[bamahead]

I’m still using XP (SP2).

Stay there if you can - I went to SP3 on one of my PC's and had some problems. Eventually I had to rebuild that machine due to something unrelated.

I reapplied SP3 after the rebuild and it hasn't caused anything detrimental yet. I think the previous install with SP2 plus a gazillion hotfixes on top didn't take well to SP3.

I'm using my Fedora box more and more these days...so I'll probably scrap XP altogether fairly soon.

[webschooner]

I’ve been wondering about this — We have three machines with XP on them, and never ever have automatic updates turned on — always pick and choose updates. I have accepted all security updates on these machines, but am still on IE6 and do not plan to accept IE7. Also am still on Win Media Player 9 and will not accept Media Player 10 — do not like it.

I have not yet downloaded SP3. So you are saying it is trouble and recommend to stay away from it?

Thanks in advance.