Taxin Posted May 7, 2012 ID:549324 Share Posted May 7, 2012 My computer is 5 y.o. and has Windows XP SP2 (it has 512 MB RAM memory and 1.6 GHz Celeron processor and therefore it's not advisable to upgrade it to SP3).MBAM 1.60 version had quite a few compatible problems for many users.Do you think that the new 1.61 version will work properly with Windows XP SP2 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 7, 2012 ID:549327 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Greetings Yes, the primary issue with 1.60 had to do directly with ZoneAlarm Free and a few other third party firewall products. We resolved this problem completely in 1.60.1, and 1.61 doesn't have the issue either and you should have no troubles running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware on XP SP2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff shadowwar Posted May 8, 2012 Staff ID:549628 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Not sure where you heard a 1.6ghz processor isnt enough?Hardware requirementsTo install SP3 on a single computer, your computer must have a CD-ROM drive and at least the following:A 233 megahertz (MHz) processor64 megabytes (MB) of RAM900 MB of available disk space during installationhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspxThat is right from microsoft.Running xp sp2 leaves you wide open for all kinds of exploits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxin Posted May 9, 2012 Author ID:550019 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Dear shadowwar,I've a laptop and don't have a CD-ROM drive, as Windows XP SP2 was already installed when I purchased it.Furthermore, the laptop is rather slow and I'm afraid SP3 would slow it even more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosirrah Posted May 9, 2012 ID:550033 Share Posted May 9, 2012 An infection due to being out of date could make it stop completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted May 9, 2012 ID:550039 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I have actually had computers run a little better after installing SP3. SP3 not only has fixes for security vulnerabilities but also includes bug fixes and some enhancements. I would install SP3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff shadowwar Posted May 9, 2012 Staff ID:550071 Share Posted May 9, 2012 You actually dont even need the cdrom driver with built in windows update.Windows updates are a very important part of security along with good security software. The negatives of not being uptodate far out weigh anything else.Sp3 really doesnt add more features to slow anything down. It just patches all the holes malware and exploits use to infect machines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxin Posted May 9, 2012 Author ID:550075 Share Posted May 9, 2012 okay guys, I'll upgrade to SP3.Thanks a lot !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff screen317 Posted May 14, 2012 Staff ID:551245 Share Posted May 14, 2012 As an aside, for a computer like that, upgrading to 1GB or 2GB of RAM will make a huge difference in performance. I had a similar setup that really slowed down over the years. Replacing the 512MB of RAM with 2GB (which is very cheap nowadays, and wasn't when I bought it!) did a world of difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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