Ya or Nah on Service Pack 3?

[Rilescat]

Soooooo......

What does SP3 fix that would actually make a difference to the average user?

THoughts?

 

[FOBSIDE]

allowing you to not use MS products as defaults automatically...

 

[shurato]

I believe what was in the service pack 1 and 2 is also included, I could be wrong...it has all hotfixes (patches) thats out so far for win2k I believe. Someone mentioned that theres a new feature in it where your system sends information to MS. I forget what.

 

[max105]

from what I heard, there's not much new stuff. Mostly a compilation of previous patches. I'm gonna reformat soon and I'll be trying it out. I'll let you know what I find out.

 

[thedan]

I have it, took my 3 shots to download (on dialup).

And they were full shots, just errors (corrupt).

But anyway, it runs like a dream, I installed w2ksp3 over win98, I hate the instability of win98se.

So yeah, it works really well, and YES, it includes the previous hotpacks.

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: FOBSIDE
allowing you to not use MS products as defaults automatically...

Sounds like just about every install I get from MS

 

[Useful0ne]

Here's a list of the fixes. I haven't had any issues as of yet. (testing on 7 machines)

LINK


U-1

 

[RalfHutter]

Working 100% fine for me on 4 machines (so far). Been using it for a week.

 

[zodder]

Another happy SP3 customer. Been running it for about 4 days with no problems so far. Waiting at least another week before I deploy it agency-wide, though.

 

[TheWart]

my box goin strong after 5 days.

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: Useful0ne
Here's a list of the fixes. I haven't had any issues as of yet. (testing on 7 machines)

LINK


U-1

Beyond the list of fixes, are there any enhancements that might make a client upgrade to it? (beyond security issues and hardware fixes).