I downloaded and installed SP3 about a week ago, and have noticed only one peculiarity so far. Power Options......my screen saver times in and functions, but sometimes, even with nothing of mine that I know of running, no disk shutoff, no Standby, No Hibernate. Nothing different in my operating procedures....before SP2 I could count on it. Now, it is at best a 'sometimes' thing.This forum was so hard to find, maybe somebody would liketo post a comment in regular msnews.windowsxp.basics newsgroup.

I contacted HP Tech Support and they gave me the solution. They didn't say it was SP2/SP3 related, but told me how to fix it. It's in two parts: 1. Delete the network driver in Device Manager, and reboot, at which time it will reinstall the driver. 2. There's a hidden place I hadn't seen before, buried in Power Options. I had to UNcheck where it allows network activity to prevent Power Options from going into Standby or Hibernate. I did those two things, and it's been working just fine ever since.

Hi, Be glad to see your issue has been fixed. As we mainly discuss Exchange issues in this forum, if you encoutered SP3 related issue next time, you can refer to the following link to post a thread on SP3 forums. http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17 thanks, Elvis