If you have been able to avoid downloading and installing SP3, good for you! Instructions on how to do that are in an earlier post. To date I have installed it on only one machine, but the conditions need to be right before you do this, and so I'd wait a little longer.
One good reason why is highlighted in the ComputerWorld article linked to below. Apparently Symantec, the makers of the Norton product line of security programs, is one of the culprits wreaking havoc on unsuspecting XP users who use one of their products and then try to install XP SP3. The results can be catastrophic to a casual user, so be careful and wait a little longer.
As most of you know, I do not recommend any of the Norton product line. They used to offer a nice Norton Anti-virus program. It was fairly small, fairly efficient, affordable, and did an excellent job. I used it. My experience has been that their newer versions are much bigger, hog system resources slowing down your machine, and are very costly, compared to what they used to be. Time after time I see customers paying too much for a resource hog Norton product.
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