XP SP3

[vanman]

Hi there nihil,
Havent spoken to you guys in a while..I installed it and the only problem i got so far was that my internet connection did not want to work..Tried various things but to no avail..Restored to an earlier date and all was fine..I must agree to some extent that to wait a while would not hurt anyone i guess..

Some ppl here in SA recon that if your updates are done automatically through automatic updares turned on there would be less hassles..Do not understand that kind of reasoning anyway but is there any truth to that??

[nihil]

Hi there vanman I hope that you and yours are all well.

Yes, I can see a certain logic in that. I guess the point would be that if you just download and force an install or use a magazine cover CD there is no checking for compatibility.

Using the automatic update does let MS check your system first.

EDIT:

My experience was the exact opposite but I put that down to internet connectivity problems. It is very large (324Mb) whilst the auto installer only downloads about 60Mb and keeps going back for the rest.

Normally I use the autoinstaller or the manual one from the MS Updates site.