Find reviews of the best free software

# = Newest reviews

Security

Internet and networking

Photography, audio & video

Productivity applications

Disk management

Utilities

Programming

Here's a summary of this paid article:

XP Service Pack 3: not yet ready for prime time

Susan Bradley

By Susan Bradley

The growing list of XP SP3-related glitches being encountered by users should give pause to anyone thinking of downloading and installing the update.

If you've kept XP patched from week to week, there's presently no clear advantage to implementing the OS's latest service pack, though you'll want to do so eventually.

Please sign in or subscribe to access our paid content.

Enter your e-mail address:

e.g., jan@example.com

Already subscribed? Enter your reader number:



e.g., 12345-67890



Forgot your reader number? Upgrade to a paid subscription.