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The Newfster
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Yes, and no problems ..... 2 days now.
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk PLEDGER 1678, Gt BardField, Essex OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington LILLEY 1711, Ickleton, Cambs HAMMOND 1825, Elmdon, Essex DAVISON 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs BOWER 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs CHASE 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk LAIRD 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk GOWENLOCK 1850, Carlisle KEW 1814, Carlisle |
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mshrmh
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Well, I must be the exception that proves the rule. I don't use Automatic Updates, but have the facility that notifies me when updates are available. I'd seen that SP3 was coming so when the update icon told me it was there I created a new system restore point & then downloaded. It seems to be the longest one I've ever done - about an hour in the end (I am on "upto 8Mbs" - usually around 5-6 MBs) - there were several features on the download that looked very different to the usual MS downloads. I rebooted & that's when the problems started - a persistent pop-up about Media Center Receiver - about every 30 seconds. I tried the event viewer link through which told me MS doesn't have a solution yet! So it was "system restore" back to before SP3 & no pop-ups.
I'll wait until there are more updates before trying again.
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mike175
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I downloaded SP3 a couple of days ago through automatic updates . . . after which, I discovered that it had only downloaded the new version of the update manager, to enable me to download the upgrade!
However, I then carried on with downloading SP3 itself. Not sure how long it took 'cos I went to the shops while I was waiting, and when I came back it was waiting for me to re-start Windows. It then took a considerable time to install, but happily re-started without further problems. The PC definitely seems to start up a little faster now, having become rather sluggish lately.
One or two programs had to re-install themselves on first use after the upgrade, but otherwise, no problems . . . yet 
If you want to find out if you have SP3 installed, click Start/My Computer/Help/About Windows.
Mike.
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Scottiedog
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Hi - I've been running with SP3 beta release for months now - no problems.
Les
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The Newfster
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on closer examination, mine is the same status as Mike's was 
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk PLEDGER 1678, Gt BardField, Essex OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington LILLEY 1711, Ickleton, Cambs HAMMOND 1825, Elmdon, Essex DAVISON 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs BOWER 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs CHASE 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk LAIRD 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk GOWENLOCK 1850, Carlisle KEW 1814, Carlisle |
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mshrmh
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Hi Rabbit B - I'd done all the updates prior to SP3, so I'm not too worried about delaying that, especially as I normally use Firefox rather than Internet Explorer. What really did annoy me was that when I restarted I got a full screen message urging me to go to Automatic Updates & warning of the dangers of not doing so - that was before the desktop loaded (and the annoying popups) - I do get cheesed off with MS bossing me about - especially as SP3 created a problem that didn't exist before on this PC. I've had problems with Windows Media stuff before, so I'm not too surprised that there was another.
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