Death of sp3 XP & sp1 Vista

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Microso...pdates--/110635

30 April 2008, 13:03

Microsoft postpones automatic Service Pack updates

Microsoft has delayed the distribution of its recent Service Packs for Windows XP and Windows Vista by Windows Update.

Service Pack 3 for Windows XP was to be made available on April 29 for all users as a download and via auto update, but

according to a blog entry published by Microsoft exec Chris Kerouac, Microsoft has a compatibility problem between the

recently completed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP

Already reported in the SP3 thread in Windows Security section

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=102017

This why I never jump on an update as soon as they are available. I wait until all this garbage is worked out. I do this for almost all updates of any program. Having said that I am using the latest beta from Opera and it is working excellent.