Windows XP SP3 RC1 Released !!! Officially !!!

[gsoul2soul]

I will be a lil Blonde.... If I do a fresh install !!

Do i need to install "SP2".... ? before installing "SP3"

Or Fresh install --- ? and SP3 only ?

 

[a_tif]

downloaded n installed

didnt notice any great differences yet

 

[casanova]

I have just made a fresh install and then installed SP3. Commenting on performance will not be right until a few days. Its working quite stable for me.

The reason I said a must install on fresh installs is coz it updates the windows in the SP fashion.

@gsoul2soul
Service packs are cumulative. So you wont need to install SP2.

 

[sabret00the]

Already downloaded and installed...thanks for telling though..

I will be a lil Blonde.... If I do a fresh install !!

Do i need to install "SP2".... ? before installing "SP3"

Or Fresh install --- ? and SP3 only ?

I think it makes more sense if you have SP1 and SP2 already installed since "Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs..."

 

[go4saket]

Just installed SP3 and all seems to be fine...

 

[spitfire]

Already downloaded and installed...thanks for telling though..



I think it makes more sense if you have SP1 and SP2 already installed since "Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs..."

sp3 covers every single patch of sp1 and sp2...you dont need to install sp1 and sp2 ...just install sp3


I am waiting for the final one...when released i wills lipestream that into a cd and only then will doa freash install

 

[skeletor]

I am also waiting for the Final release.

 

[rollcage]

I am waiting for the final one...when released i wills lipestream that into a cd and only then will doa freash install

Same here mate .. thats the best way to install the xp .. nothing beats that

 

[go4saket]

I didnt find any difference except that it installs all patches. So in a way your XP becomes a bit more secured if not completely.