XP SP3 Beta

Like a lot of folks I'm interested because I still run XP. I think though that I'm going to wait for the regualr release to download.

First report we would like is if any issues with Stardock apps, please.

Hey Philly, it is close, this is a release candidate.

48 minutes DL rate on 256 DSL

I feel sorry for you. :NOTSURE:

6 minutes on my connection.

I wonder if it will screw up my system?

Well, it's RC 1, kona. From the word I hear (my gf's uncle works at MS), they are expecting the release of the actual SP in 2-3 months.

My suggestion is, if you plan on trying it, back up everything (I put all my stuff on my ext. hdd, and copied all my SD files onto DVD...)

I downloaded it but I can't get it to run. Cycle redundancy check.

Hey Cavan1, like I said in reply #1, I'll wait.

I'm really in no big hurray, not going anyplace, and I can wait another 2 or 3 months so they can get the bugs worked out.  

Cycle redundancy check hmmm, yeah I can wait.  

I had one of those a few weeks ago but I got the pump out of the garage and inflated the tyres and it's fine now   

All done no problems to report  

yep no problems here, either. seems to be work fine with WB, and ODNT in general....

Hmmm killajosh now just what does "and ODNT in general...." mean?  :NOTSURE:       

ODNT = Object Desktop Network.

Real good Kosati,   but I knew what ODNT was, I was referring to the "in general" comment that killajosh made. You know, like it works but.......  :NOTSURE: 

hehe... sorry. I took it the other way. As in, works fine with WB, and everything else in ODNT.
I'm going to try it in a bit.

Hey it's Monday morning, this is when we get those things out of the way so we look really smart for the rest of the week.   

no no no.... I meant "in general" as in all the programs.....  

      

A word of caution here. I installed the Vista SP1 RC and it was not recognized by my Anti-Virus software (Trend Micro Internet Security 2008).
As with an RC version, it is possible that a similar instance would be encountered with the XP RC.

Fortunately for me, I use Live OneCare (no snickers, please...since I've installed it, I've had no problems outta viruses or spy/malware). No problems with it running. In fact, I have yet to come across a single app that has issues with the beta......

No snickers out of me. Along with all the free stuff that I run, once a month I run the free safety scanner that is available on the Live One Care home page.

I keep Avast on my U3 and run it every 2 weeks, just to make sure......but Live OneCare seems to be doing it's job.

Josh, as a matter of interest, how often do Microsoft update the definitions in One Care? The reason I ask is that I have concerns about Windows Defender. Everyone of the main Anti-Virus and Spyware applications that I know of update their definitions etc. every week.....at least once, but Windows Defender seems very infrequent, unless I am missing something. This concerns me as for these applications to be effective the company must be continually on the ball and watch what is going on out there. Some of the worst Viri out there on the Internet, over the past few years, have hit peoples machines pretty badly and some of the top companies have reacted pretty quickly with a new release and patches etc which is what you'd expect but when Windows Defender releases definitions so infrequently I wonder about their ability to react. So hence my question about One Care. I have never used it and I wonder what your experience is like?

For the on-line scanners I found that the Kaspersky offering is a good choice to run once a month to check that your installed choice is doing it's work.

Leo not sure what's going on at your end but I sometimes I see two updates and yes once in awhile, not that often, three updates aweek for anti-virus/malware. I check for updates every morning for the security software that I run. Maybe why I see them more often. By the way that includes Windows Defender.

Don't use Live One Care, but I thought the selling point was that it would update in the background, so it maybe hard to determine how often it does update.

As far as the online scanners like Windows Safety Scanner, you would hope definations are current.

if anyone installs this I'd like to hear about system performance & stability after installing and rebooting from sp3 install.

- does anyone know if sp3 contains any system fixes to improve overall system performance/reliability or is it just a rollup pkg of all current critical/security updates since sp2 was released