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False positives are generated by Norton Internet Security and other security applications (see my May 2 Top Story).

Internet connectivity fails when using black hole routers, which drop packets (see Susan Bradley’s May 1 column in our paid content and Microsoft’s Knowledge Base article 314825).

Here are the most glaring SP3-related problems:

In fact, so many readers have contacted us with questions or complaints about SP3 - the last major update to Windows XP - that we’ve synthesized everything you need to know about this update in a single column. Windows Secrets has been reporting problems with Windows XP’s Service Pack 3 almost from the instant the patch collection was first distributed. You can install SP3 with confidence - providing you take certain precautions - or, if you prefer, use Windows’ Automatic Update settings to keep the service pack off your system. So far Microsoft has only publicly said that SP3 will address bugs and fix security flaws, so the performance gains, if true, would be an unexpected bonus for XP users.TOP STORY Don't let XP Service Pack 3 hose your systemįrom the moment Microsoft released it, Service Pack 3 for Windows XP has been the subject of almost daily reports of bugs, incompatibilities, and general headaches.

Those numbers come from Devil Mountain Software which put XP SP2 through a battery of benchmark tests and then did the same to XP using the SP3 beta which was recently handed out to testers.Īlthough the benchmark tests focused on Microsoft Office, they back up informal reports on blogs and social news sites where a number of people have reported that SP3 gives XP a speed boost. The third service pack for Windows XP, slated to arrive early next year, reportedly gives the venerable OS a near 10 percent performance boost.

Although neither is available to the public yet, earlier reports suggest that upcoming service pack releases for XP and Vista have an unintended result - they make XP "considerably faster" than the much touted Vista.įirst the good news. Cue the OS flamewar theme song - there's more potential fuel for the Vista hating fires in a recent set of speed tests.