On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Funny NYPD wrote: > Starting from yesterday, all my Windows XP sp2 machines asking an update to SP3. > Anybody has tried the windows xp SP3 for PIC development, such as MPLAB IDE, > PICKit2, ICD2, etc? So far the Windows XP sp2 provide very good software compatibility > and stability. Try one machine and let us know the result. I bet it will be ok. It is not as drastic as Windows SP2. Vista SP1 is painless from my experience. The Vista computer is now getting more stable and my wife is happy with it. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist