Windows 2000 - Service Pack 3

[FuZor]

2k Professional is the daddy

 

[]SK[]

Gonna be changing this then FuZor?

http://www.fuzor.co.uk/1893.html

 

[FuZor]

I'll get SP3 sooooon

 

[bigbb]

Do Athlon XP processors actually work any better with Windows XP? Or is that a well mislead myth?

 

[Summo]

Though I have no supporting evidence, I'd say... myth. If anything XP is likely to be optimised for Intel processors, though I believe that is also a myth.

 

[bigbb]

AMD said so, it must be true!

 

[bigbb]

(Hello Summo!)

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Originally posted by bigbb
AMD said so, it must be true!

Uh no, it says 'Microsoft designed and optimized Windows® XP for x86 processors like the AMD Athlon™ and AMD Duron™ processor families. ' It's akin to saying that Dos is optimised for Athlon XPs 'cause it's designed for X86

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by bigbb
(Hello Summo!)

I love you.

 

[bigbb]

*Jiggle*

 

[Embattle]

Both are meant to be optimized.......although it really has little effect

 

[Stazbumpa]

Is this thing safe though? I heard it isn't official as yet and knowing my luck it will probably ruin my otherwise nice 2k Pro install.

 

[]SK[]

Working fine here.

Aparently we shall see today MS posting about the release on their downloads and update site.

 

[Embattle]

Some people have found it causes errors in Windows Update.

 

[dysfunction]

Anyone whoever used to use MSDOS....

Did it ever crash??

I cant think of anytime I had to re-boot my pc when I had MSDOS running...

Aaah the good ole dayz
:sleeping:

 

[FuZor]

More to the point anyone had 2k Professional (at least SP2) completely crashing out? (IE the kernel) Not me as yet.....

 

[mank!]

I didn't either on my last install of it, until it randomly majorly fucked up somehow. Won't boot anymore :/

Win98SE is pretty steady though!

 

[Kippa.]

Originally posted by FuZor
More to the point anyone had 2k Professional (at least SP2) completely crashing out? (IE the kernel) Not me as yet.....

not once in 2 years

(more than I can say for XP )

 

[.cage]

no boot time speed up here

 

[FuZor]

Originally posted by Kippa.


not once in 2 years

(more than I can say for XP )

Cool! Same as me! Had 2k for ages (About a Year) no probs. Install XP *OK* for a couple of months, then spoons out completely! now back to 2k

 

[lovedaddy]

Nice....

Well, if your anything like me, you'll be glad to hear that SP3 adds the ability to uninstall IE, Express and Media Player.
Can happy use Opera and Eudora without the fear or IE stupidity kicking in...

Bonus.

 

[FuZor]

Good for you!

 

[.cage]

that's part of the DOJ thing afaik. It's in XP sp1 too, and it doesn't uninstall them, just "puts them to one side"
I'd rather use IE than opera anyway

 

[Embattle]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp3/default.asp

Official Page is now up.

 

[FuZor]

Many Thanks

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

So what are the best alternatives to IE & outlook express & media player?

Can we expect a cheaper windows without any of the above?

 

[Munkey-]

was on IRC a while ago. somebody mentioned doubts about the SP3. someplaces had had BSOD's after they had installed it. anyone confirm?

 

[S-Gray]

i thought BSoD's where taken out of Win2000?

 

[Sar]

Nope you can still get them with Win2K, my last PC proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt.

GG AMD

 

[.cage]

Originally posted by Happy Go Lucky
So what are the best alternatives to IE & outlook express & media player?

Can we expect a cheaper windows without any of the above?

imho? none. Perhaps eudora instead of outlook express for security reasons if you're overly paranoid. IE is the best browser, and with nimo installed media player will play anything perfectly. That's mplayer2.exe btw, not the skanky wmp7/8