XP SP3 is Evil

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146059/users_report_more_trouble_with_windows_xp_sp3.html

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600950

I'm not the only person who has had trouble with SP3. The main IT guy that I work for, installed it when it first came out and his laptop restarted endlessly due to a GDI error. I've installed it on my own personal pc just to have some programs such as outlook fail to start. I've uninstalled it on a few clients pcs and it oddly enough "fixed" the problem.

So avoid SP3 unless you are paying me and then install and call me when you need it fixed.

Also Windows Defender is crap, I have yet it see it ever detect anything and let alone remove it. I've repaired Vundo and smit fix on computer where Defender claims the machine was clean. I use Ccleaner to start off with a cleaner computer, then install and run Spybot Search and destroy, followed by Adware by lavasoft and that almost always fixes the problem.