I found this pretty interesting:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
Basically its just a pdf with info about sp3. Seems it wont be anything all that special but it will be nice to not have to download tons of hotfixes on new installs.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/XP-SP3-and-...ath-82804.shtml
XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Black Screens of Death
- Fix available from Microsoft
KB951126 article.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951126/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-XP-...ies-82729.shtml
The third and final service pack for Windows XP is not even out the door, and security company Symantec has already warned of a security vulnerability impacting XP SP3. With the advent of Windows Vista
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/04/15/w...3-release-dates
Windows XP SP3 been released to manufacturing. It will be available to OEMs and enterprise customers on April 29.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...3&SiteID=17
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...4&SiteID=17
CD images of the update package will be available at Microsoft Download Center on 4/29.
An online ordering tool for the same, similar to what is available for other service packs, will be available within the next
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Black Moon Edition
Windows XP SP3 Black Moon Edition .
- It's Genuine Windows
Homepage - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/
Size: 316 MB
# Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3300 RC2
# Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 5508 RC2
# Windows Vista Service Pack 1
# Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3244 RC1
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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
Is the official version of XP Service Pack 3 out? Or is this just a beta or something?
Is the official version of XP Service Pack 3 out? Or is this just a beta or something?
Ah, so this is what you want Foxit Reader for, eh?
I think SP3 is available to "businesses" April 29th. I'm guessing that it will be available for all to download from Microsofts' site a bit later. SP3 will be available as an automatic update in early June.....I think. Sort of.
I'm in no rush to get it. I'll wait for all the rantings and ravings to die down.
I have been using SP3 on my XP Pro system since it came out of beta and became RC1.
I guess I'll have to figure out how to un-install it before the June Update cycle.
I guess I'll have to figure out how to un-install it before the June Update cycle.
I'll probably just do a fresh OS install once it's out, however I'm going to download the full ISO image file of it. I may just for once have to make a slipstreamed XP install DVD with SP3, and hopefully figure out exactly how to make some other software auto-install with it.
I'll probably just do a fresh OS install once it's out, however I'm going to download the full ISO image file of it. I may just for once have to make a slipstreamed XP install DVD with SP3, and hopefully figure out exactly how to make some other software auto-install with it.
Andavari,we will all be waiting by our PCs.
I know it will be good.
Now what do I do with 125 GB of data and Apps?
Looks like I found my double overtime work at last.
Oh boy!!! Lets see. 2 x 0 is... whaaat.I've been ripped off in advance.
davey
I'm planning to reinstall my computer too, once SP 3 comes out.
Reformat?
Bleagh. I haven't reformatted since 2004 (because of an nVidea issue). And before that was around 2001.
Back when I had my old PowerMac 8500 I was reformatting on a daily basis. I tore that machine up just to see how much punishment it (I) could take. That was back in the day when dialog boxes didn't have Cancel or Close options. Good ol' OS 7.3.2.
Been running sp3 here for a while.
There are no significant changes....correct? Just a few more features most users won't need on a regular basis. It is really just a convenient way to have all the patches...right?
AJ
^Yes. And you need to repatch uxtheme and max halfopen tcp connections.
Oh thank God. I thought I was in trouble.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...edition-delayed
MICROSOFT has pulled the plug on the expected release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a glitch
DON'T EVEN DOWNLOAD SP3
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...here-to-get-off
Vista, he said, won't make much difference to the webscape. While it is more secure than XP, there are, currently, few
third-party companies producing protection for Vista. XP may be leakier but there are at least lots of companies trying to
plug its holes.
Don't do it.
you can test it for me & let me know if test ok not like to be the crash test & crash my P.C. & I think it come with spyware.
[PS] MS Retail Management Systems. that may be me how do you tell.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...edition-delayed
MICROSOFT has pulled the plug on the expected release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a glitch
DON'T EVEN DOWNLOAD SP3
If you read the link you posted you will see it only affects people running MS Retail Management Systems.
The delay is so Microsoft can put a filter in for business users.
Ordinary users will not be affected by this.
HotDog,
I am one of the few who can understand what your interpreters are saying.
Some interpreters are very good and some are not so good.
Please don't report from some questionable blog sites that purport to be news.
These are the kind of sites that cater to the extreme right or left on whatever topic they are covering.
Sure they get a lot of hits and sell a lot of ad space but their content is valueless.
Some of these sites use the title "Inquirer" and are very misleading just to make a lot of advertising money.
Regards,
davey