Not the right place to post

12 Sep 2011 12:07:48 PDT

Sorry but this isn't the right place to post questions.

This is a "Sticky" thread to provide informatio ...

Missing updates & javascript errors PLEASE HELP!

12 Sep 2011 10:07:32 PDT

Everything was fine till a few days ago. I first noticed mcafee real time scan being turned off then javascript errors p ...

XP SP3 Still Receiving Updates Till 2014

15 Aug 2011 08:17:34 PDT

Only those using the older SP2 will stop receiving such. You're fine, at lease for a few years.

Hope this helps.< ...

Well, not end as such

15 Aug 2011 04:31:22 PDT

SP3 won't suddenly blow up or delete itself,

hap ...
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<h1>lucky me</h1>
<p>14 Aug 2011 20:23:36 PDT</p>
well...im using Xp Sp3 for now.So that mean XP sp2 will end? ...
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<h1>Thanks for useful information</h1>
<p>19 May 2011 04:58:09 PDT</p>
Thanks a lot for this thread. It is very important for me. ...
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<h1>Not the place to ask this question.</h1>
<p>07 May 2011 03:19:27 PDT</p>
You would do better to create your own thread and ask this question.<br><br>Be sure to explain what you mean. Do you mea ...
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<h1>It is very bad news for our organisation</h1>
<p>06 May 2011 23:07:06 PDT</p>
Hi<br>it is really bad news for our organization because our organizations pc does not support the newer version of wind ...
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<h1>What's Special About Your System?</h1>
<p>19 Apr 2011 11:26:48 PDT</p>
What "system" are you referring to? Make and model please.<br><br><b><a href=

XP3 is not supported

18 Apr 2011 18:55:36 PDT

In my system XP3 is not supported why? Please send me the solution in detail. ...

Glad you got it sorted finally.

16 Apr 2011 06:49:33 PDT

And thanks for telling us.

Mark ...

update to this post, one year later.

16 Apr 2011 06:41:39 PDT

After two plus years of paralysis on my part, derived from a fear of 'killing' my system with another unsuccessful xpsp3 ...

THANKS MARK

15 Apr 2011 19:26:47 PDT

Hey Mark, thanks for deleating my e-mail address. I was not sure how to get back onto this site after I closed it down ...

XP SP3 is good or bad

15 Apr 2011 19:19:14 PDT

Hi,

I want to know whether XP SP3 is good or bad. I heard about some problems. ...

No SP3 yet for Vista.

15 Apr 2011 12:49:24 PDT

If there is going to be an SP3 for Vista, Microsoft has not announced it yet.

By the way, I have asked the forum ...

Windows Vista and SPC

15 Apr 2011 13:16:37 PDT

I own a Gateway computer with Microsoft installed from the purchaser. I have Windows Home Vista Premium with Service pac ...

system dead oops, I think we just have saved one.

09 Feb 2011 18:26:02 PST

I got one booting so maybe can revive one system thanks to your link. Problem though I can not hook my hard drive to thi ...

I recently watched such resentment.

09 Feb 2011 17:26:56 PST

The old SP3 crash is now well documented. It rarely bites anyone today and for the HP's it did bite, the fix was too ea ...

I have resently watched to computers die from sp3

09 Feb 2011 17:23:22 PST

please do your research and find out why. My father and I both work on our own computers and went to college for compute ...

SP3

08 Dec 2010 03:28:41 PST

thank you for suggesting me. I will do it as soon as possible. ...

Just a final note: No more new XP systems

22 Oct 2010 11:54:16 PDT

"As of today, October 22, PC makers are no longer allowed by Microsoft to preload Windows XP on new PCs" ...

Planned obsolescence?

09 Oct 2010 03:52:11 PDT

If you mean the OS will die at some set date in the future, then there is no such thing.

These updates are a natu ...

sp2 / sp3

09 Oct 2010 02:07:08 PDT

i had all of these system instability issues after i did a system recovery (xp 2005)- 2wice. the problem is planned obs ...

Goodbye, xp

15 Sep 2010 07:13:20 PDT

Goodbye, xp!
Goodbye, xp!
Goodbye, xp! ...

I would just upgrade as normal

03 Aug 2010 02:52:09 PDT

Let Windows do it through the Control Panel's Windows Update.

That hasn't changed.

Mark ...

HDD crash and new system

02 Aug 2010 19:21:16 PDT

My hdd crashed 2 weeks ago..and I have made me a new system. AMD Phenom x4 955BE. The only os I have is XP with sp1. ...

not just lead

13 Jul 2010 08:59:06 PDT

Lead isn't the only issue. Foolishly, I used to use premium gas in my '89 Beretta GT. The throttly body would get quite ...

Dooms day !

11 Jul 2010 14:47:12 PDT

Mark, two days to go on this SP3 saga.

In the mean time, I was able to update two of my Athlon machines a ...

Help !

11 Jul 2010 14:41:22 PDT

Hello Jim.

I have benefited so much from sites like this one that after 15 years, I have learned enoug ...

Daopa

11 Jul 2010 10:10:13 PDT

Thanks for the offer, even though the forum didn't allow it! In any event, I don't think your disk would have worked fo ...

Yes I understand

11 Jul 2010 06:44:32 PDT

but Forum Policy is to refrain from trades and swaps, and things like that.

If it starts even in an innocent mann ...

No trade.

11 Jul 2010 06:35:29 PDT

Hello Mark.

This offer of mine was not a "busines" promotion. I would have sent a CD free of al ...

Daopa.

10 Jul 2010 13:33:23 PDT

Daopa, sorry but I deleted your post.

I am not at all sure you can pass around XP Setup CDs like that without con ...

Slipstreaming

10 Jul 2010 05:25:28 PDT

Thanks, I'll definitely check it out! - Jim ...

Well, not forever perhaps.

10 Jul 2010 04:20:11 PDT

But for years to come, yes. The c ...

Will existing updates and service packs remain available?

10 Jul 2010 00:58:45 PDT

Just checking - I assume the answer is yes. My situation: While I have a new laptop with W7, I still use my old laptop ...

1963 VW

09 Jul 2010 19:30:14 PDT

Bad analogy. Actually a '63 Beetle will run as well on premium as well as on regular, though you'd be wasting money. (Ho ...

He ! he !

22 Jun 2010 07:49:44 PDT

Mark, a fine morning to you. In a fit of madness, you wrote :

>> It's interesting that after all this tim ...

That's good work, and congratulations

22 Jun 2010 02:58:11 PDT

After some years of non-use your CMOS battery was probably flat. The CMOS battery is a small nickel-sized battery that s ...

Fixed.

21 Jun 2010 18:00:30 PDT

Opa_man, I see that three minutes before my solution, you had found the problem. Good on you. JP. ...

Cetificat.

21 Jun 2010 17:57:31 PDT

Opa_man, hello.

Your problem I faced quite a few years ago and in my advanced age, I still remember what t ...

It Solved my Own Problem too

21 Jun 2010 17:54:57 PDT

The last thing I did last night was to reset the date from 1980 to 2010. After doing that, I turned the puter off and w ...

Security Certificates expired

21 Jun 2010 15:23:43 PDT

I have an 8yr Laptop w/XP Pro which has not been used to years. I am able to get on line but if I try to open some of t ...

Here's To Good Fishing !

14 Jun 2010 16:14:40 PDT

...

SPx

14 Jun 2010 14:20:36 PDT

Grif, hello.

I have always installed the SPx from scratch, thus my remarks to you about your routine to ...

Yep, I've Seen Others With Issues But..

14 Jun 2010 11:17:24 PDT

....After installing SP2 and SP3 on a couple hundred computers by now, and not having any of the issues mentioned, (prim ...

Clean as can be.

13 Jun 2010 10:33:40 PDT

Hello Grif.

You wrote :And most importantly, even though all were clean and running well, I STILL performed all t ...

JP, I Moved Your Response Back To This Thread

12 Jun 2010 09:18:54 PDT

You posted your response in the Newbies "Tips" thread and it would be better served by moving it back to the t ...

Athlon prepared !

11 Jun 2010 18:23:12 PDT

Grif, hello.

Hope this helps.

I hope too. I will read and follow this to the last iota, I want these m ...

The HP/AMD Patch Worked Fine On About 20 Comps Here

11 Jun 2010 18:08:36 PDT

At the time when SP3 first came out, I performed the updates on quite a few Windows XP machines with a fair number of th ...

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