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SuTuRa
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 Posted: Thu, 24th Apr 2008 15:57 Post subject: XP Service Pack 3 |
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Anyone tried the SP3? I´d like to know some opinions before installing.
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Apr 2008 17:08 Post subject: |
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installed 10mins ago. no problems, running smooth till now (was already prepared for BSOD and reinstall of xp). had to run xpantispy again cause stupid security center is active again after install.
so the install was ok, took not too long too.
ill post again after several hours.
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SuTuRa
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Apr 2008 20:16 Post subject: |
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I installed it a month ago (that beta thing), didn't really feel any improvements, so I deleted my disk and installed new fresh installed XP  (note: I didn't delete it because of SP3, it was due anyway )
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Apr 2008 22:15 Post subject: |
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well for me this SP3 is shitty after the install i lost my network connection every 3h , and they added a extra p2p limit brake that must be disabled to get back the lost speed (connection limited to 10 , must hex hack it to 100 , they added new blocking procedure in they firewall and Windows Security system that must be disabled to get my network connection back to normal and you must disable the hidden 20% steal speed system that Winxp reserves for Updates)
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Apr 2008 22:34 Post subject: |
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well, BlueSkyz is right, i had to patch the connection limit again. (just use xp antispy for that)
but for the rest, i dont have the same problems. network connections running fine, i can max it out too. so far i havent discovered anything negative, but i havent had the time to play any games till now. may test that tomorrow.
might add that i use xp corporate and sp3 rtm
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Nui
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Apr 2008 01:56 Post subject: |
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performance gains ... NOPE
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Apr 2008 13:51 Post subject: |
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You need a new uxtheme.dll if you install it, as for any improvements in anything compared to most updated SP2, I would say "nope". I didn't notice any difference at all.
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Apr 2008 00:31 Post subject: |
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Probably just fixes parts of sp2 where it was open to attacks ?
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Apr 2008 09:45 Post subject: |
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so far nothing changed at all, no performance gains, no nothing.
what did SP3 change again?
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Apr 2008 15:33 Post subject: |
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The number 2 in number 3 in your systems tab in XP
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Apr 2008 15:52 Post subject: |
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had too many disconnects
so never used it again
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Apr 2008 10:28 Post subject: |
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Is there any difference between this 2 release: ZWTiSO and ETH0
Tnx
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Apr 2008 17:19 Post subject: |
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nope , but a fair warning from my side after this update my windows has clipboard errors and my modem drivers started to get berzerk mania at the disconnecting
now i am back on SP2 and all came back to normal
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| Posted: Tue, 29th Apr 2008 22:54 Post subject: |
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from my side, i have not really anything more to say. i have no troubles (seems im lucky this time), but i dont notice any positive things either.
so i think, with the problems others have, just leave it be with SP2
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 01:07 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 02:26 Post subject: |
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I think you guys are imagining things.
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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smith01
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 06:59 Post subject: |
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| Anco wrote: | Is there any difference between this 2 release: ZWTiSO and ETH0
Tnx |
Been usin ZWTiSO and it works perfectly. I think it's better than ETH0, since there's no need to manually nick the os.
-0
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 11:28 Post subject: |
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| dominae wrote: | | I think you guys are imagining things. |
| Quote: | | both XP RTM and XP SP3 scored higher than 32-bit Vista SP1. XP RTM pulled off a score of 1001.4, while XP SP3 with 990.8 bested not only x86 Vista SP1 but also XP SP2 with just 891, the lowest score of the benchmark |
http://keznews.com/4366_64-bit_Vista_SP1_Runs_Faster_than_32-bit_Vista_SP1_and_32-bit_XP_SP3!
theres also a hell of a lot more sites that confirm SP3 is faster than SP2..
i tried 3Dmark06 with a fresh install of SP2 and then installed SP3 and there was a significant improvement allthough i cant remember by how much
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 11:41 Post subject: |
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So Vista was faster than XP SP2?
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| Posted: Thu, 1st May 2008 15:07 Post subject: |
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| Newty182 wrote: | | dominae wrote: | | I think you guys are imagining things. |
| Quote: | | both XP RTM and XP SP3 scored higher than 32-bit Vista SP1. XP RTM pulled off a score of 1001.4, while XP SP3 with 990.8 bested not only x86 Vista SP1 but also XP SP2 with just 891, the lowest score of the benchmark |
http://keznews.com/4366_64-bit_Vista_SP1_Runs_Faster_than_32-bit_Vista_SP1_and_32-bit_XP_SP3!
theres also a hell of a lot more sites that confirm SP3 is faster than SP2..
i tried 3Dmark06 with a fresh install of SP2 and then installed SP3 and there was a significant improvement allthough i cant remember by how much |
Now here's why I'm sceptical, "significant" "but I can't remember"... I think it's more of the same type of reaction as when VISTA-fans claimed VISTA was faster than XP. They wanted it to be, so it was more about what they felt than what really was there.
Yes, granted the difference between SP3 and SP2 is about 10% according to tools that measure performance. I did a similar test on my system (Intel Core 2 Duo 6850 with 4gigs of RAM and a u320 raid5 array for the system drive) using SiSoft SANDRA, and the before & after was marginally different, around 2-3% in SP3:s advantage. What I am criticising here is that people actually say they notice these 3-10% from using their computer. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the OS has been optimized, but to go from the most updated SP2 to SP3 and starting to say "OMG! It's faster" is just ridiculous. It's like those tools that say they notice a difference between 140fps in a game and 154fps ("OMG! IT'S SO MUCH SMOOTHER!11oneeleven").
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smith01
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2008 14:08 Post subject: |
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For me it's completely the opposite. Aside from slower initial boot time, and copying files from and to HDDs, Vista feels much faster when loading programs and the overall speed and productivity of the PC. I speak from my experience with Vista both on my laptop (now Server 2008) and the main PC, when I had it installed there.
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd May 2008 16:22 Post subject: |
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havent checked up on xp news cause im running vista now.
but it sounds like microshit is fuckin up xp too. or am i wrong?
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whats everyone talking about? everything is running perfectly fine for me and yeah i can def see a performance boost.. its ment to be around 10% ive been using various SP3 versions for over a month and no problems. best version to get would be Microsoft Windows XP Professional Student Edition SP3 Integrated-ETH0
