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667338 2008-05-08 11:19:00 Right now the updater wants to download and install this.
While service packs have always been a good thing for me, I have never blindly installed one without some research.

So

The good, the bad and the ugly?
DeSade (984)
667339 2008-05-08 11:24:00 I've installed it on my PC and it works well. Probably worth installing.

Just keep in mind that you can't uninstall IE7 after you apply SP3.
jwil1 (65)
667340 2008-05-08 19:46:00 Have a read of this thread Here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz)

:punk
gary67 (56)
667341 2008-05-08 21:22:00 Not much there of substance gary, I was looking for more of a discusson on what it does what it messes up and what it forces on you. DeSade (984)
667342 2008-05-08 21:33:00 The files here (www.microsoft.com)

Tell you whats in SP3

As someone posted the other day, if you use MS's point of sale software dont install SP3, until you request / get the hotfix
Speedy Gonzales (78)
667343 2008-05-08 21:37:00 Thanks Speedy some good info there.
But I was thinking more of the sneaky things MS tries to get through like the Genuine Advantage tool not so long ago.
MS would never put the info I am looking for on their download site
DeSade (984)
667344 2008-05-08 21:42:00 It only installs SP3 (all of the updates since SP2, till now), and what it says in one of those files.

Some new features that Vista and Server 2008 have

If you dont want the Genuine Advantage tool, (or anything else you dont want), dont put automatic updates on AUTO

Then you wont get it, unless you install it yourself
Speedy Gonzales (78)
667345 2008-05-08 22:16:00 Right
Guess if there was something horrible in it people would already be screaming from the rooftops.
:)
Thanks guys.
DeSade (984)
667346 2008-05-08 22:31:00 Not much there of substance gary, I was looking for more of a discusson on what it does what it messes up and what it forces on you. Heres one thing that messed up with the install of XP SP3, went to do an update, found there was a IE7 patch KB947864, allowed it to install on auto updates then it crashed, so I manually downloaded it, and tried to install that way and promptly got greeted with This Error Message (www.imagef1.net.nz) :groan: Other computers have been fine (So far) wainuitech (129)
667347 2008-05-08 22:35:00 Heres one thing that messed up with the install of XP SP3, went to do an update, found there was a IE7 patch KB947864, allowed it to install on auto updates then it crashed, so I manually downloaded it, and tried to install that way and promptly got greeted with This Error Message ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/KB_Error . png" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) :groan: Other computers have been fine (So far)

Same here that update appeared in the shield on the taskbar, soon after I installed / SS SP3 on these . (It didnt crash these tho) .

It wouldnt install either (I had previously downloaded that file, the same error you posted) .

So, the next time the update appeared, I unticked it, then closed the window .

It hasnt come back since
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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