Anybody successful with SP3?

[Norm Dresner]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

 

[Gordon]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even
start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

No probs here, everything running normally...

 

[R. McCarty]

Seven installs and no issues beyond the Outlook Express compact
folder on close/switch identity problem. This NG is like an ER you
won't generally find "Works/No Issue" type postings here. As with
any major OS change having a proper backup or image significantly
lowers your risk when installing a Service Pack. From what info I've
read the biggest issue with SP3 is some problems with systems that
use an AMD processor. The possible combinations of hardware &
software make it impossible to have a Zero issue SP release. As
more and more users install it the list of known issues will become a
little clearer.

 

[Nonny]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.

Works fine... will last a long time.

 

[Just.some.guy]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even
start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

Mine was successful, but I had to go through this link as opposed to Windows
Update...still don't know why. WU didn't work but this one did...and a few
days later...still no problems.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displ

 

[Jeff]

No problems, and.... I have an AMD system
Athalon X2 4800+
Abit AV8 Mb
3 gigs of OCZ DDR-SDRAM


Jeff

 

[Richard in AZ]

| I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start
| to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
| were successful.
| Norm
|
Installation seemed okay on a test computer until reboot.

Upon reboot I get an error message related to wlanapi.dll.
Error message reads:
"AirGCFG.exe - Entry Point Not Found. The procedure entry point apsSearchInterface could not be
located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll"
This appears to be a problem with the new version of this dll installed by Microsoft SP3 over the
version installed by Dlink for my wireless NIC. (Several others reporting the same problem with
Dlink wireless NICs)

I get the same error message with every boot, but the wireless card connects and work.
I have written to Dlink and will post the answer as soon as it becomes available.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You didn't read closely. There are posts in this ng this week reporting
success. Most folks would not bother to report success. Generally, posts
in the ngs are about problems. After all the ngs are all about getting
help.

I have installed SP3 on about a dozen copies of XP without any issues.
There you have it.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week.

Sure. That shouldn't be surprising. People without problems don't
often come to a newsgroup just to state that. It's those *with*
problems who come to look for solutions to them.

Before I even start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.

I've installed it on two computers here. No problems at all.

 

[brandy]

Installed on [3] comp, all work good. Did burn to disk to install

 

[Robert Moir]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even
start to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least
some people were successful.

It worked fine for me both at home and in several test cases at work

_of course_ you'll see complaints and problems about a major Windows XP
component in a newsgroup dedicated to helping people with Windows XP
problems. Whatever you decide to do, don't make the decision based on simply
seeing a few people here complaining, that would be like aliens landing in
the car park of your local hospital, sticking their heads through the
hospital door and concluding that every human on the planet is sick.

 

[John]

1 problem deploying SP3 through WSUS3. The rest (about 5 other PCs) is fine
and they're manually patched.

I chose "Install Updates and Shutdown" option to launch SP3 installation. It
takes about 30 minutes to install after which the PC should turn off
completely.

Problem is PC goes back to logon prompt instead of shutting down completely
after SP3 installation completed. There's no indication of a restart either.

I'm going to do another test later. If I see the same problem, I can't
deploy WinXP SP3 thru WSUS. Gotta do it manually.

 

[Mikey]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

I installed SP3 earlier this afternoon, everything went smoothly, no problems.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even
start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

No problem here.

Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:
http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start

to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

It's hard to know what people have as far as computers go so the
issues some are seeing might be caused by non-compliant apps or
drivers. I have had stellar success both at home and on well over 50
machines at my site.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Then by all means read the release notes and the white paper.

 

[Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even
start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm

Bit of a problem having an AMD Athlon 64 processor but a minor registry fix
sorted it.
Mike.

 

[Donald Sessler]

Mike I have that chip and I got error 0x80004005 in trying to update with
sp3. Review of my notepad showed 4 "hit a transient error" messages. Am
novice but if you have chance is it possible to explaain what you did to
registry?
TIA

 

[Alan]

Hi Norm,

I had no problem with the actual SP3 installation. It took about 15 minutes
and proceeded to install without any hitches at all.

However, I began losing connectivity -- I use a wireless Netgear adapter --
to the
Internet after installing SP3, although it hadn't been immediately apparent.

Earlier this week, I first thought it was due to AVG 7.5 / AVG 8.0 issues.

However, overnight I lost connectivity again for no apparent reason, and
after spending an hour this morning uninstalling/reinstalling AVG and the
Netgear software -- and still being unable to get Internet connectivity as
it looked...and looked...and looked to acquire an IP address -- I finally
just uninstalled
SP3.

I'll continue using SP2 for a while.

Alan

 

[Just.some.guy]

Hi Norm,

I had no problem with the actual SP3 installation. It took about 15
minutes
and proceeded to install without any hitches at all.

However, I began losing connectivity -- I use a wireless Netgear
adapter -- to the
Internet after installing SP3, although it hadn't been immediately
apparent.

Earlier this week, I first thought it was due to AVG 7.5 / AVG 8.0 issues.

However, overnight I lost connectivity again for no apparent reason, and
after spending an hour this morning uninstalling/reinstalling AVG and the
Netgear software -- and still being unable to get Internet connectivity as
it looked...and looked...and looked to acquire an IP address -- I finally
just uninstalled
SP3.

I'll continue using SP2 for a while.

Alan

I have SP3 and I use a Netgear wireless USB adapter for my desktop...the
WG111T and it is working well. It connects to a modem/wireless router combo.