XP Service Pack 3?

Quote from listedguru:

Any more color on the SP3 install? I'm running XP home with SP2. Not sure if I should update to SP3 or not? What will I gain by doing so? Any drawbacks?

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If you're running on an AMD computer, suggest you contact HP Support before installing SP3. Last I checked, they are still recommending NOT installing SP3, told me to "wait for the official fix"... still haven't heard of one.

My notebook is still running on SP2.
 
Quote from swingtrader:

If you are having recent usage of CPU memory all of the sudden it can be something else causing you the problem. When we put Windows XP Service Pack 3 on four of our PCs all of the sudden we noticed a big increase in CPU use. We discovered that a new tool was installed with the Service Pack 3 which is suppose to help find files anywhere on the PC. After uninstalling it, the PCs returned back to normal CPU use and we knew that was the cause.
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What is the latest opinions on SP3 for a quad core CPU?
 
installed SP3, got some process eating 50% of CPU all the time. uninstall using MS intruction but still got the same problem. I ended up reinstalling XP SP2 from sratch.
 
Just a thought...

A few months ago I did a fresh install on this Dell machine. When I installed my trading app, the CPU immediately went to 50% and stayed there. SP3 had already been installed.

Backtracking, I'd found the Dell video card driver to be the culprit. I uninstalled it and installed the driver from the Nvidia website...problem solved.
 
Service Pack 3


New features
Turns black hole router detection on by default [49]
Network Access Protection client
Windows Imaging Component [50]
Credentials Security Service Provider [51]
Descriptive Security options in Group Policy/Local Security Policy user interface
An updated version of the Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module that is FIPS 140-2 certified [49]
Installing without requiring a product key during setup for retail and OEM versions


Does SP3 provide better multicore CPU performance?



http://windowssecrets.com/2008/09/11/02-Dont-let-XP-Service-Pack-3-hose-your-system
 
Suggestion...

Use Acronis and make an image before installing SP3. If it creates a problem, just restore your system to the pre-SP3 with the image.

I've installed SP3 on about a dozen machines without issue, however there's a known issue with AMD CPUs from HP... which I've not heard is resolved as of yet.
 
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