markiemrboo Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 No problems on any machines here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Some users are reporting issues with SP3 and Symantec/Norton security products - http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22410/ Update on this problem: Symantec tells users: Disable protection before XP SP3 upgrade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Put it on the rigs at the office and uninstalled the RC or beta I had on my main rig and put the full version a week or so ago and no problems here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus1977 Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 I had trouble the first time around installing SP3 gold. I was running MCE 2005 with complete updates plus the rollup packs for the media centre app. Installing the service pack the first time around seemed to hose the necessary services for the media centre app to properly run. Namely, the Receiver Service and Scheduler Service. I re-registered the services back to their rightful places, but they refused to start. I gave up and wiped my partition to start over. Â The second attempt went flawlessly. Since the service pack doesn't include all the rollup packs for MCE, I had to go through all the XP updates before I could grab SP3. You can imagine after installing all those old updates, I was holding my breath when SP3 was the final update I had to install. After rebooting, I've been running stable since. :thumbs-up: Â Any speed ups? On the core OS, nope. Haven't noticed any (though I'd like to believe that booting is a tad faster). But the Receiver Service (ehrecvr.exe) for Media Centre behaves a lot better at startup. Under SP2 it would max the CPU for around ten seconds. Now under SP3 it reaches 75% for a second and drops off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 I find this shocking! Someone still uses Symantec Security? Â QFT. IMHO Symantec is one of the most bloated worthless AV/Internet Security solutions available. Â Want some good AV - try Kaspersky or AVG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 QFT. IMHO Symantec is one of the most bloated worthless AV/Internet Security solutions available. Want some good AV - try Kaspersky or AVG. I hate Norton's..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky C Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 SP3 works fine on my laptop, i only installed it as i had to format the machine and made a slipstreamed disk. Saved me at least 2-3 hours of downloading and installing updates. I have had no problems with my anti virus, avast, i dont use norton because its total junk! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great_Gig Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 (edited) Well I did experience some issues, which I have not yet tried to resolve. I installed SP3 on the desktop system that is in my sig with no problems at all. Didn't notice much of a performance increase, but it was stable and great at moving up from SP2, without having to download a ton of updates. Â However, I installed it on a DELL Latitude D600 laptop, which was running XP Pro SP2 perfecly with no problems. At the restart it crashed to BSOD. It did this eveytime I rebooted and would not even allow me to go to Safe Mode. I have no idea what caused it and I installed SP2 back on the laptop, which again works perfectly. I have yet to play around and try to resolve this, so will stay with SP2 on the DELL. Â GG Edited May 29, 2008 by Great Gig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 *digs out old SP3 thread* Â I just installed it tonight, hoping it'd fix my Warcraft 3 problems, but it only got me into worse trouble! I was speaking with a friend on TeamSpeak / Skype before I installed it and he was hearing me a little quiet, but ok. Now after the SP3 install, every time he talks he gets the echo from me... I installed sound drivers, uninstalled them again, did pretty much anything I could think of, but the damn thing won't change... Â Anyone run into a similar issue? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 every time he talks he gets the echo from me... even with the recording source set to Mic instead of What U Hear / Stereo Mix? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Yup! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) SP3 totally hates me too, I installed it on its final beta and the PC blue screened every single time just after the windows logo, at stock and even underclocked. Then after it was fully released I tried it again and it installed ok and the PC booted fine but no internet access at all, no matter what driver I used they all reported correctly installed and functioning properly. I'm sticking with SP2 Edited July 14, 2008 by Branjo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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