Service Pack 3 for XP Beta Available

[CptSimFreak]

Originally Posted by waste gate

Is this Vista in disguise?
'carnivor'

That made me LOL.

M$ realized that no one wants to buy VISTA, so they secretly made XP turn into Vista by a patch that is bigger than all of past OSes combined.

[PapaG39]

I still remember the nightmare I had getting SP2 up & running..
Things are working fine now. I will not DL SP3 until nothing will run without it & all the bugs are fixed. Most likely at lest a year after it first comes out. This time, I will WAit!

[CptSimFreak]

Originally Posted by CptSimFreak

That made me LOL.

M$ realized that no one wants to buy VISTA, so they secretly made XP turn into Vista by a patch that is bigger than all of past OSes combined.

and I was just trying to be funny. Who knew it would come true... from Slashdot

jBubba writes "Windows XP SP3 build 3205 is the first official & authorized release of the next Windows XP service pack; and has been made available to testers as a part of the Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista SP1 beta program. NeoSmart Technologies has the run-down on the included 1,073 patches/hotfixes including security updates. Contrary to popular belief, Windows XP SP3 does ship with new features/components, most of which have been backported from Windows Vista. Some included features: 'New Windows Product Activation model: no need to enter product key during setup. Network Access Protection modules and policies have been brought to XP after being one of the more-well-received features in Windows Vista. New Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module - the Windows XP SP3 kernel now includes an entire module that provides easy access to multiple cryptographic algorithms and is available for use in kernel-mode drivers and services. New "Black Hole Router" detection - Windows XP SP3 can detect and protect against rogue routers that are discarding data.'"