Windows XP SP3 Release Dates

[Hairbautt]

It's done: It’s official: XP SP3 has RTM’d

where can we get it from ?

Read the first post again.

[Hairbautt]

In a repeat of a February donnybrook over Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista, IT professionals and developers are blasting Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withhold the final version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) from them until after it's released to the public.

Subscribers to TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), who pay hundreds annually to the Microsoft for the right to download software for testing and development purposes, called the move a "farce," a "slap in the face" and "ludicrous."

http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=15493

I've been lookin' at their forums and it is quite funny how the users are reacting, but I'd have to agree. If it's RTMed, why withhold it? And why the public release before the TechNet subscribers?

[saqib]

it is released and it is official . xp sp3 RTM 5512

Hairbautt:

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It's not an official release.

[munaaf]

whats the difference between sp2 and 3? is it anything major? :S

[Hairbautt]

Brief Description

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system.

There. It also does include a network security feature from Vista, but...You'll probably never notice it's existence.

[antonii]

Hmm..I hope it works good ;-] Thanks!

[fastplumb]

oh well its released now!
I just checked my updates and it wants to download & install it now.
so here goes