Users who are upgrading should read this article from the IEBlog beforehand:
IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3
I installed Windows XP SP3 on a laptop after un-installing IE7.
After a smooth upgrade I was given the option to download and install IE7.
Also see Microsoft KB 950717: Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3
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Some users with HP/Compaq OEM XP/AMD machines have experienced bootup issues after trying to install XP SP3.
Please see this topic at dslreports.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r204...-XP-SP3-Issues
However,The issue is not confined to HP and Compaq. Nor, all non-Intel implementations of XP on those machines either.
Last edited by tashi; 2008-05-08 at 19:18. Reason: added info
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Yes, I've read about the IE issues. I have IE 7 and installed SP3 on a VAIO and I worked fine. However, I just had to download the update during several attempts because the first and second it hanged and then later told me that SP3 was NOT Installed. I downloaded it again after several hours, assuming the update servers were full or "jammed".
SP3 works for me
been using SP3 since April 9, with IE7, zero defects.
FF is my main browser, but I use IE for MS Updates, Bank (IT jerks use IE "shortcuts"). and Fed Agencies (same issue as Bank)
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Installed here and working fine. Then I read about installation issues.However, still going well but no speed differences over SP2.
wouldn't any performance differences - essentially SP3 is nothing more than all the changes since SP2 rolled up into single package.
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