In news:h27pun$ho4$1@news.eternal-september.org,
BillW50 typed on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:02:52 -0500:
> In news:Xns9C37EF8E0EF58noonehomecom@74.209.131.13,
> Larry typed on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:32:58 +0000:
>> I'm using WinXPSP3 typing this message because it's convenient and
>> familiar with Xnews, a very old usenet client.
>
> I have one machine running XPSP3 and the rest running XPSP2. And I
> haven't seen any difference in stability or usability between SP2 and
> SP3.

Oh wait! There is one small difference. SP3 breaks OE6 auto-compacing
mode. As it usually hangs on folder.dbx. And Microsoft doesn't support
OE at all anymore, so there will never be a Microsoft fix for it. Which
might be one reason to stick with SP2. <grin>

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Bill
Windows XP Pro SP2 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC