Joe,

Our computer club has long since just installed the updates as they become
available. A couple of years back, there was one Win XP fix that degraded
two members systems. It was related to their specific BIOS versions.

When we do "house calls," on the members computers, we routinely install all
available updates whether Win XP or Office.

When it comes to security the old phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
just doesn't apply. It's broke, you just don't know it, but given time you
will.
"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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Oops, I meant SP2, not 3. thanks!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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SP2 (subject line) or SP3 (message body)? AFAIK, there is no SP3 for
Office
2003. I did not have any adverse results from installing SP2, and it does
fix a lot of bugs.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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This may not be the ideal spot for asking this but since I access this
great
forum the most, here goes. I am using Office 2003 and it appears I am
supposed to install Office SP3 and various other upgrades for the
various
Office components. I always take a deep breath before installing any
Microsoft upgrades since I have learned the hard way that, ahem, they
sometimes create more problems than the problems they solve, which
"problems" in most cases I didn't even know I had. Is it safe to
upgrade
install Office SP3? Is it worth it? Are there good reasons to skip
the
upgrade?