XP Service Pack 3

[Kryten]

Grab it while you can.

*rubbed*

Worth the download certainly, noticed a good speed boost here with no effect to reliability. Rolling out company wide as we speak

 

[Bob007]

cheers, saved me looking

 

[Bob007]

Just a quick err "tip" maybe, If you grab this and you 1 of the few unfortunate ppl that get repeated BSOD/Reboots.

STOP: c0000139 {Entry Point Not Found} The procedure entry point GdiGetBitmapBitSize could not be located in the dynamic link library GDI32.dll.




Fix/Work round is here

It says

1. Boot from a Windows CD or BartPE.
2. At Welcome to Setup screen, press “R” to start repair option and open up a Recovery Console’s command prompt window.
3. Select the Windows installation to use, normally is C:\Windows and just one option. If so, press “1″ and hit Enter.
4. If prompted for administrator password, enter the password (normally blank) and hit Enter.
5. Make a backup of existing GDI32.dll in system folder with following command: REN C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll.orig
   Replace “C” of the drive letter of your Windows installation drive if necessary.
6. Then copy backup GDI32.dll from c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\gdi32.dll to the system folder with the following commands: copy C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386\GDI32.dll C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll
   Replace “C” with your own system drive letter if applicable.
7. Restart computer.

So have a windows xp cd handy just incase

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Thank fucking christ for that Bob.

I was indeed one of those unfortunates! Coming here, on my laptop, to find out what to do.

I'll go and give it a go.

There's going to be many people who aren't as fortunate as me to a) have another computer to go looking for this stuff, and b) be so fortunate to find he answers so easily.

I'll be back if I can't fix the fucker

RB

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Nope not working.

I've got to the recovery console bit but when I type in the first command it tells me The parameter is not valid'

Any clues?

Is the command case specific? The recovery console option was for C:\WINDOWS but I've been typing Windows as given here.

RB

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Well, I'm back on the desktop. I hope I've not done any damage.

Couldn't get that first command to work any way I tried, so I just went straight to the second one and over wrote the little bastard.

So far it has worked.

I'm now not sure whether to roll the whole lot back and wait for a build of SP3 that actually works first time

I've not noticed any improvements, and StyleXP no longer works so I'm back to a bog standard desktop.

RB

 

[Bob007]

Aye first command is wrong.

REN C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll GDI32.dll.orig

works. ren doesn't take file paths on 2nd switch.

Edit, its an issue with sp3, it fails to copy over GDI32.dll from installation files. hence BSOD. So you have eerrr "working" (lol) build

 

[Bob007]

OK sry for spamming a bit, gonna post full fix and prep here.

First be prepered. Grab SP3 from the fine link provided above.

Next install recovery console.

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where d is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
4. A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears. The Windows Setup Dialog Box describes the Recovery Console option. To confirm the installation, click Yes.
5. Restart the computer. The next time that you start your computer, "Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" appears on the startup menu.

Start and Install SP3. If it reboots, gratz, if not follow next.

Boot into recovery console from start menu and log into ya windows install with any passwords you've set for admin account.

type the following commands.

REN C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll GDI32.dll.orig

this will rename GDI32.dll incase of any problems.

Next type.

copy C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386\GDI32.dll C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll

This will copy over GDI32.dll from SP3 files.

All should be fine now

 

[soze]

my laptop died a undignified death doing this whish i had read this post first as i just restored an image but i lost allot of apps doing that.

 

[Kryten]

I had the GDI32 error myself on this very system, did a repair installation from an SP2 disk and reapplied a re-downloaded copy of SP3, so I'm not sure about the version of that original link I supplied. If it is indeed naff, I apologise hugely.

I re-downloaded from :
*rubbed*

Looking for the same KB number brings up lots of different results including various RC's of the service pack, so I wonder if that's one of the earlier versions. Can anyone confirm that?

I do know from a little hunting around that the reason for GDI32.DLL falling over is that the default security settings prevent it from being overwritten, even by MS's own service pack! Bit of an oversight, and I believe that it happening or not depends on the level of security and DEP used on each client computer.

 

[Bob007]

In the last few days, we have uncovered a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to the web.
​

To help protect customers, we plan to put filtering in place shortly to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS. Once filtering is in place, we expect to release Windows XP SP3 to the web.​

We are also testing a fix, and will make it available once that process is complete. Once they have installed the fix, Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers should be able to run both service packs.
​

Until then, we advise Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers to not install either service pack. Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers running Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 should contact Microsoft Customer Support Services for additional information.



source


Seems nothing is real at this time.
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[Kryten]

Nice; funny really as I thought sychronisation of dynamic RMS between Vista and XP was one of the features/updates brought about by SP3

 

[Insane]

Another one who suffered the GDI32.DLL problem with my laptop this morning.

Had to run a recovery CD on my laptop due to it running ICH8m AHCI on the sata drive, which XP SP2 doesn't recognise (and I couldn't be bothered slipstreaming the textmode drivers into a new XP SP2 cd)

What is interesting is on a fresh XP SP2 install, service pack 3 installs fine with no errors which points towards one of the deployed updates through windows update.

 

[MYstIC G]

In light of MS's cock up on this, I've rubbed the download links from this thread to prevent anyone else suffering any weirdness.

 

[Kryten]

Cheers MysticG, was going to do that myself this morning
I've noticed another issue on this very system this morning due to SP3.

I have physical drives A through to F (hdd's and twin DVDs), G, L and N as mapped network drives.
Plugged in a USB storage drive this morning for first time since the update. Found it, connected, got the confirmation in the taskbar.
Nothing in My Computer.
Checked under drive management and it was there, working - and set as G.
Odd, as that was already mapped to a network drive.

Opened My Computer, double clicked G and lo & behold, there's my USB pen. Obliterating my drive mapping. Removed the pen, and it was back to my network drive.

Some real weirdness going on, I'm sticking with it as I can't be bothered with the downtime on this system (it's an imaging server) but I've submitted a bug report through technet to MS anyway to cover bases.

I've remapped my network drive for now anyway, just thought I'd share some more issues.

Lets see what happens with it and I'll post another link direct from MS as and when it's fixed. Of course, neither I or Freddyshouse take responsibility for buggering up your computers (But either way, I apologise for advising installation of it).

I'll only ever link to MS for MS updates for safety & trust reasons and even then that doesn't guarantee quality as we now know

 

[Kryten]

Oh, and another note; you should expect an update for SP2 before SP3 will be installable due to that GDI32 issue, as it's SP2's security settings preventing it's update.

 

[Tilda]

Is this worth getting or should I just wait?

 

[Kryten]

Wait, definately.

 

[Bob007]

Posted 6th of May.

Today Microsoft announced the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center. We also resumed automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1. We will begin automatically distributing Windows XP SP3 in early summer.

As mentioned last week, we uncovered a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). To help protect customers, we put filtering in place to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS. We are still testing a fix and are working to make it publicly available via Microsoft Download Center this month.

Until then, we advise Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers to not install either service pack. Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers running Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 should contact Microsoft Customer Support Services for additional information.

As mentioned in my RTM post, Microsoft will monitor this forum for the next few weeks in case you have additional feedback about the release of Windows XP SP3.

The Windows XP Support Forum has pointers to standard information about Windows XP Service Pack 3. Also, the Windows XP SP3 TechNet portal is now updated as well.

Many thanks,

Chris Keroack

Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows Serviceability
Source

On Windows update or here

Disclaimer. I supply this as is, I or FH as a whole except no responsibility for problems, errors or dataloss due to issues arrising from installation of this service pack.

Covering myself after last "release"

 

[Kryten]

Indeed, it's out and about on Windows Update for a majority of us normal/power users (those of us not using those failing services) but I'd still advise against installation.
Lots and lots of reports of failed installations, the same GDI32 issues and endless reboots, but it's still seemingly random - on just as many machine it's apparently installing absolutely fine.
I'm about to install XP alongside my current Vista installation and will report back on SP3 when I get that far, but I'm not holding my hopes too high. As before, some people are pointing out a pattern from failed SP3 installations to AMD based systems, but yet again plenty of AMD users are also having good fortune with it.
Couple of folks on FH IRC have also kindly pointed out they're installed successfully and even noticed a performance boost/less memory usage.

It's entirely at your own risk, but if you don't have much time, patience or other reason, I'd stick with SP2 until the problems are resolved entirely.

 

[throdgrain]

You know that big red button ...

Well I had to press it ...


And installed XP3, it seems fine in fairness. Only one thing now, in system information it's only showing one cpu instead of two. I dont know if this is a problem, I did a speed test on a couple of games and they seem fine ...

 

[Kryten]

Jinglebells has just informed me on IRC that he's installed on a couple of machines, both AMD based with absolutely no issues at all.
I'm starting to wonder if it's less than random, if there's a certain software configuration or installation that's causing issues, if it's down to security settings on the specific systems or indeed if it's PEBCAK.

Please, if you install it, let us know how it goes. Might not be as bad as it sounds, but as with everything it's a good idea to keep cautious.

 

[throdgrain]

Like I say, all seems fine. I just played a bit of CoD4 , it all runs exactly the same, despite system info saying I only have one cpu.

 

[Kryten]

It's installed ok here too without any glitch whatsever. I've no previous installation of XP to compare with on performance grounds, but all seems fine. I did notice it reported the CPU type differently here too.
So, so far so good.

 

[Bob007]

Updated my box yesterday, Everything went fine. Not noticed anything "strange" yet and never noticed any change in cpu report in sys info.

Just need to finish updating my Xbox apps (not 360, yes old 1 ) then am gonna do laptop and then finally wifes puter. (personaly, i think last 1 should be formatted and reinstalled but she won't let me ). I'll update as they go through

 

[Ch3tan]

Works fine, no issues here.

 

[throdgrain]

OK here's an issue. The Google Toolbar I have is causing I.E to crash regularly.

I've deleted it, and now no more crashes.

 

[phlash]

Complete reinstall here on a new toy - XP/SP1 from the CD, then SP2 from the offline installer, and finally SP3 from Windows update - all tickety boo thus far....

 

[Bob007]

Upadted Lappy and Wifes puter without problems.

Also hearing some horror stories about some HP machines that have AMD dual core systems and recieving intel files on upgrade causing system to blue screen. Seems MS has created yet another filter for these.

Best bet now if you want to try SP3 is to use Windows Update and see if it shows up. If it doesn't, you been filter for a reason and don't update. Wait till issue is fixed (be an update on windows update to address issue) then try Windows Update again.

 

[Furr]

When you patch you'll have to repatch the TCP/IP half open connections setting.

Remove Windows XP SP3 TCP/IP Connections Limit | Windows Reference