ML, The problems that I know about are limited to only a very small minoriy of users, but I know you were not a happy camper at all after discovering that you were among them. I'm just very glad that you had the patience to think it through and realize that a System Restore would return things to normal. :O) You can still use the Windows Update site and work around the two that caused you problems. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "ml" <my2punkin@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:53 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: SP3 > Sp3 never did get installed and working...sufice it to say I ended up > doing > a restore the next door thing to a reformat...it wasn't a pretty site. and > neither was my attitude. And I haven't seen a a weekly MS download > since...maybe stoping that particular download put a hitch in it's > getalong??? mmmmmm but the one right after this SP thingy also made a mess > so I went backed and dumped that...haven't heard a word about new updates > since.... --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------