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XPPro SP3
edbro:
using a slipstreamed XP Pro with SP3.
-edbro (April 28, 2008, 12:49 PM)
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what version of XP did you start with edbro - with SP2?
-tomos (April 28, 2008, 02:48 PM)
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I used a base version of XP before any service packs. I do have another copy that is SP2 but I've heard it is cleaner to slipstream into a "Gold" disk.
cranioscopical:
Installed it on one machine here, so far.
It's been on long enough for me to feel confident that nothing went amiss.
Drivers for fax and scanners and a bunch of USB odds and ends all work fine.
Some things that were problematic with SP2 are behaving themselves.
Backup software is working and verifying okay.
It 'feels' a touch slower on bootup but I didn't bother timing it.
cranioscopical:
I've been following the 'last time I fell face down in a plate of soup
my dodgy mouse came back to life' approach to computer trouble-shooting.
The last time I applied a service pack to XP (SP2) my non-functioning
system restore came back to life. So, when I applied SP3 I checked to
see if a similar piece of magic occurred.
It didn't.
Now, I need to wipe off this minestrone.
:-[
Carol Haynes:
Hmmm http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1368&tag=nl.e589
MS withholding the SP3 update because of a last minute 'glitch' - not that anyone will be affected by it!
edbro:
* the TaskBar address Toolbar is still removed (as in the release candidates) - shame but I can live with it. You can always use Windows+R instead-Carol Haynes (April 24, 2008, 08:13 PM)
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You can get it back here:
http://www.systemsabuse.com/2007/12/27/xp-service-pack-3-sp3-where-did-my-toolbars-address-bar-go-missing/
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