I Enjoy Windows OS Updates Almost As Much As A Tooth Extraction

Installing the SP2 update to XP was such torture. It took three attempts trying different approaches to disabling stuff and removing some old 3rd party software. The SP3 update isn't going any better even though I'm doing everything Microsoft's website recommends for preparing my computer for that update. After two failed SP3 update attempts I'm giving up. After many, many hours wasted on these two updates I'm inclined to just leave it at the SP2 level and not voluntarily undergo this torture again.