Windows XP Service Pack 3: Should you or shouldn’t you install it?
My first thoughts on Microsoft Windows Service Pack 3 are: its shit!
I was reading around and saw that Service Pack 3 supposedly speeds up folder load times. I have a folder which includes several thousand MP3s and the amount of time it takes to open the folder so that I can navigate through the folder is the same prior to installing SP3.
Besides that, it patches the UXTHEME.dll file. The UXTHEME.dll file is a file that allows you to utilize un-signed themes. These themes are customized and built by others who do not work for Microsoft or have an affiliation with Microsoft.
I have SP3 installed on a test bench but went ahead with the installation of SP3 on my main bench. The reason was related to testing it out on my test bench. Everything seemed fine, except for the two minor things I’ve already mentioned.
It will be nice to have the entire updates since SP2 into one big SP once the service pack is finalized. Until then, I would recommend staying away from Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Hi
I installed to veersions of sevice pack 3 one RC 1 I believe
which I downloaded at Joejoe.org and the other I downloaded at
SoftPedia. Both installed well but I could not reinstall my
uxtheme patch. This worries me because when the final version
comes out what will I do for my security patchs an still have
my theme ability? I brought this up at blog on joejoe.com but
all they said is was to reinstall the patch. I also tried
windowss X website and nothing was even mentioned of the problem
do you have a solution adn if not why do not these pther web
sites where they create themes even know about it?
Please feel free to e_mail me if
can help or not.
Charles
I installed sp3 and I had nothing but problems with it being that I have a amd cpu based system which apparently sp3 doesn’t work well with . I had stop errors random restarts and several other problems including that uxtheme.dll file being corrupted .. I went round and round with my pc changing ram switch to liquid cooling on my video card and cpu and still the same problems occurred then I did some research online and I see that everyone was getting the old 0x0000000a etc etc error .. I will not now or ever install that piece of shite on any computer on my network seeing as how they are all amd based units .. Im a tech with 20 years experience take it from me DONT DO IT..
Words to live by ( ok maybe not live by)
pirate12384
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Strange…I still don’t get what you mean, maybe I should translate it =.=
Blogroll links aint that great
but i am not the admin… 
… Just Telling 
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