Using the Windows XP SP3?

Anyone using the new released Windows XP Service Pac 3 RC1? Just wondering how it is doing. I installed it on one computer, but had to uninstall it due to some strange behaviors. I thought I was going to have to reformat before I was through. I'm hoping that they do fix some compatibility stuff in there.

 

Haven't tried it personally, but a fellow instructor at UH installed the latest SP3 (RCR2) last week - he is raving about how it has iimproved XP's performance and without any issues (so far)!

As for me, I'll wait until the final is released - hopefully in a couple of months.

 

Ahhh....I remember before SP2 came out somebody came out with the unoffical SP2, it was just a collection of single updates. Some updates were just betas, did some terrible things to peoples computers. I...I think I'll wait. I don't want to have to reformat my computer

 

Works OK but it doesnt speed things up-its just a collection of updates plus a few new features which shouldn't affect the performance.
Think the speed increase isnt real,except if its on a freshly installed Windows.

 

I'm on XP Pro so personally i'll leave any performance gains up to the hardware + power supply. $M can't possibly IMO do much to improve performance, security hole coverage maybe, but performance is an area they sorely lack in.

I doubt seriously that i will even bother with it as it's sure to gum things up after i spent 2 years fine tuning their RAW release and pulling myriads of useless and wasteful files/programs from off my installs.

I don't use N-Lite btw, i manually separate the useful from the bloat.

 

I'm using SP3 RC (3282) and everything works fine. Today I'm testing my own customized Vista Ultimate (fit on CD).