Windows XP SP3 RC2 R Breaks Things!!!

[Mr Bigman]

From my experiences lately with the latest service pack update for xp, i think its breaking things.

I installed the XP and amediatly went to SP3 and noticed when installing updates for office 2k3 and even Nero, things don't go well.

I can't even run MSconfig unless its in safe mode.

I ran xp for awhile with the first sp3 rc and it was ok played Crysis for hours and did stuff and was fine but things went south after running the last updat.

I don't know it its that or the stardock desktop suite causing it and even Daeman tools but i removed that.

ANother thing is when running the updates it would initialize updates and would just sit their after downloading the updates and before installation, it just sits their for hours doing nothing.

Even with Nero, it would go through the key set, languages, cusom install, and would copy files and than it would just sit their. I would go take a shower and comeback, and nero would just sit their doing nothing but showing a progress bar with no action going on.

Some stuff like the MOH Airborn to would be flaky also. i mentioned that in the gaming area.

Even when loading msconfig, it would run but i don't see nothing on the screen but it would show up in task manager but not using resources.

Yea its not hardware related cuz i ran this box for a few months now with no issues until i must of ran the last rc for sp3.

I also have 4 gigs or ram in the setup too which i thought would be the issue but i used it when using my setup for the last few months so not an issue their.

I done another format to see if something aint right but i did notice during setup when copying files and device detection, it would say error, unalble to install disk drives and cdroms.

but when i pulled the 2 gigs of ram, those errors went away so seting up apps and loading xp with the 4 gigs installed also could be an issue but like i said, i had 4 gigs or ram after loading everything before and it worked fine.

I did hear that during windows update, there are updates that can cause things to happen later when installing apps.

I checked hardware, drives, ram and all good. sl its either the 4 gigs or ram misbehaving or sp3 refresh causing strainge things.

[K007]

I haven't run into any issues yet.

[SilentMercury]

Interesting, my system has crashed a few times and I've had a few failed install attempts with a couple of games since I installed the new SP3 update. Internet Explorer crashes every now and then. I was starting to suspect my RAM until I read this post...

[Mr Bigman]

Also check MSconfig and see if it even opens too.

Yea, a few games wouldn't install or they do, but when i update them, the updates would give messages saying: UPdate gailed, or game not installed correctly, please reinstall.

I did get a few crashes of svchost too when running the vista sidebar tweak.

Yea their is something wrong here so im just going to put vista on it and forget XP cuz Vista works fine on my HT rigf.

[mailman2]

No problems here, Nero works fine. Msconfig works for me too. From the problems you have sounds like a hardware issue, like bad ram. SP3 RC2 works fine for me.

I've got about 20 games installed, not a single error or hiccup.

[GeniusPr0]

msconfig works fine here, and no crashes either

[Tr1cK]

I guess people forget what RC means....

[grey_1]

I've been running it since it was posted here, no problems at all big guy.

[Mr Bigman]

Well, im rounding it down to a few possiblities.

I re did my system with MCE2005 which is XP, than i did the install of drivers and the apps for those devices.

I checked MSconfig from time to time to see if it works and it does, until i installed Stardock Object Desktop.

Their is something in their that is breaking MSconfig cuz after i installed it, msconfig doesn't come up on desktop just in task manager.

There has to be something in that suite that is causing it cuz things seem to be god know but i haven't installed SP3 cuz i thought it was that but its not.

Im calling Stardock to see if they have anything on this cuz MSconfig worked before in loadied it.



Added:

I found out what the issue is:
Its to do with an app called Icon Packager.

As soon as i removed it, MSconfig starts up and i can get updates withought them stalling.

I can't see why this would be the issue cuz its not evn activated, just installed.

Im letting them know about this.

[K007]

Sounds good.

[SilentMercury]

Yeah, I just recently diagnosed my problem as faulty RAM.

[Mr Bigman]

Thank god ram prices are dirt cheap.

Im calling these guys today to see what can be done cuz i paid for the stuff.