Hello,
I had SP3 thru win updates, long download via dialup. Anyway after reading about it on a few tech forums I disabled it and found my puter worked faster, this PC is 10 years old(Dell) and its only used for surfing, also disabled Win updates. I'm cursed with only being able to have dialup. Still run XP and will keep using it being an old dog. I have a few extra hard drives if I need them plus all the Dell and XP software, also have an old Dell workstation given to me when I retired and its used for backup. Will post a new thread as I thinking about a laptop.