Microsoft released a Knowledge Base article detailing the steps that users should take before installing the latest Service Pack for Windows XP. The article itself is divided into two parts with the first part detailing the steps to take before installing Service Pack 3 while the second part lists possible error messages and problems users [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 14
Don’t install IE7 before Windows XP SP3
The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available again and many users have already made the switch to protect their system with the latest security updates. If you have installed Internet Explorer 7 before updating the system to the third Service Pack and decided to uninstall it again you might have noticed that the option [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 33
Standalone Windows XP SP3 Download List
The Service Pack 3 for Windows XP has finally be added again to Windows Update and the Microsoft website and every user has the opportunity to download and install it. I never liked Windows Update and prefer to download the patches, which includes the Service Pack 3, as a direct download so that I can [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Comments: 6
XP SP3 and Vista SP 1 available through Windows Update
I awoke to find that the new service packs for Windows XP and Vista are available through Windows Update Center. This will make installation much easier, although for XP users there’s less in it than there is for Vista people who could experience a significant speed boost. The XP SP3 brings a lot to the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 17
F8 does not load safe mode solution
I ran into an unexpected problem today and would like to share the description and solution for it. Pressing F8 between system boot and Windows start loads a menu that offers several choices like booting Windows in Safe Mode or Restoring the last known good configuration. My problem was that I could not get into [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 10
Import Outlook Emails into Windows Mail in Windows Vista
I spend the morning at a house of a friend who bought a new computer and wanted some of his data transfered from this old computer to the new computer. The old computer was running Windows XP and Outlook Express, the new one was a shiny new Acer Desktop PC running Windows Vista Home Premium [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 94
Official Windows XP Service Pack 3 Download Links
The Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be released to the public tomorrow. A lot of users have already downloaded the service pack from various unofficial locations like download portals and the Bittorrent P2P network. Many users however were very cautious and decided to wait until the service pack would be available through official Microsoft [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 46
Ask the Readers: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Experience so far ?
Delayed by more than a year the final service pack for Windows XP is already spreading like fire on the Internet although it won’t be available through official Microsoft channels before April 29th. Several major software portals like Softpedia and Major Geeks are already hosting the service pack along with your friendly pirates from The [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Windows XP Service Pack 3 leaked
Some decisions that Microsoft makes are hard to understand, at least for me. Take the monthly patch days that provide security updates to various Microsoft operating systems and applications. Sometimes those patches are known weeks before they are released and that makes me wonder why it takes so long to release them. If Microsoft knows [...]