Anyone Using XP SP3?

isofa

Functionality details are here from the MS whitepaper: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&displaylang=en

Recent thread on MSE about SP3 here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=678649

And finally, good info here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_rc1.asp

theronkinator

Just be wary that SP3 RC is timebombed, it is set to expire after 3 months of its release, not sure when it was .

LuciferTDark

SP3 will be released long before the original RC expires I hope.

Zahc

LuciferTDark wrote: »

SP3 will be released long before the original RC expires I hope.

You'd think so wouldn't you, still it's not a given.
Reading into it a bit more it says that you don't have to install SP1 or 2 first which implies that you had to install SP1 before going to SP2; which may explain a few probs I've had in the past! You can install SP2 without SP1 right?

Zahc

Zahc

aardvarkuk wrote: »

Yeah as sp2 supercedes sp1 and includes sp1 aswell.

That's what I thought, for a moment I thought I was going mad.....

marleyboy

Reluctantly I have SP3 on mine, I had no other choices at the time as my SP2 got corrupted and even a repair wouldnt help.

Rest assured that as with SP2 or SP1, we will all have SP3 installed without much choice eventually. The same can be said about Vista, as much as I hate Vista, I know its inevitable that we will all be forced into upgrading to it at some point in time.

steady__eddie

If I've read it right (which is a miracle in itself), SP3 is to be released on Monday but plebs like me won't be able to download it until the 29th of April......... or is it June the 10th ?

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=12738

Apologies if this has already been posted, I did do a search but the posts on here are so prolific that I can't keep up with them.

spaceman5

steady__eddie wrote: »

If I've read it right (which is a miracle in itself), SP3 is to be released on Monday but plebs like me won't be able to download it until the 29th of April......... or is it June the 10th ?

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=12738

Apologies if this has already been posted, I did do a search but the posts on here are so prolific that I can't keep up with them.

i installed it yesterday, i just went to update center, it scanned my pc as usual, and came back with do you want to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate, i presume that is the service pack 3, not to sure what the release candidate on the end means.

-TangleFoot-

spaceman5 wrote: »

...not to sure what the release candidate on the end means.

A release candidate is exactly what the name implies: software that is potentially finished. It's not intended for general use, but barring minor alterations it is essentially ready.

However, once the final version is released, you will have to uninstall the release candidate in order to obtain it, even if they're internally identical.

BritBrat

With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, we've 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 won't land until June. This delay should give system administrators an ample amount of time to prepare for the upgrade or simply come up with an excuse for when things go awry.

• April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
• April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
• April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
• June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&displaylang=en