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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Now Available

@ 2008/04/29

It appears that the time has come and everyone can now download SP3. A link to the 316MB service pack was posted on BetaNews yesterday afternoon. Although Microsoft isn't yet hosting a download page for SP3, the download links directly back to Windows Update.

For those that haven't been keeping up with the latest SP3 updates, the service pack includes roughly 1,100 hotfixes/patches and new features like Network Access Protection and Black Hole Router Detection.

Comment from wutske @ 2008/05/09

Downloaded, installed it (took about 20-30 minutes), noticed nothing different, nothing faster, nothing slower

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I'm now uninstalling it because it installed a lot of junk on my nlited xp

Comment from wutske @ 2008/05/09

it's downloading ... sloooooooowly

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I'm going to sleep now.

Comment from geoffrey @ 2008/05/08

waiting till I see positive feedback

Comment from wutske @ 2008/05/08

noticed that it was available in windows update today

. Didn't install it yet, waiting till I'm at home on a faster connection.

Comment from FireTech @ 2008/05/08

They're back...
http://www.dailytech.com/XP+SP3+And+...ticle11711.htm

Comment from jmke @ 2008/04/30

read before you post dude....

Comment from Rutar @ 2008/04/30

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireTech

XP SP3 now delayed indefinitely...

http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+P...ticle11635.htm

I guess they found out that a lot of downloads = a lot of users staying on XP

Comment from FireTech @ 2008/04/30

XP SP3 now delayed indefinitely...

http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+P...ticle11635.htm

Comment from Rutar @ 2008/04/29

I'm running an RC2 install right now, did it for my planned upgrade =P

Comment from geoffrey @ 2008/04/29

Let us know how error free it is

Comment from Rutar @ 2008/04/29

already made a Nlite install disk with SP3 slipstreamed and plenty of tweaks

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