Masterlegodude Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have a computer i share with my older brother which is Windows Vista, and i have this Laptop that runs on Windows XP SP3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01wanga Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I am running WIndows XP SP2, but until reading this post, I did not know that SP3 was out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHanyou Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I use Windows XP SP3 on my pc but on my laptop I use Windows Vista. Does the windows vista version I use matter?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roushbj Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'm using Windows XP with SP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 I use Windows XP SP3 on my pc but on my laptop I use Windows Vista. Does the windows vista version I use matter?? For this discussion / poll, no. Make sure you have the latest service pack for Vista installed, however (that would be Vista SP1). Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShK_828 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Vista Sp1 .net version 3.5 on laptop same for my comp ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkirsch Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hello, I am very new to this forum and to Paint.net too. I am running Vista Home Premium. Sure hope I am not to late on adding to this poll. Lkirsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalboaCZ Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I voted other because I am in a mixed environment. I have Linux, Vista and XP-SP3. At work we are just starting to transition to SP3, but may just skip it and go right to Vista if it ever gets fixed right. On the Linux systems we are running PDN via Wine. Took some doing but we got it going. Reasons: HOME - The first issue of SP3 was buggy. I rolled back till it was stable. (About 6 months after initial release.) WORK - I work for a very large agency, 300,000+(yes really that big), and our tier-1 IT had to approve it first. That took forever since the first issue of SP3 was buggy. BOTH - Autoupdate (wuauclt.exe) does not properly roll out SP3. I run two WSUS servers, 60% of my systems fail to install SP3 (as a WSUS push) for one or all of the following: 1. Have to manually go to MS Update site and update an Active X control. (I so do despise Active X) 2. Have to manually go to MS Update site and update "Windows Genuine Authentication" tool. 3. If Autoupdate downloaded SP3 AND you select "Install and Shutdown" option when exiting windows, systems tend to hang indefinitely. Those that don't hang will report that SP3 was installed, but if you check the properties it will still say SP2 and Autoupdate will keep offering SP3. Bottom line: We still have to go to every system and verify SP3 installed correctly and/or manually go to MS Update site and install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan the Great Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 SP2, I can't find time to get SP3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 XP with SP3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidBoy140 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I'm running Windows Vista Home Basic. Hope this helps somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroym Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 At this moment it Xp with SP3 is being downloaded/installed and it says it is finishing installation. Has been over an hour. I did not realize it would take so long and I'm on DSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazard_Tsunami Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I am using Windows XP SP2. I didn't know there was a SP3... until I saw this thread. I am reluctant to upgrade, however. Microsoft's newer products seem lower in quality on a whole, ranging from their Office Suite to their new operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I am using Windows XP SP2.I didn't know there was a SP3... until I saw this thread. I am reluctant to upgrade, however. Microsoft's newer products seem lower in quality on a whole, ranging from their Office Suite to their new operating system. Disagreed. Office 07 is a much better product than Office 03, and Vista is actually pretty awesome. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoeman Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was SP2 But now SP3 Quote We should all be... Alive... ......................................... ......................................... |Lightning|My Dome|Pokemon sig tut| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSky Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Right now I'm using Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3, which I upgraded from Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 on CD that was bought retail in 2004 for about $99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSky Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm using XP SP2 and have no intention of upgrading to SP3 because there is almost nothing in SP3 thats worth it. SP3 is mostly bloat-software that most users Do Not Need. On top of the afore mentioned, it has caused conciderable problems and crashes on many PC's in which I have tried to install it. Actually it is worth upgrading from SP2 to SP3. For example, if you haven't updated your computer since SP2 first came out, you've missed out on about 4 years worth of security fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkay560 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig117 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Im using xp 2 and i cnt get xp 3 because my router is not compatible. Please dont make the minimum 3 :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skro Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I can't vote (don't know why), but I do answer. I'm using Windows XP sp2. Why no SP3? Because everything works fine with SP2, I download critical security updates, and I know that some softwares I'm using have issues with XP SP3 (and .Net 3.5 framework...). I'll see what I do when PdN 4.0 comes out Regards, Skro Quote ZoC radio, Chaos is on the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyRock Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 XP SP2. Have tried numerous times to install SP3 but for some reason it gets about 2/3rds through then encounters an error uninstalls itself and I'm back to the beginning again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanWiki Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'm using XP SP2 and have no intention of upgrading to SP3 because there is almost nothing in SP3 thats worth it. SP3 is mostly bloat-software that most users Do Not Need. On top of the afore mentioned, it has caused conciderable problems and crashes on many PC's in which I have tried to install it. I installed it just fine. First loadup after installing took a little longer than normal (too big a change in too little a time), but now everything is fixed and up to speed. Nothing at all went wrong. Quote dA - gallery - web - pic src Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer_World14 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have XP Home Edition SP3, had no problems with upgrade when I installed it a while back. I just have one question, what does the .NET Framework exactly do for Windows... cause I don't really understand that part...and where can i find what version of the framework i have? ~thanks in advance Quote deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darisole Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 At home I tend to install all updated as soon as they are released and I'm reasonably sure they won't break anything. At work, however, installing huge updates on many computers requires a lot of time. For example, XP SP3 will probably require two hours for each machine, which are two wasted hours. So, basically the reason why we still use XP SP2 is the lack of time to install SP3. I evangelized all colleagues to use Paint.NET, so that would be a good reason to finally install SP3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSky Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Installation time of SP3 varies from user to user. For computers that rarely if ever get updated manually or otherwise, it will take longer because older files have to be overwritten by newer versions after the updater has cataloged a list of all system files to update, then it (updater) proceeds to update only the ones is has cataloged that need updating. The list will be larger, and the task of cataloging and updating will take longer if you haven't updated in 4 years. If you're like me, and update when updates come out, migrating from SP2 to SP3 shouldn't take all that long, because the majority of the SP3 installation is all the critical Windows Updates updates up to the point SP3 was released dating back to SP2, are included, as well as updated system files that not only Windows uses but Windows applications use. So, for me, installing SP3 took about 15-20 minutes (not including the 7-8 minutes it took to download on a reasonably fast cable modem connection) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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