XP SP3 Coming on March 24 !!!

[nvidia]

^^Yes... Its for all editions isn't it?

 

[BBThumbHealer]

Microsoft has announced that it plans to release Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to manufacturing on March 24, 2008. A feature set overview has been posted by Microsoft and details new features available separately as standalone updates to Windows XP, as well as features backported from Windows Vista, such as black hole router detection, Network Access Protection and Windows Imaging Component.
According to a file released with the early beta version and relayed onto the Internet there are a total of 1,073 fixes in SP3.
This update to Windows allows it to be installed without a product key, and be run until the end of the 30-day activation period without a product key.
On December 4, 2007, Microsoft released build 3264 of a release candidate of SP3 to both TechNet and MSDN Subscribers. On December 18, 2007, this version was made publicly available via Microsoft Download Center. The latest public release of SP3 is Release Candidate 2, which was released to the private beta-testing group through its connect website on February 6, 2008, with a build number of 3300. On February 19, 2008 build number 3311 of SP3 Release Candidate 2 was released for public beta testing. In order to be able to download and install SP3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update or Microsoft Update, a script must be installed and any earlier version of SP3 must first be removed. SP3 Release Candidate 2 can also be downloaded by way of the Microsoft Download Center. The latest release of SP3, build 5503, is a private release that was leaked on March 12, 2008. Although an official release, Microsoft has warned against installing this version, stating, "This build was not intended for public release and anyone who has that build and is not part of the private beta is working with bits that Microsoft can't verify the integrity-it's possible the bits may have been modified with malware or other bad code that Microsoft hasn't tested.
Microsoft noted SP3 will update both Internet Explorer 6 and version 7 independently, and not require migrating to the next version.


Source ::: http:://www.wikipedia.org

 

[spitfire]

Will the SP3 released for XP MCE also ? coz my PC runs on the MCE rather that Pro.

then bad news for you. There will be no sp3 integrated release of mce and the standalone installer wont update mce computers.you cant slipstream it either on mce cds

for people running mce ,the only way to get sp3 is via windows update !! (at least thats what msfn said)

 

[ThinkFree]

Thanks for the news

 

[remrow]

I guess the comming of the Xp service pack 3 is just a gossip and isn't true. Microsoft has released the vista so microsoft would probabaly working for the vista's service pack. More over microsoft want to cut off the supply of the XP . There is no any reality in the Xp SP3 at all.

 

[Voldy]

Grt news..

 

[spitfire]

I guess the comming of the Xp service pack 3 is just a gossip and isn't true. Microsoft has released the vista so microsoft would probabaly working for the vista's service pack. More over microsoft want to cut off the supply of the XP . There is no any reality in the Xp SP3 at all.

you need to brush up your knowledge dude !
xp sp3 is real..and its coming !......and by the way...vista sp1 is already released !

 

[alok4best]

+1...and in fact RCs of XP SP3 are already available for download on MS servers..

 

[Devrath_ND]

Today is the day of WinXp Sp3 release

At what time will it be released (at what time was vista released)

i cant wait

 

[kumarmohit]

by midnight most prolly. It is not 24 in the United States yet.

 

[mikeon]

Well I'm waitin for this... gonna download during free hours tonite...

 

[Devrath_ND]

Wait, whether it is going to be released only for manufacturers or even to public becoz it is not yet out

 

[axxo]

^ then it hase to be RTM release not final ver

 

[Devrath_ND]

can someone clarify overthat becoz i want to go to sleep

 

[kumarmohit]

@axxo RTM is the final release AFAIK

 

[SunnyChahal]

Not using XP anymore.No SP3 for me
BTW Is it out or not?

 

[shantanu]

its not out yet... ! not even for Technet subscribers..

 

[gary4gar]

its not there yet.

 

[DigitalDude]

nothing till now




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[mrbgupta]

March 24th, 2008

XP SP3’s due date is now anyone’s guess

Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:31 am


Last week, I posted that I was hearing the final release of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 was due imminently. This week’s update: I have no idea when XP SP3 is coming.
Microsoft has maintained for the past few months that it would release XP SP3 in the first half of calendar 2008. Company officials repeatedly declined to provide more granular details (at least not publicly).
CRN reported late last week that the release notes on the 5503 build of XP SP3 that slipped out onto torrents a week ago said that Microsoft was targeting today, March 24, to release the final SP3.
But over the weekend, the date sleuths over at the TechArp site said that Microsoft had delayed its release date for SP3 to some time in the second half of April (at least for English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Simplified Chinese users). SP3 in other languages would take another three weeks beyond the initial release date, TechArp said. (Thanks to Bink.nu for a pointer to the latest XP SP3 update from TechArp.)
That’s all I know, at this point. I don’t have any more information on whether there will be any more public or private test releases of XP SP3 coming or why it is not shipping sooner.
Some Microsoft watchers (including yours truly) have speculated that Microsoft hasn’t been hustling to refresh XP because that will give users wary of Windows Vista one more reason to claim that XP is good enough and Vista is unnecessary. But Microsoft also is adding some new functionality to XP SP3 (like Network Access Protection support) that the company seemingly would want to get out there so that XP can be a better client for Windows Server 2008.

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