WinXP service pack 3 details released

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http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/windows-xp-s...lysis-included/

Contrary to popular belief, Windows XP SP3 does ship with all-new features - not just patches and hotfixes, most of them backported from Windows Vista:

* New Windows Product Activation model: no need to enter product key during setup. Thank God for that!

* Network Access Protection modules and policies have been brought to XP after being one of the more-well-received features in Windows Vista. You can read more about NAP here.

* New Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module - the Windows XP SP3 kernel now includes an entire module that provides easy access to multiple cryptographic algorithms and is available for use in kernel-mode drivers and services.

* New ?Black Hole Router? detection - Windows XP SP3 can detect and protect against rogue routers that are discarding data.

Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs. Of the 1,073 included updates, 114 are for security-related issues. The remainder are updates to performance & reliability, bugfixes, improvements to kernel-mode driver modules, and many BSOD fixes.

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1073+previous service pack fixes=hackjob

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This sounds pretty good to me as long as they dont screw up anything.

SP2 has been the best, most stable operating system that I have ever used. I actually have no major issues with it at all.

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This sounds pretty good to me as long as they dont screw up anything.

SP2 has been the best, most stable operating system that I have ever used. I actually have no major issues with it at all.

I just hope it doesn't cause all the problems SP2 did when it initially came out :unsure:

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I just hope it doesn't cause all the problems SP2 did when it initially came out :unsure:

I upgraded lots of computers to SP2 and never had a single problem. I think all the problems came from those whose computer was screwed up already.

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I upgraded lots of computers to SP2 and never had a single problem. I think all the problems came from those whose computer was screwed up already.

It caused problems with a couple of my programs when it came out that required program updates to fix, and IIRC one problem that needed a Windows hotfix a few weeks after it was released.

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It caused problems with a couple of my programs when it came out that required program updates to fix, and IIRC one problem that needed a Windows hotfix a few weeks after it was released.

Yeah, I didnt even think about the software issues.

I was meaning more along the lines of the people who complained that "SP2 trashed my computer, caused it not to boot, hurt performance, ect, ect, ect."

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Very interesting, but all those performance things make me wonder... well, at least now if you create a boot CD, having SP3 will make life simpler.

AJ

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Now update back/head aches are gone!!! It's pretty much a life saver :D

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I can't wait for this. The new kernal update sounds interesting. I bet all of you that brought vista are licking your Lips :P

Meh, SP-2 has been great for me. Never any problems with it, unless I messed something up, but that was my fault...

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unless I messed something up, but that was my fault...

I think Microsoft shouldn't make things so easy to mess up though. I think just about any tweaker has made a mess of something and had to use a restore point, well as least once anyways.

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I'll be patient and wait a few weeks / months after it's been released to upgrade... It's not that I don't want to upgrade, I just don't feel like dealing with any issues that may arise with the initial release.