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Hi, I just installed SP3 using Windows Update (I had XP SP2 Pro fully updated). Everything went fine, I restarted the PC and apparently everything fine after the desktop showed up (no error messages, etc). But after examining my system I found the following changes:
1) The address bar is removed in the main taskbar, so I tried Right clicking on the taskbar > Toolbars> but notice that the Address option has been removed in SP3. Any way to restore it?
2) Old Windows Messenger was reinstalled, so I uninstalled it.
3) Each time I try to open MSN Messenger an install window opens displaying that MSN Messenger is being restored, so I cancel the process and MSN Messenger opens up normally. Any way to prevent this reinstall from opening up each time I open MSN Messenger?
4) If I try to activate Error Checking after reboot (by right clicking "C" drive in My Computer-Properties-Tools-Error Checking) and reboot it won't go thru error checking, it will skip it. How to fix this?

All of the above issues promted me to uninstall SP3 from my system using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and now my PC is back to SP2 and everything restored and working normally. I'd like however to know how to handle the above issues to be able to update to SP3. Thanks.

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Originally posted by alegator
1) The address bar is removed in the main taskbar, so I tried Right clicking on the taskbar > Toolbars> but notice that the Address option has been removed in SP3. Any way to restore it?

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Take a read of this article

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Originally posted by alegator

3) Each time I try to open MSN Messenger an install window opens displaying that MSN Messenger is being restored, so I cancel the process and MSN Messenger opens up normally. Any way to prevent this reinstall from opening up each time I open MSN Messenger?

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I experienced this problem with the RCs of SP3.  all you have to do is uninstall Messenger and reinstall it and it solves the problem completely

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Originally posted by markee

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Originally posted by alegator
1) The address bar is removed in the main taskbar, so I tried Right clicking on the taskbar > Toolbars> but notice that the Address option has been removed in SP3. Any way to restore it?

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Take a read of this article

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Thanks for that 3rd party tool.I also got this approach to tackle the issue from another forum:

After installing Service Pack 3 to Windows XP, the Address toolbar is no
longer available in the Windows taskbar.  It's a legal thing as to why
Microsoft says it was forced to remove it.  The quick answer to
restoring the Address toolbar in the taskbar is:

  In %windir%\system32, replace the SP-3 version of browseui.dll with
the SP-2 version. 

Unfortunately, Windows File Protection gets in the way (and so does
explorer.exe for the Windows desktop and some other processes).  The
workaround is to use the PendingFileRenameOperations key in the
registry.  Values under this key specify which files to move, replace,
or delete when Windows starts up.  Get the PendMoves.zip file from
SysInternals (http://www.sysinternals.com) which contains the
pendmoves.exe and movefile.exe utilities.  pendmoves tells you what is
already in that registry key to get renamed on the next Windows startup
(afterwhich this key gets cleared).  movefile lets you add entries to
this registry key. 

- If you haven't yet installed SP-3, save a copy of the file:

    md c:\backup
    copy "%windir%\system32\browseui.dll" c:\temp\

- If you have already installed SP-3, you will have to get a copy of
browseui.dl_ (ends with the underscore character) from your backups,
from a Windows SP-2 install CD, from another of your hosts still running
Windows XP SP-2, or from a friend that you really trust.  If you get the
compressed browseui.dl_ file, decompress it:

    expand [drive:[path]]browseui.dl_ c:\backup\browseui.dll

Now that you have the old version of the browseui.dll file, you need to
replace the SP-3 version with the old version.  Run the following
command in a DOS shell:

  copy c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll
c:\windows\system32\browseui_sp3.dll
  movefile c:\backup\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll

(Oops, I forgot about WFP (Windows File Protection).  The backup copy of
the file should also be replaced in the dllcache folder.  So use the
following commands for the movefile (which replaces on reboot):

copy c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\browseui_sp3.dll
movefile c:\backup\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\dllcache\browseui.dll
movefile c:\backup\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll
<reboot>

Each movefile is on one line (so be careful due to any line wrapping in
your newsreader).)

The assumptions are: movefile.exe is in the current directory or found
by the PATH environment variable and that you saved the old version of
browseui.dll under c:\backup.  Do NOT use
"%windir%\system32\browseui.dll" for the destination since the windir
environment variable won't be defined when the move operation is
performed during Windows startup.  In the above, I save a copy of the
SP-3 version of browseui.dll just in case it is found later that using
the old version causes problems and I have to revert back to using the
SP-3 version along with having to sacrifice the Address toolbar.

While this gets back the Address toolbar in the Windows taskbar, the
browseui.dll file is used by lots of different functions within Windows.
So it is possible that reverting to the old version could cause problems
with other functionality.