Windows XP SP3

Although Windows XP SP3 is due to be officially released through Windows Update tomorrow it is available for download from Microsoft's website today. I've just downloaded and installed it; took about 15 minutes to downloaded the 300mb or so and it installed in about the same length of time..

I made a point of creating a restore point prior to installation; although SP3 creates a system restore point anyway. Everything went okay with the update and the system rebooted afterwards. It seemed a wee bit quicker to boot back into windows although setting up personalizations for Outlook and Address Book took a while.

So far, the only thing that's complained is Style XP which seems to think it's incompatible with the SP3, although the style/theme I previously set seems to be working okay anyway.