The Run-Down: WinXP SP3

[AmpeD]

I think im gonna go for vista once the 1st service pack comes out because then they will have a majority of the millions of errors micr0soft has created solved

[Necrophag]

I will be probably on Vista by the time this comes out, Vista for next year that is :p

[Hairbautt]

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Rafael (2007) writes the following:

In addition to the previously reported Windows Vista SP1 drop to testers, Microsoft has just recently (few days ago) dropped a copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 in the lap of the same small group of testers. Coming in at less than 350MB, the service pack includes fixes for over 900 reported problems, some of which have already been resolved with post-Service Pack 2 hotfixes [sic]. For the hardcore build string collectors, this build is tagged 5.1.2600.3180 (xpsp.070718-2058) (Thanks again C). Given the close proximity of the two betas we guestimate [sic] both 'packs will be released simultaneously. We'll let you know if we hear of a more solid release date. (n. pag.)

Rafael. (2007, August 7). Windows XP SP3 released to a small group. Message posted to http://www.aeroxp.org/index.php?cate..._articleid=118

Nice!

I see on 9down they posted the leak, but it says

This is the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3180. Think of it more as a pre-beta build of SP3 than an actuall beta build. Full Build tag is: 5.1.2600.3180 (xpsp.070718-2058)

Not that I'd grab a beta SP anyways, but just posting...

[Racket]

Yeah, the leak was released by winbeta about 15 hours ago. Towerblocks put up the nzb if anyone wants to check it out. I'm waiting on some users to do a comparison to see if anything is actually new. BTW, how'd you like my formatting/citations?

[Hairbautt]

I was wondering the same thing, but I suspect SP3 will just be a collection of security releases (not liek SP2)...and there's over +70 updates.

I like the indentions. If we ever get a complaint, I suppose we'll switch to higher standards with citing and that should be good enough.

[Hairbautt]

More details but it looks like it's just a collection of updates.

Getting inside the third service pack for Windows XP is a task accessible to all Windows XP users currently due to the fact that Microsoft's private, select and hush-hush refresh was leaked to torrent trackers worldwide.

Such a simple move obviously managed to ruin the entire translucent Windows Omerta that Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group set up once he took the lead of the Windows projects. Sinofsky is responsible for Windows Seven, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 and comes from building the Office System with an intact reputation of not letting the product slip from its development path.

Unlike Vista SP1 delivered as a 3.2 GB ISO file, containing the operating system with the service pack already packed in, Windows XP SP3 is a standalone installer, according to APC's inside look into the refresh. Testers received a .exe file weighing in at just 330MB. This comes only to offer further proof that the version claiming to be XP SP3 available as a torrent download is in fact the genuine release from the Redmond company. The full build tad is 5.1.2600.3180 (xpsp.070718-2058) and the operating system's refresh even comes with its own knowledge base article: KB936929 (windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu). Unfortunately the additional resource is not available at this time.

Microsoft delivered Windows XP SP2 back in 2004, succeeding to throw the development of the then Longhorn project off track. SP3 was initially planned for 2006, then pushed back to 2007 and further postponed to 2008. Currently the only detail that Microsoft will officially confirm about Windows XP SP3 is that it's scheduled for launch sometime in the first half of 2008. There are however indications from independent sources that the Redmond company is actually getting ready for a release by the end of 2007. One thing is clear however from the leaked XP SP3: the refresh will not deliver any new features to the operating system and in this sense it will fail to be a repeat of XP SP2.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Insid...-3-62751.shtml





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