No SP3 for XP Media Center??

[drybones]

I suppose the subject line said it all.

Why should the owners of WinXP Media Centers be left out cold turkey?

 

[Nepatsfan]

I suppose the subject line said it all.

Why should the owners of WinXP Media Centers be left out cold turkey?

Just out of curiosity, on what are you basing your conclusion? According to
several Microsoft articles, SP3 will be available for XP MCE.

Note the Supported Operating Systems listed here.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en

The release notes for SP3 RC2 even mention a workaround for an issue that
effects Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm#EQNAC

Nepatsfan

 

[smlunatick]

I suppose the subject line said it all.

Why should the owners of WinXP Media Centers be left out cold turkey?

SP3 is still in test phases for the regular XP. Once SP3 is released
in :"Windows Updates" there should be a version for MCE (MCE is a
tweaked version of XP Pro.) that follows.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I suppose the subject line said it all.

Why should the owners of WinXP Media Centers be left out cold
turkey?

The subject line screams mis-information and lack of research.
Where did you get your poor information from and did you bother to look into
it beyond just asking on a forum?

Note - being a pre-release product - there really is not a direct support
option available. You have a few options, however:

Start here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx

Which can lead you:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103822

and the forums set up specifically for the pre-release product:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

And of course:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&DisplayLang=en#filelist

Where you can download it in different languages OR download a script that
sets a registry key on your system so you can get Windows XP SP3 Release
Candidate 2 from the Windows Update web page directly.

Hope that helps!

 

[drybones]

The subject line screams mis-information and lack of research.
Where did you get your poor information from and did you bother to look
into it beyond just asking on a forum?

Note - being a pre-release product - there really is not a direct support
option available. You have a few options, however:

Start here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx

Which can lead you:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103822

and the forums set up specifically for the pre-release product:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

And of course:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&DisplayLang=en#filelist

Where you can download it in different languages OR download a script that
sets a registry key on your system so you can get Windows XP SP3 Release
Candidate 2 from the Windows Update web page directly.

Hope that helps!

Open Mouth wide. Put foot into it <blush>

I got this from reading a British site this very morning that I had long
felt was up to date and had quality information.

I stand "pleasantly" corrected.

And your corrections were 'exactly' the response I had hoped to get from my
post.

Thanks to all. 8))

drybones