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Story: Microsoft resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 updates
XP SP3 Problems
I'm surprised not to see an news item or feedback about the difficulies some people are having with XP SP3 failing to install satisfactorily, or at all.
On balance, it seems that this might be linked to having originally used OEM installation disks specific to Intel computers on AMD computers.
Hope this is helpful!
A point of interest. I have installed Ubuntu on my XP SP3 computer using Wubi (installs in the Windows partion without needing to partition the disk) and it runs very nicely. If you don't like it just uninstall/delete it through the control panel in seconds. My problem is that, as with many people I think, I still can't do everything I need in Linux and my expensive Colour Laser Printer is a paperweight.
How quick and easy it is to install Linux compared to XP or Vista, and how quick it is to boot up each time. Updates are quickly and easily installed. Upgrades are easily done, but take a little longer, longer than a clean install, but all data and settings are retained.
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