Service Pack 3 at DVinfo.net

Todd Clark · May 11th, 2008, 08:33 PM

Has anybody tried Windows sp3 yet? If so...how is it working?

Harold Schreiber · May 11th, 2008, 09:47 PM

Hi Todd,

I just tried it X4 (updated thru Windows Update), and had to reload my whole system each time, since I could not get the Computer to work after the SP3 update. Now I'm staying away from it, until I can figure out why it screwed up.

Harold

Jiri Fiala · May 11th, 2008, 11:08 PM

Fine here, no problems at all yet. CS3 with matrox rtx2.

John Westbury · May 12th, 2008, 05:00 AM

I've heard on a couple of forums that it's messing up some AMD chip computers. As most of mine are AMD, I think I'll give it a miss.

XP SP3 Killing AMD chip PCs . . . . .
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=159142

Ralph Roberts · May 12th, 2008, 06:48 AM

I have Opertron 285s and Matrox Axio LE ... all works fine with Service Pack 3.

Harold Schreiber · May 12th, 2008, 03:01 PM

Hi John,

Mine's an AMD.

Harold

Graham Hickling · May 12th, 2008, 11:31 PM

Working fine here, on a X2 4400.

Devin Termini · May 13th, 2008, 12:57 AM

Maybe once i finish up this next project and nuke the drives again then I'll go with SP3.

I suppose I could always dust off that copy of vista 64 I have in the closet. I wonder how CS3 does in Vista SP1.

Noa Put · May 13th, 2008, 03:16 AM

I recently upgraded my xp pro system (quadcore) to sp3, I read a lot about sp3 speeding up your system a bit and even render times. I use Adobe premiere cs3 en encore cs3 and after installing SP3 I didn't notice any change whatsoever in speed. Only right after I installed it I got these annoying pop ups telling me I didn't have a firewall and virusscanner active which luckily were easy to turn off.
Beside that my system works stable after the install but if I had know it wouldn't make a difference I wouldn't have installed it.

J. D. McDonald · May 13th, 2008, 04:03 PM

Installed it and now the computer won't recognize my HVR-A1U through firewire. Have no idea what to do now. Can't find any references to this problem associated with this service pack.

Marco Wagner · May 15th, 2008, 12:40 PM

have it running smoothly on 4 desktops and two laptops. All intel of course.

Damian Clarke · May 19th, 2008, 05:25 AM

There's nothing in SP3 that is of any real benefit and it certainly won't speed anything up, it's just odds and sods that Microsoft are bolting on at the end of XP's shelf life, a bit of housekeeping if you like. MS didn't even make a big deal about SP3, in fact they almost actively supressed its publicity since they really want shot of XP now since everyone must want and love Vista ;)
If it ain't broke...etc.

Noa Put · May 19th, 2008, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damian Clarke

If it ain't broke...etc.

Couldn't agree more, but all I read on the internet the past monts was that xp3 would speed up things, I even read comments here (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...highlight=sp3) about users who installed the RC version and one even spoke about 40-50% faster rendering times, but then it was in combination with cineform so maybe cineform has some magic applied in their software?

For me this was the only reason to try it out, my setup then worked just fine but if you know it will improve with just a update? Anyhow, since it doesn't I can only hope sp3 won't sc**w up the stability of my machine, time will tell.

J. D. McDonald · May 20th, 2008, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J. D. McDonald

Installed it and now the computer won't recognize my HVR-A1U through firewire. Have no idea what to do now. Can't find any references to this problem associated with this service pack.

A couple of restarts finally solved this...I think.

Cameron Naghibi · May 27th, 2008, 01:20 PM

do what our studio does, wait at least a year to install, thats what we did with Vista and thats what we are planning to do with SP3, i would stay away, like on my personal turnkey laptop i installed Vista SP1 and crashed the next day :\

May 11th, 2008, 08:33 PM	#1
Todd Clark Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Parma, Oh Posts: 172	Service Pack 3 Has anybody tried Windows sp3 yet? If so...how is it working?

May 12th, 2008, 05:00 AM	#4
John Westbury Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 34	I've heard on a couple of forums that it's messing up some AMD chip computers. As most of mine are AMD, I think I'll give it a miss. XP SP3 Killing AMD chip PCs . . . . . http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=159142 __________________ "Well I was working on that Orchid Preservation Society website, but I got sort of bogged down with it . . ."

May 12th, 2008, 06:48 AM	#5
Ralph Roberts Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Alexander, NC Posts: 188	I have Opertron 285s and Matrox Axio LE ... all works fine with Service Pack 3. __________________ --Ralph Roberts, CEO 1VIDeo / aBOOKS / Creativity, Inc.

May 15th, 2008, 12:40 PM	#11
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 1,043	I have it running smoothly on 4 desktops and two laptops. All intel of course. __________________ www.facebook.com/projectspecto

May 11th, 2008, 09:47 PM	#2
Harold Schreiber Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Olathe, Kansas Posts: 309	Hi Todd, I just tried it X4 (updated thru Windows Update), and had to reload my whole system each time, since I could not get the Computer to work after the SP3 update. Now I'm staying away from it, until I can figure out why it screwed up. Harold

May 11th, 2008, 11:08 PM	#3
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	Fine here, no problems at all yet. CS3 with matrox rtx2.

May 12th, 2008, 03:01 PM	#6
Harold Schreiber Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Olathe, Kansas Posts: 309	Hi John, Mine's an AMD. Harold

May 12th, 2008, 11:31 PM	#7
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Working fine here, on a X2 4400.

May 13th, 2008, 12:57 AM	#8
Devin Termini Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mount Pleasant, MI Posts: 177	Maybe once i finish up this next project and nuke the drives again then I'll go with SP3. I suppose I could always dust off that copy of vista 64 I have in the closet. I wonder how CS3 does in Vista SP1.

May 13th, 2008, 03:16 AM	#9
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,510	I recently upgraded my xp pro system (quadcore) to sp3, I read a lot about sp3 speeding up your system a bit and even render times. I use Adobe premiere cs3 en encore cs3 and after installing SP3 I didn't notice any change whatsoever in speed. Only right after I installed it I got these annoying pop ups telling me I didn't have a firewall and virusscanner active which luckily were easy to turn off. Beside that my system works stable after the install but if I had know it wouldn't make a difference I wouldn't have installed it.

May 13th, 2008, 04:03 PM	#10
J. D. McDonald New Boot Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 19	Installed it and now the computer won't recognize my HVR-A1U through firewire. Have no idea what to do now. Can't find any references to this problem associated with this service pack.

May 19th, 2008, 05:25 AM	#12
Damian Clarke Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Posts: 95	There's nothing in SP3 that is of any real benefit and it certainly won't speed anything up, it's just odds and sods that Microsoft are bolting on at the end of XP's shelf life, a bit of housekeeping if you like. MS didn't even make a big deal about SP3, in fact they almost actively supressed its publicity since they really want shot of XP now since everyone must want and love Vista ;) If it ain't broke...etc.

May 27th, 2008, 01:20 PM	#15
Cameron Naghibi Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 59	do what our studio does, wait at least a year to install, thats what we did with Vista and thats what we are planning to do with SP3, i would stay away, like on my personal turnkey laptop i installed Vista SP1 and crashed the next day :\