window xp service pack 3

[kookieman]

Why do you come into the thread and compose three paragraphs of stuff
everyone knows. The no problems part was for me, and that was my opinion.

 

[Alias]

Both of you are clueless and made for each other, this post is about XP, not
Vista.

Reread my post. I used the release of Vista as an example. Is English
not your first language?

Alias

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

WinXP SP3 has not been released.

When it is released, it will be offered to your machine via Automatic
Updates.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

horsesheet!

That's what I thought your reply was, but saying "You've got egg on
your face" was nicer (and atypical of me).

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

WinXP SP3 has not been released.

When it is released, it will be offered to your machine via Automatic
Updates.

I'm curious: will there be a possibility of getting an XP CD with all
the service packs so I don't have to try another slipstreaming?

I'd be willing to pay for one as long as it won't be full price (my CD
is an upgrade version).

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

I'm curious: will there be a possibility of getting an XP CD with all
the service packs so I don't have to try another slipstreaming?

I'd be willing to pay for one as long as it won't be full price (my CD
is an upgrade version).

As WinXP SP2 was made available on CD (free in most locales but you paid
S&H), I'd expect SP3 to be available on CD, as well. Whether you'll be able
to slipstream is with your upgrade CD is another question.

I'd recommend that everyone considering slipsteaming first familiarize
themselves with the White Paper:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110

Then peruse the various threads in WinXP SP3 Beta forum about slipstreaming
as well as requirements for installing SP3:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

All of this is sure to be a hot topic of conversation when SP3 is finally
released. I can tell you that slipstreaming SP3 will not be the same as
splipstreaming SP2.

 

[kookieman]

It is. Do you want to duel me and find out that you're an even bigger loser
than everyone thinks you are? Your 'example' was entirely irrelevant (if it
was one) because it is entirely possible that a company makes one very good
product and another bad one.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

As WinXP SP2 was made available on CD (free in most locales but you paid
S&H), I'd expect SP3 to be available on CD, as well. Whether you'll be able
to slipstream is with your upgrade CD is another question.

Thanks!

I really do NOT want to play around with slipstreaming again. I was
recently having minor problems with my system (right-click, SEND TO)
that were (unfortunately) built into my available backups and when I
attempted a repair installation using my slipstreamed disc, I
encountered errors (am clueless why) that told me some Acronis files
couldn't be found.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If I may add to your comment, PA, I have done quite a bit of slipstreaming
already now that the RC is out. Slipstreaming works the same as it always
has and no new versions of the popular slipstreaming apps are needed nor are
there any changes to the documented procedures that have been in use for
years. I did not have any problems slipstreaming with any hologrammed cd's
including XP Gold, even though it is inadvisable to use Gold. In that
respect, slipstreaming procedures have not changed at all.

The related topic, that of SP3's dependency on SP1 or SP2 being installed
first is better left until SP3 rtm is available to everyone on WU. It does
have an impact on slipstreaming, but only on the result achieved (quality of
the OS installed with such a cd), not the procedure.

 

[Alias]

It is.

You could have fooled me.

Do you want to duel me and find out that you're an even bigger loser
than everyone thinks you are? Your 'example' was entirely irrelevant (if it
was one) because it is entirely possible that a company makes one very good
product and another bad one.

Sorry you didn't understand. Maybe if you reread it ten times ...

Alias

 

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kookieman added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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Both of you are clueless and made for each other, this post is
about XP, not Vista.

No kidding?! I used Vista only as an analogous way to describe beta
testing by the user at their expense one way or another, but
certainly monetary, time, effort, frustration, etc. so I think a
comparison is valid and on-topic, but that's just my opinion.

As for being clueless, I am not, but if you want to take cheap
shots, be my guest.

 

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Alias added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Reread my post. I used the release of Vista as an example. Is
English not your first language?

And, I implied the same, as well as the more general case of ANY
and ALL SW whether XP, Vista, any O/S or any application or utility
SW.

 

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kookieman added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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Why do you come into the thread and compose three paragraphs
of stuff everyone knows. The no problems part was for me, and
that was my opinion.

It sometimes takes 3 paragraphs to illustrate to someone like you,
with an apt handle - kookie - that it isn't a binary decision that
a given release, like XP SP3 or SP2 or anything does or does not
have problems. It simply isn't that simple, but apparently that's
the only thing your mind can handle. Get a life whilst considering
that what I stated, verbose or laconic, was my opinion and that of
some other people chiming in here.

 

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PA Bear [MS MVP] added these comments in the current discussion
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WinXP SP3 has not been released.

When it is released, it will be offered to your machine via
Automatic Updates.

Thanks for the warning, you can be damn sure I will NEVER take
advantage of something this huge with the potential for so much
grief via automatic updates!

 

[PaulMaudib]

any idea if window xp service pack 3 is finally released and where to
download it from ??

When? No, it has not yet been announced.

Where? From MS, of course.

On topic HERE? NO. Beta software has no place here.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The upgrade should only be about 65MB on an up to date SP2 system.

PA Bear [MS MVP] added these comments in the current discussion
du jour ...

WinXP SP3 has not been released.

When it is released, it will be offered to your machine via
Automatic Updates.

Thanks for the warning, you can be damn sure I will NEVER take
advantage of something this huge with the potential for so much
grief via automatic updates!

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Surely you jest - and don't call me Shirley!" - from the movie
"Airplane!"

 

[kookieman]

From your posts it would seem that you think there's something wrong with
anyone using Windows, so I'm not really surprised.

 

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Colin Barnhorst added these comments in the current discussion
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The upgrade should only be about 65MB on an up to date SP2
system.

It isn't the size, even though that large a file is a LONG download
so I would order a CD, it is that I would never allow autoupdate to
attempt such as thing. Call me paranoid but I have very little
confidence in MS's ability to "do it right the first time". e.g., I
NEVER install critical updates right away, and never all of them at
once. I lurk here and other places to see what early updaters
experience. I've already stated why I wouldn't do an SP3 for any
reason, so I don't need to repeat it.

 

[Alias]

From your posts it would seem that you think there's something wrong with
anyone using Windows, so I'm not really surprised.

I have don't have much use for Windows or Microsoft's strong arm tactics
with its paying customers. About the only thing I use Windows for is
gaming. As far as users of Windows is concerned, most users aren't aware
of the pitfalls of Windows and those who do, don't really have a good
excuse for using it.

Ask yourself how many Windows boxes are corralled into herd bots and how
many Macs and Linux boxes are but, hey, it's your computer, although
Microsoft may dispute that, being as you are using Windows at
Microsoft's pleasure.

Alias

 

[Alias]

Colin Barnhorst added these comments in the current discussion
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It isn't the size, even though that large a file is a LONG download
so I would order a CD, it is that I would never allow autoupdate to
attempt such as thing. Call me paranoid but I have very little
confidence in MS's ability to "do it right the first time". e.g., I
NEVER install critical updates right away, and never all of them at
once. I lurk here and other places to see what early updaters
experience. I've already stated why I wouldn't do an SP3 for any
reason, so I don't need to repeat it.

Very wise, Jerry, and I concur completely. I used to run to get Windows
updates until I was fooled by Microsoft when they posted WGA as a
"critical" update. Now I wait until the weekend following Updates
Tuesday and read the Windows Update newsgroup as well as tech sites to
make sure that MS hasn't fuçked up again.

Alias