Welcome to the Windows XP SP3. I cannot afford that there would be some other threads that would be hazarded to my three XP based systems.
I’ve tried to install this SP3 yesterday night. However the process is not smooth.
For my basic desktop PC, it runs with the basic home version of windows XP, the installation process is ok, just I need to sit in front of the PC and let my anti-virus software and the firewall to "trust" what the SP3 is doing. Anyway, this is meaningful.
The problem of the installation is come from my notebook, that the true system which my family use most. It runs with Windows XP Professional, and I failed to start the downloading files. I downloaded the SP3 files after trying 5 times. then… the installation process started and the restarting system process handed the machine. I need to take off the battary of the notebook to switch off it. GREAT WORK!
I am suprised again that the process for a professsional version of Windows XP is unstable as such level. May be I need to take time for studying what SP3 have before I do it for my EEEPC.
One more thing, the Windows Live Writer and the offine Hotmail reader DEAD after the SP3 installation ..