What's a YW? No idea what gives impression I didn't read "entire" post. If
such it was lent because I didn't answer why I had not installed SP3, I
understand and apologies offered, otherwise please fill me in.
As for that hotfix's base causes for it's issuance, I admit I'm not
experiencing those symptoms, but I'm seeing sporadic recurrances of issues I
feel are related to power mgmt, USB port speed recognition, as well as
hybernation, all closely related issues that this hotfix or SP2 was supposed
to have fixed.
My issues being I'm frequently forced to fiddle with power button, ie; hold
it down for 15 secs, then press it again, or remove battery and AC cord for
30 secs, only then does one or more of those workarounds enable the OS to
boot up, as otherwise the thing indicates power was introduced (all lites
light up) for one full second and then even the charging lite goes put.
And plugged in or not, USB devices, online or not, neither seems to make any
differnece in this power issue, and nothing's wrong w/battery or the switch,
plus reinstalling pwr mgmt's drivers doesn't help).
Then there's the sporadic desktop freezes which improved once hybernation
was disabled. All of which keep me leaning towards this hotfix maybe never
really having resolved either the bandwidth and/or the hybernation things.
Hense my looking closely at this hotfix's sitting in WINDOWS.
As for SP3, forgive any potentially unwarranted cynicism, but with regards
to installing SP3 (or any other avoidable MS software fiddling), in that I
find MS auto-updates install so much that's unneeded (causing problems in
itself), I've stopped installing anything unless there's absolutey no other
option*.
Een manually trying to determine what updates are needed, I'm left to
finding that as useless too, what w/all the unanswered questions in just
reading the updates which then lead to 'endless' other MS articles (just as
questionable and as such never answered).
Assuming anyone could install only what was needed, what with the 'black
belt' (and time) required to do so, as otherwise said, I feel I'm avoiding
buying into more problems by installing anything I absolutely don't have to.
Besides, I've found that eEye Blink Personal routinely evaluates my OS and
based on the system's vulnerabilities, creates rules to combat them. Note
this avoids useless efforts of trying to find updates actually needed and/or
the potential for buying into even more problems with those fixes.
So saving the time of choosing what to install, plus avoiding the risk of
installing them, unless one finds the OS 'crippled' by firewall rules, why
bother with the risk and time even attempting to deal with XP updates (ie; as
that OS poses no threat to the community, nor myself so long as backups are
regimented).
Sony eSupport's reply to my written query (ie; why the hotfix's exe sits in
WINDOWS and yet the registry shows it not installed) seems evasive as their
eSupport says it can only be answered if I telephone their 'chat' line (no
chance yet to try that yet).