Alan McDonald wrote:

> I know this is getting off topic a little but I have to say that my
> experience is the slightly the reverse.
> When SP3 first came out I had trouble until I found that I need to update my
> video driver.
> With serveral machines in my sights after SP4 was installed - there was one
> machine which was giving us problems until I finally realised it was sitting
> on SP3 - with SP4 installed - no more problems. I would have to admit,
> though, that it can be dicey installing these majoir SPs and my first
> suspicion in the even to problems is always video drivers.

While it is 'drifting' you are just adding to the point -
Windows needs care if you want 24/7 operation. We did not
move from NT4SP6a until W2kSP3 was out for similar reasons.
In fact some machines still run NT - with FB1 24/7 :)

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