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With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, weve managed to get our hands on the internal schedule for the release of the highly anticipated update to the aging operating system. As you can see in the list below, most of the stages will occur before the end of the month, though forced automatic updates wont land until June. This delay should give system administrators an ample |
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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amount of time to prepare for the upgrade or simply come up with an excuse when things go awry.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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More details about Service Pack 3 for Windows XP available in PDF at Microsofts site.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not include any major new features, but it will include four minor new features that improve the systems reliability and security. Contrary to reports, Microsoft has been very up-front about these functional additions for quite some time now.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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These new features include:
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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Network Access Protection compatibility. Announced years ago, this feature allows Windows XP machines to interact with the NAP feature in Windows Server 2008. This functionality is built into the RTM version of Windows Vista as well.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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Product Key-less install option. As with Windows Vista, new XP with SP3 installs can proceed without entering a product key during Setup.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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Kernel Mode Cryptographics Module. A new kernel module that encapsulates several different cryptographic algorithms, according to Microsoft.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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Black hole router detection algorithm. XP gains the ability to ignore network routers that incorrectly drop certain kinds of network packets. This, too, is a feature of Windows Vista.
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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And thats about it. Nothing dramatic, as promised.
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@harry123 | 15 April 08 |
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i hv sp3 installed since past 1 month. Hvn't noticed anything new.
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@andr01d | 15 April 08 |
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That would be because its still the beta version. I did nothice increased performance and faster xp bootup... But my vista transformation pack isn't compatible with it yet :(
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@carta28 | 15 April 08 |
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na mate final version was leaked on torrents couple of months ago
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@1alucard | 15 April 08 |
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Have had sp3 from the windows download site 2 weeks now
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@metulj | 15 April 08 |
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theres also final version? hmm.. im not sure about that...
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@newt182 | 15 April 08 |
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rumored to be final.. 5503 i think
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@carta28 | 16 April 08 |
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check my xp sp3 release post @ met .. if its still there
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