec/Norton article: »aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=3···k=t&sd=a

Microsoft Repair Utility: »www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···ylang=en
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20803405 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:41:47 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20802588 SUMware : As I understand it, if XP is fully patched there is no advantage to installing SP3. In addition, my box is a Compaq with AMD processor.

Thus SP3 will not be installed here.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20802588 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:28 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20801736 altermatt : Has it actually been resolved that there are updates within this service pack that are really necessary (that aren't available separately?) Last I'd read, there really wasn't anything here to balance the usual "oh-oh, a servicepack" risks ;). And for friends who are running older Norton AVs, were those issues resolved?

And last, if installed, is it better to update to IE7 from 6 AFTER the sp install to avoid the "can't uninstall IE7" issue reported earlier?
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I also installed IE7 later. So now, this laptop should be all current.
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I've not seen any sign of it on the 3 PCs I checked]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20798698 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:06:38 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20773470 w8sdz :

said by redwolfe_98

That's because NETFramework 3.5 replaced 3.0. Go here »netfx3.com/ to get it. Click on the download button at the top of the page. That takes you to the download page. Note that there is a small version that is really a downloader to fetch what's needed.

If you prefer to download the entire package for later installation or to install on several PCs, scroll down to "Full Redistributable Package" near the bottom of the page.

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said by redwolfe_98

Your not by yourself on the option for installing NetFramework 3 through windows updates. The option was offered before installing SP3 and now it isn't there anymore.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20773430 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:29:25 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20772826 dibbb :

said by EGeezer

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If you've got 30 or 40 PCs to administer, it's too low a number to use WSUS, but still a time consuming project to roll out individually...

I have WSUS on my 20 PC LAN. Not sure why you'd say it's too low a number.

I mean, I already have the server, WSUS is free and easy to use, why wouldn't you?

Maybe I misunderstood what you meant.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20772826 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:41:21 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20772550 redwolfe_98 : after installing win xpsp3, i noticed that i no longer had the option for installing "NETFramework 3", the update for "ms vitual machine", or "win media player 10", through "windows updates", so i think that there are some bugs with MS's implementation of win xpsp3..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20772550 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:45:07 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20772249 EGeezer : So far, out of roughly 40 SP3 installs with IE7 and office updates, I've had issues with one IE7 and four SP3 installs. the IE7 issue was with a Spybot S&D BHO that caused cpu thrashing, and three SP3 installs removed database links in a vendor application. (if your IE7 freezes up the system, start IE without add-ons, disable all then enable until you find the culprit.

One machine is still at SP2 until I resolve the "catalog failed to load" issue. I have some things from MSKB 950717, 925877 and 822795 to review and try. This PC has a MICR/check scanning and imaging device with a less-than stable driver and a somewhat feckless vendor rep, so I must proceed with additional care.

I have another thirty to forty systems to go pending software vendor confirmation of SP3 support, then will be done for awhile.
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AS some of you may be aware in that Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates is imminent. Now should you find that this update is not to your liking or you should find any fault with this update you can always uninstall it and ask here on how to proceed

Please note in that My personal experience with this update is that you may find some software will no longer work. Also please note that My own personal findings are that this is most unlikely for the vast amount of users but there will be some notably those of you who use certain Themes, Visual Styles, Skins, Wallpapers, Backgrounds, Icons, Cursors, Logons, Boot Screen types of software
»support.microsoft.com/kb/950249/en-us
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20771123 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:46:34 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20757980 La Luna :

said by SanJoseNerd

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One of my computers crashed halfway through the SP3 install. The crash was caused by a hardware problem, nothing to do with Windows. But, being halfway through a service pack install, I figured the machine was hosed.

It wasn't. Upon rebooting, the SP3 installer came up and automatically went into rollback mode. As I watched, it uninstalled all the parts of SP3 it had installed so far, then it reinstalled all the parts of SP2 it had previously removed, restoring my system right back to its initial condition. I was impressed as hell.

Second attempt to install SP3 completed with no problems.

I read on one of the overviews of SP 3 that if the install gets interrupted it will resume. I guess your issue fell into that category, which was good!

edit: spelling
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It wasn't. Upon rebooting, the SP3 installer came up and automatically went into rollback mode. As I watched, it uninstalled all the parts of SP3 it had installed so far, then it reinstalled all the parts of SP2 it had previously removed, restoring my system right back to its initial condition. I was impressed as hell.

Second attempt to install SP3 completed with no problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20756869 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:22:06 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20756706 DrStrange : Deployed to several desktops and a laptop so far, no problems.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20756706 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:32:27 EDT Re: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20755732 La Luna : Thanks Nick! :)

Just added SP 3 to my laptop (AMD Turion) last night after taking a deep breath, lol....all is well.

Working up the nerve to add it to my main PC (also AMD).

I keep auto updates turned off, but I saw it being offered with manual updates.
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quote:
Hi All,

Microsoft is committed to providing quality products to customers. As part of this commitment, we would like to remind you that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be released to Automatic Updates shortly. The third service pack to Windows XP includes the previously released updates and hotfixes to Windows XP, creating a new baseline for servicing.

Optional Actions

If you wish to prevent users from installing Windows XP SP3 through Automatic Updates, Microsoft recommends you take one or more of the following steps:

1. Download and deploy the Windows Service Pack Blocker Kit. The Blocker Toolkit is available in the Microsoft Download Center.

2. Deploy an update management solution that provides full control over the updates you deploy to computers in your network (Compare Update Management Solutions). IT Administrators using an update management solution should use their product’s standard features, rather than the Blocker Toolkit, to control SP1 distribution.

Additional Information

Windows XP Service Pack 3

· Windows XP Service Pack 3 Tech Center

Update Management Solutions

· TechNet Update Management Center

Update Management Solutions

· TechNet Update Management Center

· Comparing MBSA, MU, WSUS, and SMS 2003/System Center Configuration Manager 2007

· Windows Server Update Services

· Systems Management Server 2003/System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Nick.

»blogs.msdn.com/nickmac/archive/2···tes.aspx
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