XP home sp3

I installed it and I gotta say my boot times SUCK with SP3 about 50% longer then it use to be on SP2.

I can even start watching a movie at boot up and 1 min later all my programs/icons will finally decide to boot up. I think they aimed to make it worse then Vista to improve sales LOL
 
Twist86 said:
I installed it and I gotta say my boot times SUCK with SP3 about 50% longer then it use to be on SP2.

I can even start watching a movie at boot up and 1 min later all my programs/icons will finally decide to boot up. I think they aimed to make it worse then Vista to improve sales LOL
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well yeah, SP3 was slow for me on my AMD, which i see you have in your sig.

So uninstall :P as long as SP2 is up to date, you won't have any problems.

I'm running vista now :P and SP3 on my laptop (in sig)
 
Actually mate since I made this post I found a GREAT way to solve my problems.

Little program called Bootvis my PC is booting up like it use to now. Though I think I found a UAC disable for Ultimate x64 option so going to partition 30gbs on my HD and see if it will work. I like vista but the fact I gotta hit "F8" each time I boot the PC up to disable the UAC is annoying. I am grumpy when I wake up and vista doesn't help me ^-^
 
Twist86 said:
Actually mate since I made this post I found a GREAT way to solve my problems.

Little program called Bootvis my PC is booting up like it use to now. Though I think I found a UAC disable for Ultimate x64 option so going to partition 30gbs on my HD and see if it will work. I like vista but the fact I gotta hit "F8" each time I boot the PC up to disable the UAC is annoying. I am grumpy when I wake up and vista doesn't help me ^-^
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why dont you just disable UAC permanently?
 
jdbennet said:
Its well known that SP3 has issues with AMD CPUs, cohen. I think a hotifx is available though.
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Yeah, i found that out here.... but yeah, i think i should install it on my dad's which is AMD but haven't go round to it :P.

Would the hotfix be part of SP3 download or would i have to install it seperatly???

I need to download the fresh copy of SP3.... :P

Sorry to post this here, but it is to do with the topic and might be able to help others :)
 
the bug wasnt discovered until after SP3 came out, so i think if you apply the SP then check fthe windows updates website(choose custom) a fix should be there?

not too sure though
 
Cleric7x9 said:
why dont you just disable UAC permanently?
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I can disable the UAC in vista options but it doesn't stop it...4 programs continue to screw up until I disable it via F8 each boot up. Hell if I know why it just does it.
 
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Its well known that SP3 has issues with AMD CPUs, cohen. I think a hotifx is available though.
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The problem was, AFAIK, fixed long ago and only affected certain prebuilt machines. I have a Presario with Sempron CPU, SP3 installed and it's running fine.
 
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