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    • AnssiA Offline
      Anssi
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      Windows Update is urging me to install XP Service Pack 3. Can it do any harm to my SU-ing? I remember that people installing what probably was the beta version had all kinds of trouble. Does everybody here already have it? I use the Finnish version of XP Home in my laptop so it may be a bit late coming to me (but somehow my other machine with XP Pro English has not pushed the upgrade yet).

      Anssi

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        remus
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        I havent heard any recent reports of it messing things up for people.

        Theres a thread about it here as well: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=9199&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=service+pack+3

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        • DanielD Offline
          Daniel
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          All three of my 'chines installed SP3 automatically - i haven't noticed any changes.

          My avatar is an anachronism.

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          • Joe WoodJ Offline
            Joe Wood
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            I still haven't gotten up the nerve to install it myself (heard some scary stories) but when I do I'll read up on it.

            Here are some good links

            before you install it
            http://tinyurl.com/6nf4k4

            False positives
            http://tinyurl.com/5npk4b

            then, just in case πŸ™‚ Windows support
            http://tinyurl.com/6cw2xk

            Joe Wood
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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              Only thing I've heard of is that some AMD based machines end up in an endless loop of BSOD and restart. Happened with my brother. You might want to check your hardware if you got an AMD machine.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                cdubea
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                @daniel said:

                All three of my 'chines installed SP3 automatically - i haven't noticed any changes.

                My machine at the office just updated itself and the only issue is it raised the "security" settings for intranet access up a notch. Had to use Internet Explorer to reset that setting even though I never use IE. So much for a separate OS and browser!

                chris

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                • AnssiA Offline
                  Anssi
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  Only thing I've heard of is that some AMD based machines end up in an endless loop of BSOD and restart. Happened with my brother. You might want to check your hardware if you got an AMD machine.

                  I had that once with Win95-have relied on Intel chips since then.

                  Thanks everyone for the insights

                  Anssi

                  securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                  • E Offline
                    ehaflett
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                    I installed it this morning and it hosed my ArcGIS 9.3 install but no affect on SU.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      What I heard that lately some people reported bugs that SU says that their evaluation period has expired and SU does not recognize the license. Some GSU Team members suspected SP3 being the culprit because the whole isue started when most people started o install it but it has never ben proved.

                      You can still use the fre version 🀣

                      Gai...

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        I have two AMD machines both with XP SP3. No problems with either of them running SU but for some reason, on the newest machine (about 6 weeks since new) SketchUp shows in the running processes in the task manager after closing the program. Doesn't hapen in the older machine but someone suggested it has something to do with SP3 anyway.

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
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                          I have 2 machines that still run XP and both have SP3 upgraded without any glitch or issue, one of them is an AMD too.

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                            dylan
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                            @thomthom said:

                            Only thing I've heard of is that some AMD based machines end up in an endless loop of BSOD and restart. Happened with my brother. You might want to check your hardware if you got an AMD machine.

                            That happened to me on my main workstation. In fact it is still down now because I have not had a day free to get it sorted.
                            I have read it requires a full re-install 😞

                            My system runs an AMD 64 3200

                            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                              thomthom
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              @thomthom said:

                              Only thing I've heard of is that some AMD based machines end up in an endless loop of BSOD and restart. Happened with my brother. You might want to check your hardware if you got an AMD machine.

                              That happened to me on my main workstation. In fact it is still down now because I have not had a day free to get it sorted.
                              I have read it requires a full re-install 😞

                              My system runs an AMD 64 3200

                              My brother could not find a fix to it. And none of the potential fixes I dug up on the internet applied either. He reinstalled the system and blocked the SP3 upgrade. Strange that it should all happen to AMD machines. Hope there will be some fix out for the various problems along with an announcement so people know when they can install SP3 again.

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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