Microsoft To Release XP SP3 Next Week

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:09 pm

Now that Windows Vista service pack 1 has been released, all eyes have shifted to Microsoft's plans for Windows XP service pack 3, the final package of updates for the trusty OS. And, according to at least one source, Microsoft will roll out XP SP3 next Monday.

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According to the file description notes, Microsoft will release the final version of XP SP3 on March 24, but the 5503 test build passes all Windows Genuine Advantage checks and is able to download Windows updates that previous XP SP3 builds weren't able to, which suggests that it could, in fact, be the final RTM build.

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CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:12 pm

I'm on it....

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:33 pm

FFKefka77 · Post by **FFKefka77** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:37 am

I hope that XP loading bar turns Red instead of Yellow. Was Green, now blue, please red, yellow gonna be like

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:52 am

FFKefka77 wrote:I hope that XP loading bar turns Red instead of Yellow. Was Green, now blue, please red, yellow gonna be like

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:14 am

Izzo wrote:

Do you actually understand him?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:27 am

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=521

Ugg... delayed AGAIN!

Microsoft has also delayed RTM for Windows XP Service Pack 3 to provide sufficient time to incorporate feedback from the beta testers. (In other words, they can't make their original deadline!)

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:27 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Do you actually understand him?

The guy wants red, man.

OSULLY · Post by **OSULLY** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:11 pm

Thanks Sava.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:21 pm

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:22 pm

My PC at work had Sp3 available to it today through Windows Update. I went ahead and downloaded it through that.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:29 pm

Roody wrote:My PC at work had Sp3 available to it today through Windows Update. I went ahead and downloaded it through that.

I have not done windows updates on my work PC for a couple months now, go figure.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:26 pm

CableDude wrote:I have not done windows updates on my work PC for a couple months now, go figure.

Might not hurt to run it.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:05 am

Roody wrote:Might not hurt to run it.

At least I am running XP sp2 and not 98.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:35 am

CableDude wrote: At least I am running XP sp2 and not 98.

Good call

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:37 am

Roody wrote:My PC at work had Sp3 available to it today through Windows Update. I went ahead and downloaded it through that.

hmm odd.. the only versions that should be showing up on WU is the latest RC and only if you applied a patch or bat file to have it show up.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:56 am

Sava700 wrote:hmm odd.. the only versions that should be showing up on WU is the latest RC and only if you applied a patch or bat file to have it show up.

No idea man. All I know is I was prompted to download it and I did. Now under My Computer, Properties it even says Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:08 am

Roody wrote:No idea man. All I know is I was prompted to download it and I did. Now under My Computer, Properties it even says Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3.

whats the build number next to it?

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:15 am

Sava700 wrote:whats the build number next to it?

There isn't one listed.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:07 am

Roody wrote:There isn't one listed.

http://members.speedguide.net/roody/sp3.jpg

Thats very odd.... but here is more info on the SP3 release:

The page states General Availability Date of XP SP3 is 31/03/2008 meaning it may well have RTM'd already but they have not made an official public announcement which should be due very soon!

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ ... 1&p1=12757

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:34 am

It's starting to appear in numerous PC's around here. Guess they did in fact make it public without making it public.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:42 pm

Will have to check this out.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:03 pm

Roody wrote:It's starting to appear in numerous PC's around here. Guess they did in fact make it public without making it public.

I believe thats the leaked RC and it isn't goign to show a version. Could be wrong but thats what I heard today. Its not been official released thats for sure.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:08 pm

I cant get windows update to complete right now, hangs at checking versions.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:13 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:I cant get windows update to complete right now, hangs at checking versions.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:24 pm

CableDude wrote:

Maybe its cuz roody is downloading SP3 on like 20 PCs lol

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:31 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Maybe its cuz roody is downloading SP3 on like 20 PCs lol

Could be.....

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:31 pm

Sava700 wrote:I believe thats the leaked RC and it isn't goign to show a version. Could be wrong but thats what I heard today. Its not been official released thats for sure.

So even though it's coming up on Microsoft's very own Windows Update you think it's not officially released?

FFKefka77 · Post by **FFKefka77** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:47 pm

What color is the boot bar when starting up XP SP3

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:49 pm

FFKefka77 wrote:What color is the boot bar when starting up XP SP3

You need help

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:35 am

Roody wrote:So even though it's coming up on Microsoft's very own Windows Update you think it's not officially released?

yeah all the RC's are coming from Windowsupdate

This came out last night about the Service pack...

Update: Microsoft has also posted a Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview whitepaper.
Microsoft has confirmed that the final version of Windows XP SP3 is still on target to be released the first half of calendar year 2008 but has refused to confirm an RTM date.

so as you can see its not released yet even leaked from talking to a few guys I know on the net that track this stuff...

The last date I heard it MIGHT be released was April 13th or 14th but even then that doesn't sound right as the 13th is on a sunday...the 14th now well ya just never know and not to mention thats just the RTM and not the pack itself.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:48 am

Sava700 wrote:yeah all the RC's are coming from Windowsupdate

This came out last night about the Service pack...

so as you can see its not released yet even leaked from talking to a few guys I know on the net that track this stuff...

The last date I heard it MIGHT be released was April 13th or 14th but even then that doesn't sound right as the 13th is on a sunday...the 14th now well ya just never know and not to mention thats just the RTM and not the pack itself.

Now that's odd. I must be having some kind of a brain freeze here because I didn't know Microsoft released RC's to Windows Updates. I only thought they did final versions?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:56 am

Roody wrote:Now that's odd. I must be having some kind of a brain freeze here because I didn't know Microsoft released RC's to Windows Updates. I only thought they did final versions?

Then what would be the point of the beta section in windows update?

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:00 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Then what would be the point of the beta section in windows update?

Are you going to the Microsoft website through your browser or just launching IE and choosing WU? Reason I ask is I don't see a beta section in WU.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:03 am

Roody wrote:Are you going to the Microsoft website through your browser or just launching IE and choosing WU? Reason I ask is I don't see a beta section in WU.

Start > Windows update, in order to see it you have to change the windows update options once you're there.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:08 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Start > Windows update, in order to see it you have to change the windows update options once you're there.

ahhh okay I see it now. Go figure I never messed with that. Didn't even know it was there. DOH!

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:34 am

FFKefka77 wrote:What color is the boot bar when starting up XP SP3

OMFG!!!

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:05 am

Here is the time line for the SP3 to be released!!!

[INDENT] * 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[/INDENT]

Here is a link to the overview of the Service Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

I should have my hands on the SP Monday the 21st if anyone wants it instead of waiting till the 29th

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:03 am

Those who change hardware frequently..install with caution. If you've been keeping up with your Microsoft updates..you won't get much from XP sp3...except 2x notable differences.
*Text in security options menu is updated with more detailed options....whoopie.
*More intense tracking of hardware changes in Windows activation (not fun for those who change hardware frequently..with the calling up of WPA each time)

PCWorld had a good article on it last month. Summed up with the above comments.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:52 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Those who change hardware frequently..install with caution. If you've been keeping up with your Microsoft updates..you won't get much from XP sp3...except 2x notable differences.
*Text in security options menu is updated with more detailed options....whoopie.
*More intense tracking of hardware changes in Windows activation (not fun for those who change hardware frequently..with the calling up of WPA each time)

PCWorld had a good article on it last month. Summed up with the above comments.

I have no idea why you haven't seen any performance increases out of the RC's.... a few of my desktops load twice as fast now with it along with everything a bit more responsive. Take in mind that I did load em after a fresh install and not right over whatever either. The biggest thing with this is of course the rollup of all the updates so I don't have to spend an hour+ to reload someones machine. Granted I have slipstreamed the updates to a few disks....but thats beside the point