Stability of Windows XP Service Pack 3

My computer keeps "urging" me to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 on my computer and I hesitate. I have NOD32 2.70.39 installed, along with online armor.

Is there anything I need to do to ensure this goes smoothly?

Thanks!

 

Another precaution is to take an image of your drive before you install SP3

 

to maintain more stability of sp3, i would prefer, u clean install xp and then update sp3 with out doing changes to it

and a still better idea would be to streamline sp3 to u;r xp cd using nlite and check for some useful tweaks in it, like Disable SFC ( system file check during installation)

i am using Windows XP SP3, and its very stable, no errors no issues..
its good...

 

Have updated and slipstreamed 7 machines so far - no stability issues to report.
Agree that making an imaging is a good idea in case your current system is not as clean or stable as it should be - updating may bring out the instabilities.
Slipstreaming and starting again is by far the best solution - assuming you have a few hours to spare.

 

I made the mistake to try to upgrade to SP3. I didn't have the possibility to make any backup, so I didn't, thinking that it would have been safe. So it went till the end, then said "Access Denied" and rolled back the changes. Then a message came up:

"Service Pack 3 didn't install correctly. Your computer may not work correctly"

or something similar. The first time I used the computer it was really slow. Had a few BSODs, the last one yesterday when opening a new tab . It was win32k.sys

Seems alright now. Just some BSOD that may happen sometime. I can't wait until I get a new computer. It'll take a while to install my 300 programs, but at least I won't have any BSOD.

 

One of the 300 may be at the root of your troubles. SP3 installed like a dream for me. But then I don't have as many programs as you.

 

If you use programs that depend on OLE support (e.g. desktop publishing where you could drag a spreadsheet or a graphic into a newsletter layout) then SP3 can be a huge problem because it changes OLE significantly.

 

Well I installed those programs before SP3 was available...So I couldn't uninstall them, install SP3, then install them again...Anyway, the important thing is that the system is working fine, except for some random BSOD sometimes.

 

" Anyway, the important thing is that the system is working fine, except for some random BSOD sometimes. "

What are you talking about ? Strange, strange ... and funky ... You joke, Sir ?...

Clean your services and your startup applications, PLEASE ...

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Yes, I ran those. But I think that some system files have been damaged.

 

Sir,

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Lol are you a bot or something? You have a strange way to talk
Don't worry the system is running fine now, I already run a chdsk before, also defragmented with UltimateDefrag.

 

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