here's what to do if you don't want to install SP3:
in windows update, follow the steps as if you were to install SP3, up until the part where the SP3 installer starts. once that happens, close your eyes for an hour. when you open them again, your computer definitely won't have SP3 installed, and windows update will never bother you about it again.
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Originally posted by ShakyTech
You say Microsoft are soooooo good?
Do you work for them?
IE 7....a rip off of Mozilla Firefox.
yeah, they stole that "browse the web" feature! it's almost as if they do the exact same thing!
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Windows 98...so bad at the beginning they had to bring out Version 2.
would you have preferred it better if they called 98SE "Windows 99"?
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Windows ME....so many bugs.
and? that was 8 years ago.
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They don't get it right everytime. If they did they would never need so many support pages for when their software goes wrong.
how clueless can you be? SP3 isn't a new OS -- it's an *update*. as in, the exact thing designed to FIX problems that they didn't get right the first time! that's the entire POINT behind SP3. it was created solely to *fix* bugs. on top of that, don't forget about all the security updates it has -- purposely not installing it is like willingly choosing to run openly buggy software.
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I use Microsoft products all the time, but spend more time helping people who have problems with Microsoft software.
BTW I have been working with computers for 20 years....have you?
it wouldn't matter if you've been working with computers for 100 years if you've been doing it wrong the entire time.
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