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re: SP3 does not install
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bob wells
(1258 messages posted)
Larry,
Guess I'm confused by all the problems. Seems users are thinking there is something
new in SP3.
IMHO, a system that has been kept up-to-date via Windows Update, has no need of SP3,
everything available is already there.
I can see it for a Clean Install but, otherwise, why ask for trouble? ???????????????
Also wonder how much is involuntary install of IE7.
I have a feeling that MS prevents the OEM problems via the Update Scan, which I suspect
is missing, or ineffective on Manual install or install from CD.
Think I'll just leave it alone till I really need it.
There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.
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On Friday, May 16, 2008 at 12:55 pm, Larry wrote:
>Hello again Bob...this is an interesting new thread. As I said before in an earlier
>thread, I had up to that point updated five machines with no problems. After reading
>MS's release notes, all I did in preparation for the download/install was to temporarily
>disable the AVG resident sheild (or uninstall AVG 7.5 on two of them since I was
>going to install 8.0 afterwards anyway). Well, yesterday I had a failure finally,
>and guess what? It was a HP/Compaq manufactured unit with an AMD CPU. The same type
>of machine it seems a lot of people are experiencing troubles with. It would constantly
>reboot just after the Compaq splash screen. Luckilly I was able to boot to safe
mode
>and go to Add/Remove programs and get out of trouble with by removing SP3 and the
>process automatically restored SP2. I'm inclined to believe the MS claim that several
>OEMs (most notably HP) used the wrong sysprep image (one intended for Intel based
>systems) during manufacture and SP3 finally uncovered their error. I say this because
>some of the systems I updated successfully earlier were 1: A Systemax made unit
with
>an AMD Athlon CPU, 2: A homebrew unit with Soyo mobo and AMD Athlon CPU, 3: A Sony
>laptop with an AMD Duron. They all worked fine, so it will be interesting to see
>how this OEM snafu develops in the coming weeks/months/years? LOL. At least I know
>now what to be wary of.
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