Windows XP Service Pack 3

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Beep
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Hi
I'm currently running Windows XP SP3
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and the only thing that i can see has changed is the remote desktop connection.
And my system is a little more un-accepting of Active-X Controls,
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Jovis
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Godfather wrote:I'm currently running Windows XP SP3
I'm currently running around the track at HMS Temeraire.
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lukey
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It's not really meant to be anything exciting - the bulk of it is just a collection of previously released hotfixes. I suspect SP2 did a lot to raise expectations of what service packs are meant to deliver, which is a little unfortunate in most cases.
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Want a nicer computer? Get Vista.
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cdd wrote:Want a nicer computer? Get Vista.
He's been on the sherry and means slower, obviously.
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cdd wrote:Want a nicer computer? Get Vista.
oh god no - lets not forget what happened when beep got his last new computer. it took him a few months to "get used" to his keyboard - he had severe alldritt-itis with rANDOM cAPITAL lETTERS A pLENTY
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Alexia
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I have to say that WindowsX's Vista Transformation Pack 8 is very realistic as it slows your computer down to a crawl. I've now removed almost all of it and settled for a nice MSStyle visual theme.
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Jamez
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I installed SP3 on XP last night. It took about 15 minutes.

Rebooted and gave it a couple of minutes to sort its life out and then I defragged the HD and removed any crap (i.e. temp files / recycle bin / stuff over 100mb etc.) and went shopping for a couple of hours.

Came back and WOW - my computer is damn quick now. I'll be sticking with XP for a good while yet. I really don't see the need to upgrade to Vista when the only discernible changes I can see are pointless whizzy graphics and a tweaked interface.

Maybe I'll upgrade to Vista when 5 Ghz machines become commonplace and Vista is compatible with ALL of my favourite software.

Apart from that, is there any reason to upgrade to Vista other than pointless aesthetic reasons?
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Sput
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I think that Vista has sown some seeds of awesomeness that are going to take a while to be realised - whether windows 8 will come along before that happens is anyone's guess though
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Is there any particualr point in installing SP3 before it comes out in one of the regular Wednesday/Thursday downloads?
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Jamez
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Nick Harvey wrote:Is there any particualr point in installing SP3 before it comes out in one of the regular Wednesday/Thursday downloads?
At around 350MB, I wouldn't be sure about it automatically downloading!
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