Squeezing more blood from a stone: XP SP3

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Carey Frisch [MVP]

Sorry, this is not the appropriate newsgroup for
Windows XP SP3 beta questions or comments.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I did a before and after test with SP2 fresh install and then an
update to SP3 (build 3244) and I noticed FPU and INT number went up
around 3.5% in Sandra XIIc. Disk I/O was the same sadly. Seems there's
fight in the old dog yet. Someone else did a test too:
http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-xp-sp3-yields-performance-gains.html

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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Timothy Daniels

Carey Frisch said:
Sorry, this is not the appropriate newsgroup for
Windows XP SP3 beta questions or comments.
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Well, why not be helpful and tell him which NG *is*
appropriate?!

*TimDaniels*
 
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WaIIy

Sorry, this is not the appropriate newsgroup for
Windows XP SP3 beta questions or comments.
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But it is an open usenet group involving WinXP.

As a user of a registered copy of the Windows XP operating system,
I was glad to read about the upcoming service pack.
 
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Peter Foldes

The appropriate newsgroup for Beta issues involving XP and all Beta releases for it is the private newsgroup that is supplied to a bonafied Beta tester concerning the said Beta. This private newsgroup is given to Beta testers that are officially picked\selected for said Beta. Not open to the public

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Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
 
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Gordon

WaIIy said:
But it is an open usenet group involving WinXP.

As a user of a registered copy of the Windows XP operating system,
I was glad to read about the upcoming service pack.
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the point is, Chicago Wolf or whatever he calls himself is NOT an official
MS Beta tester and has acquired his copy of SP3 RC1 from a non-MS source, so
take everything he says about it with a HUGE pinch of salt....
 
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Thee Chicago Wolf

Sorry, this is not the appropriate newsgroup for
Windows XP SP3 beta questions or comments.
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It wouldn't be too difficult to get into a semantic argument regarding
this comment but I won't. I hope that you would not be insinuating
that the *.windowsxp.beta.* groups were for this comment, were you? In
case you were, those groups are for pre-RTM XP gold code.
Additionally, no one reads them since XP has gone gold years ago. I
cannot imagine which group other than this .general group being
on-topic. Other posters have asked about SP3 and others have responded
to them. Sorry but your response is inappropriate.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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Thee Chicago Wolf

the point is, Chicago Wolf or whatever he calls himself is NOT an official
MS Beta tester and has acquired his copy of SP3 RC1 from a non-MS source, so
take everything he says about it with a HUGE pinch of salt....
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Most folks should have the common sense, I would hope, to know that a
release candidate is still not gold code and could change by the final
product. Release candidates are at least a *hint* at what could be
expected from final code. Since it has made its way into the wild, I
was curious to see what it was all about. It was simply an expression
of my subjective experience with a commonly available test suite. No
more, no less.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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PA Bear

Timothy said:
Well, why not be helpful and tell him which NG *is*
appropriate?!
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If he's a legit beta tester, he has access to the appropriate newsgroup. If
he's not, he deserves what he gets for downloading SP3 beta from a non-MS
source.
 
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Thee Chicago Wolf

The appropriate newsgroup for Beta issues involving XP and all Beta releases for it is the private newsgroup that is supplied to a bonafied Beta tester concerning the said Beta. This private newsgroup is given to Beta testers that are officially picked\selected for said Beta. Not open to the public

I understand. However, since it's in the wild now, it's fair game.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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PA Bear

<plonk>
It wouldn't be too difficult to get into a semantic argument regarding
this comment but I won't. I hope that you would not be insinuating
that the *.windowsxp.beta.* groups were for this comment, were you? In
case you were, those groups are for pre-RTM XP gold code.
Additionally, no one reads them since XP has gone gold years ago. I
cannot imagine which group other than this .general group being
on-topic. Other posters have asked about SP3 and others have responded
to them. Sorry but your response is inappropriate.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
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Gordon

Thee Chicago Wolf said:
It wouldn't be too difficult to get into a semantic argument regarding
this comment but I won't. I hope that you would not be insinuating
that the *.windowsxp.beta.* groups were for this comment, were you? In
case you were, those groups are for pre-RTM XP gold code.
Additionally, no one reads them since XP has gone gold years ago. I
cannot imagine which group other than this .general group being
on-topic. Other posters have asked about SP3 and others have responded
to them. Sorry but your response is inappropriate.
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You don't get the point, do you? there are PRIVATE groups to which OFFICIAL
beta testers can subscribe....
 
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WaIIy

The appropriate newsgroup for Beta issues involving XP and all Beta releases for it is the private newsgroup that is supplied to a bonafied Beta tester concerning the said Beta. This private newsgroup is given to Beta testers that are officially picked\selected for said Beta. Not open to the public
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Ever hear of wordwrap?
 
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WaIIy

the point is, Chicago Wolf or whatever he calls himself is NOT an official
MS Beta tester and has acquired his copy of SP3 RC1 from a non-MS source, so
take everything he says about it with a HUGE pinch of salt....
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That's good advice.

Chicago Wolf gave a link which was interesting to read, at least for
me.
 
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WaIIy

You don't get the point, do you? there are PRIVATE groups to which OFFICIAL
beta testers can subscribe....
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Sometimes you get a more neutral answer from people not so involved in a
process.
What are you guys afraid of? Chicago Wolf made one little post.

I see sig files on here bigger than that.
 
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Thee Chicago Wolf

You don't get the point, do you? there are PRIVATE groups to which OFFICIAL
beta testers can subscribe....
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Fine, I'll refrain. My apologies.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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Thee Chicago Wolf

Sometimes you get a more neutral answer from people not so involved in a
process.
What are you guys afraid of? Chicago Wolf made one little post.

I see sig files on here bigger than that.
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Wally,

I appreciate you being interested in the topic of this post and even
coming to my defense a bit. Others don't feel this is appropriate
venue to share this information so I will refrain in the future.
Thanks anyway.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
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