mad-butcher
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| posted on 30/5/08 at 08:28 PM |
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Is There A Problem with Service Pack 3 for XP
Hi Guys
Is there a problem with service pack 3, for the past year or so my laptops been quite happily downloading upgrades, the other day I had a problem
which necesitated using the full system recovery,format and reinstal, all went OK till it downloaded service pack 3, now it downloads upgrades but
will not instal them (keeps saying some upgrades could not be installed) KB890830/KB894864 I've had to block them on the laptop cos I'm
sick of the yellow upgrade button also getting error code OX800706BE It's more anoying than anything
Many Thanks
Tony
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 30/5/08 at 08:42 PM |
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i had nearly the same ,
downloaded it computer wouldnt restart !
rolled back, ok now
all i get now is when i open a screen on the net,
sometimes it will open and stay blank(white)
wont let me close it !
any body know how to sort that on out?
paul
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Hellfire
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| posted on 30/5/08 at 09:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ch1ll1
i had nearly the same ,
downloaded it computer wouldnt restart !
rolled back, ok now
all i get now is when i open a screen on the net,
sometimes it will open and stay blank(white)
wont let me close it !
any body know how to sort that on out?
paul
Cant help anymore than to say reset your homepage (in Firefox - Tools/Options/Main) type in your new homepage: http://www.google.com or whatever you
like 
HTH - Steve
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rf900rush
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| posted on 30/5/08 at 09:56 PM |
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If you were selling Vista would you improve XP or make it worse with updates?
I leave mine set with no updates.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 30/5/08 at 10:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rf900rush
If you were selling Vista would you improve XP or make it worse with updates?
I leave mine set with no updates.
Considering MS will now supply a "downgrade" disk so owners of Vista Business and Ultimate can move to XP, it seems like even they are
acknowledging that it doesn't suit everyone.
SP3 can offer up to 10% speed increase over an unpatched copy according to a few reviews.
Mad-butcher, try downloading the updates manually from the MS website and installing them, this has fixed similar issues I've had before.
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viatron
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 07:34 AM |
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SP3 has a known issue when installed on computer using an AMD CPU but has the intel CPU drivers present, a handy tool is available to check and
resolve this issue before installing SP3. You can download it from:
XP SP3 Tool
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britishtrident
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 07:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ch1ll1
i had nearly the same ,
downloaded it computer wouldnt restart !
rolled back, ok now
all i get now is when i open a screen on the net,
sometimes it will open and stay blank(white)
wont let me close it !
any body know how to sort that on out?
paul
It could be a few things most likely an IE7 issue or a tcp/ip stack issue --- with Xp it is really better to stay with IE6 or if you want tabbed
browsing Firefox.
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 09:22 AM |
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cheers guys found the cure
http;/forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3308206&SiteID=17
just go to c:\windows\system32 and find and register wups2.dll
to do that,right click on it and select open with then Choose Program and find
c;\windows\system32\regsvr32
if you choose to 'always use the selected program to open this type of file' then all you will have to do is double click on any dll to
register it
once you have registered Wups2 all your problems will disappear
Thanks to a Gary o'Connor on that site for the info above
NOTE: this is only for the problem of XP with SP3 not installing updates.
Tony
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joneh
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 09:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by viatron
SP3 has a known issue when installed on computer using an AMD CPU but has the intel CPU drivers present, a handy tool is available to check and
resolve this issue before installing SP3. You can download it from:
XP SP3 Tool
This was on HP machines installed using the ISO.
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iank
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 10:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by joneh
quote:
Originally posted by viatron
SP3 has a known issue when installed on computer using an AMD CPU but has the intel CPU drivers present, a handy tool is available to check and
resolve this issue before installing SP3. You can download it from:
XP SP3 Tool
This was on HP machines installed using the ISO.
HP make machines with AMD and Intel CPUs depending on the model.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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britishtrident
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| posted on 31/5/08 at 03:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by joneh
quote:
Originally posted by viatron
SP3 has a known issue when installed on computer using an AMD CPU but has the intel CPU drivers present, a handy tool is available to check and
resolve this issue before installing SP3. You can download it from:
XP SP3 Tool
This was on HP machines installed using the ISO.
HP make machines with AMD and Intel CPUs depending on the model.
ISTR another couple of big Brands also affected --- I think Acer was one.
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