Users Report More Trouble With Windows XP SP3
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| On the We Got Served U.K.-based Windows user forum, Windows XP users running
| Windows Home Server, Microsoft's home storage and local networking server,
| report that SP3 is cutting off their access to the server from their PCs. The
| remote desktop access feature would ask users to add their home server's Web
| site address in order to access it even after they already had, users
| reported.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146059/users_report_more_trouble_with_windows_xp_sp3.html
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Windows XP SP3 still officially AWOL, but can be found on BitTorrent, Microsoft
servers
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| On Tuesday, in a low-key announcement on a support newsgroup, Microsoft said
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| it would delay the release of XP SP3 because of data corruption issues
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| between the updated operating system and its retail point-of-sale software.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=intellectual_property_and_drm&articleId=9082098&taxonomyId=144&intsrc=kc_top
XP change corrupts data, hamstrings SP3 rollout
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| A Microsoft spokeswoman on Wednesday acknowledged that the same problems
| affected Dynamics RMS users running XP SP3.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9081438&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top
Windows XP SP3: Beware the service pack!
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| The first thing that happened after installing Vista SP1 is that it broke my
| HP printer driver. That wasn't too bad, I fixed that quite easily by
| uninstalling the driver and doing a clean reinstallation. However, the fact
| that a service pack upgrade caused an instability in a previously working
| standard software installation is a concern.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18109/1023/
XP SP3 crashes AMD machines
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| One user reported, "I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the
| processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the
| Windows. It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots
| again."
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| Angry users have also reported that, after the installation, it is not even
| possible to boot in safe mode, usually the last resort before setting up a
| repeated forehead/screen interface.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/09/xp-sp3-crashes-amd-machines
Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain
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| Within hours of its release, Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows XP began
| drawing hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is wreaking
| havoc on their PCs.
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| The problems with XP SP3, according to posters on Microsoft's Windows XP
| message board, range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600950
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