Service Pack 3

[Mulva]

Just wondering if anyone has updated to this yet and if they are having any problems with EQ2

[wullailhuit]

Yes , PC is running a lot smoother/faster than it used to on some things and no problems with EQ2 at all..

[TSR-TrevorG]

I'll be loading it onto my home PC tonight.  Although Im debating about just delaying and reinstalling XP next week, as its been about 7 months since I last did it....

[Derrmerth2]

<p>Well I am not 100% sure but I think SP3 is causing me an issue. Long story short since I installed it after I'm playing for awhile my client crashes with a pure vital function call. I don't know if the install of SP3 and this are related, but it started after I put SP3. Before SP3 I had every other update for Windows so the changes made were purely SP3 related. It has happend in different zones but after maybe an hour or so of play.</p><p>Sometimes the client just regular crashes now also. As I was typing this I had a pure vital error, logged in and 15 mins later got a straight crash. I can't say that these issues are related to Sp3 but they didn't happen before I installed it. I don't have a lot of background on whats going on right now either. I'll see if others get this issue for now I suppose.</p>

[TSR-TrevorG]

I installed it last night, played a little Dragon Warrior while it installed, and then jumped on EQ2 for a few hours,so far..I'm ok.If you have issues, open a support ticket at <a href="https://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=g2ePD83j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://help.station.sony.com/cgi-b...amp;p_redirect=</a>Thanks!

[Drusi]

I started having some crashes after updating to Win XP service pack 3.  Previously, crashes would happen once in a very rare occasion. Now I"m getting them fairly regularly. Sometimes a dialog box with some sort of out of memory error will appear and then the game will shut down, and other times, the whole computer will power down and I have to reboot everything to get back in.

[Drusi]

I just tried doing a Win XP system restore to a date before the service pack 3 upgrade. No crashes so far.

[StormCinder]

<p>SP3 upgrade has been a non-event for our workplace network as well as my home EQ2 machine.  No errors.  No probs.</p><p>The only thing I've read for anyone that may be having problems is <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9085358" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a>.</p><p>SC</p>

[TSR-TrevorG]

Apparently SP3 will re-enable your windows firewall. So if you had it disabled before hand, you will need to do so again.

[StormCinder]

<p>Forgot about the firewall issue.  Odd thing I did notice...on some of the PCs, startup programs that were disabled via 'msconfig' had been re-enabled after SP3.  Basically everything in the startup tab was enabled, though several had been 'unchecked' previously.  Just something else to double-check.</p><p>SC</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<cite>StormCinder wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Forgot about the firewall issue.  Odd thing I did notice...on some of the PCs, startup programs that were disabled via 'msconfig' had been re-enabled after SP3.  Basically everything in the startup tab was enabled, though several had been 'unchecked' previously.  Just something else to double-check.</p><p>SC</p></blockquote>Thats great information.  I honestly didn't notice that on my home PC.  Looks like I've got some disabling to do!

[Wingrider01]

<cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>StormCinder wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Forgot about the firewall issue.  Odd thing I did notice...on some of the PCs, startup programs that were disabled via 'msconfig' had been re-enabled after SP3.  Basically everything in the startup tab was enabled, though several had been 'unchecked' previously.  Just something else to double-check.</p><p>SC</p></blockquote>Thats great information.  I honestly didn't notice that on my home PC.  Looks like I've got some disabling to do!</blockquote>Both XP SP3 and Vista SP1 will reenable what the OS considers vital services, you need to make a note of what you disabled prior to the install and then go back in and disable them again.