I just updated to it and it did something to my network, the little computers in the task bar where flickering on and off the router kept restarting and shutitng down.
rolled back to sp2 and all is fine again.
whats going on?
Maybe something to do with this mate?
Network Access
Protection (NAP)
NAP is a policy enforcement platform built into Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, and Windows XP SP3 with which you can better protect
network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements.
Using NAP, you can create customized health policies to validate
computer health before allowing access or communication; automatically
update compliant computers to ensure ongoing compliance; and optionally
confine noncompliant computers to a restricted network until they become
One of the new features
Im not sure.
Ive re-installed it now and its still doing it...
the network just keeps saying acquiring ip address then network cable unplugged, acquiring ip address then network cable unplugged, acquiring ip address then network cable unplugged over and over.
its working now because Ive manually set my IP, gateway and DNS. but if i set them to auto (DHCP) then it starts doing it again.
any ideas?