Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote:
> 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>

Thanks Bill, I was going to ask why, if there was no difference with
stability or usability, only one of your machines was sp3.

Oh, I find my XP Pro sp3 machines still auto-compact OE files just fine.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll
be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.