[Crolis]

I just did a fresh reinstall on my PC with Windows XP Pro SP2, then the upgrade to SP3 yesterday. SO far the machine has been rock solid. Granted it's only a day, but I didn't encounter any headaches.

All my software is back on now, and things are pretty much humming along nicely. A lot of what SP3 has done is consolidate all the security updates since SP2.

There are a few under the hood changes, but nothing revolutionary in my opinion. Still, it does breathe new life into XP and that's a good things since it's my OS of choice.

Now my next step is installing Vista on my fiancee’s laptop. That may get a little tricky but I need to do it in order to learn to support Vista.

[TomGuy]

Where did you get your SP3?

I got one from MajorGeeks.com, but it errors out.

[CedarDave]

Now my next step is installing Vista on my fiancee’s laptop. That may get a little tricky but I need to do it in order to learn to support Vista.

Why would you want to do that? You're just going to get her all PO'd at you unless you want to spend more time with her computer than with her!!

[Petronski]

Now my next step is installing Vista on my fiancee’s laptop.

Trying to get out of marrying her?

[CedarDave]

Since I work as a Windows admin and need to keep my skills up, it a good fit for me.

You answered my question above. But using her computer as a guinea pig wouldn't seem like a loving move to me! (grin!)

[Man50D]

Thanks for the update.

[LexBaird]

Now my next step is installing Vista on my fiancee’s laptop.

You shouldn't oughta throw out straight lines like that around here.