Service Pack 3 for XP Beta Available

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by STEED

When I put SP2 on my old PC it went to the wall no thank you.

I remember having horrible problems with the early version of SP2, though the issues it created were eventualy fixed, sort of ironic that something created to suposedly fix problems ended up greating a lot more, at least for a while.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

I remember having horrible problems with the early version of SP2, though the issues it created were eventualy fixed, sort of ironic that something created to suposedly fix problems ended up greating a lot more, at least for a while.

Such is life when one company is allowed to monopolise the world market

[fatty]

Originally Posted by STEED

Spot on as I insure I keep up to date with the down loads. SP3 sounds for those who don't keep up to date.

Same here, I probably won't bother with it until next format unless the changelog gets a little more impressive at release. But when I do format next, it will save lots of clicks and reboots by being able to download all the updates since SP2 in one package. It's a good thing.

[JSLTIGER]

I waited to get SP2 because of all the bugs associated with it until they finally phased out SP1 last year. I'll probably do the same with SP3 if there are major bugs reported.

[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.'"