Update to XP SP3

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Or you could wait until it's officially released
This testing will need to be run again at that stage
I hear it should be soon.
 
For others reading this, release candidate, is a new way of saying beta without any major updating to do, ie it's still being prepared for final release.

To avoid inevitable support replies, release candidate is not actually beta, but after tons of reading, the word beta, has lost its meaning.
 
Reguardless I will be watching to see how it goes. Sure is good to have you testing this for us Albert!
 
Nice post! Gald to see proactive information being posted :)

Please keep us updated, pro & con.

Jeff
 
AlbertLionheart said:
No notable changes seen but the PC does run faster and there appears to be a reduction in PF usage at idle.
Is physical RAM usage higher then if PF usage is lower? Or is the system not using as much total?
 
Real ram usage depends upon many factors.
Programs use Virtual memory <= pagefile size and will use as much real ram
as allowed UNTIL some other program needs memory.

(Virtual) Page stealing based upon demand will prune the real memory actually used for all programs so that all programs continue to run.

The more REAL RAM you have then reduces the number of page steals and
thus increases general performance of the system.

Real memory usage should always be very near 100% and is managed by the
OS.
 
Yeh, I know jobeard. I was just wondering IF the OS itself is using less RAM with SP3, or if it is simply trying to keep more stuff in real RAM rather than paged.
 
good question -- as yet t.b.d :)

OS theory says you lock real ram for must have data and leave as much as
possible for everything else. This includes kernel threads that can be interrupted and paged just like user data.

Modern designs for V.M. are 'self-tuning' in that pages that are really necessary
become so by the frequency of reference(FR). Under heavy demand, other pages
get paged out instead of the FR pages.
 
Morning all - bright and sunny Monday in Middle England - gah!
So - installed Windows XP SP3 beta on my laptop over the weekend - totally painless and no problems. That's two machines done without a hitch but I am not going to do any more for the time being - certainly not on my main machine nor to any of my clients - until the final release from Microsoft. Same speed increase noted on the laptop as the wksps machine but the laptop has more stuff on it, all of which seem to work without error. The laptop was getting slower and slower as it needed an enema - won't bother now!
 
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