did you have any issues with it when you did?  I dloaded it but im waiting to see how many people have problems..

I updated all of my machines, there are no noticeable differences. 

I wanna know if upgrading to SP3 is worth it as well...

Well then perhaps I won't wait months to actually update...

I have SP3 and can still put an explorer toolbar in the taskbar.  But I like having it at the top of the screen.

huh... that is in stark contrast to everything i've read.  I wonder if you have it is enabled before the upgrade that it keeps it.

In the following link, there's even a guy who made an app to replace the nuked feature.

http://www.systemsabuse.com/2007/12/27/xp-service-pack-3-sp3-where-did-my-toolbars-address-bar-go-missing/

Oh, address bar.  I thought you said explorer bar.  I never had an address bar on my taskbar.  I thought you meant when you could place a folder or 'My computer' tool bar on the task bar/desktop.

heres a little blog on how to fix the issues that are giving people problems when upgrading.
http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/14724

ya, that's it.  Didn't realize i said explorer and that you were thinking of something else.  Regardless... still sucks that they took it away.  The excuse they use is that it was due to legal reasons.  Yet they left it in fully functional in Vista.  Not complaining, but I never felt that they worked any differently so not sure why one was kept and one taken away.  Though the *address* toolbar in XP always seemed to be more buggy than in Vista.