Windows XP SP3

[Guest]

if you build systems often enough, having the full sp3 installer handy
instead of fetching 80mb worth of updates from WU everytime sure saves you a
lot of time.

so yeah, i'd be waiting for sp3 too for that reason.

cheers,

Chris

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Why? Do you have particular problems that you think SP3 will
solve, or do you just enjoy 100+ Mb downloads?

if you build systems often enough, having the full sp3 installer
handy instead of fetching 80mb worth of updates from WU everytime
sure saves you a lot of time.

so yeah, i'd be waiting for sp3 too for that reason.

If you build systems often enough, you should learn to integrate patches
into your installation media of choice, setup unattended installatrions and
maintain them and/or utilize an imaging application to do your installs for
you...

Then SP3 would not be important for that reason - but for the few new
features it may provide...

 

[Gerry]

Is "may" the operative word Shenan?


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[Joe Alonge]

Maybe he didnt run his DST patch.

Your clock is fast - "This" year is 2006!

 

[wwwqueen]

Hey Bruce,

I don't care about new and shiny too much - but how about extremely useful -
and this is the end of 2H 2007 - still no SP3 and I'm not going to Vista
anytime soon - so please, Microsoft, get it to us before I have to spend ALL
my time downloading updates for a reconfigured PC.

I read in eWeek Newsbreak that Microsoft hasn't been hibernating and we are
going to get SP3 - but I can't find any mention in MS Downloads.

Lee

:

Not so strange, really, when you stop to think about it. A great many

 

[Shenan Stanley]

This conversation - in its entirety:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...7/1d9fe88ede073900?lnk=st&q=#1d9fe88ede073900

Not so strange, really, when you stop to think about it. A great
many people simply and irrationally lust after the "newest and
shiniest," regardless of whether or not they actually have any
need for it. These people are the unthinking products of an
unbridled consumer society, continuously "programmed" to believe
that this year's model/style car (or toaster, hot tub, blue jeans)
is far superior to last year's model/style, and that only losers
won't be buying it.

I don't care about new and shiny too much - but how about extremely
useful - and this is the end of 2H 2007 - still no SP3 and I'm not
going to Vista anytime soon - so please, Microsoft, get it to us
before I have to spend ALL my time downloading updates for a
reconfigured PC.

I read in eWeek Newsbreak that Microsoft hasn't been hibernating
and we are going to get SP3 - but I can't find any mention in MS
Downloads.

If you look at the 'Service Pack Roadmap' whose link is in this very
conversation...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx

Last Updated in October 2007...

SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This
date is preliminary.
SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This
date is preliminary.
SP1 for Windows Vista is planned for 1Q CY2008. This date is based on beta
feedback.

A cursory search of these newsgroups/Google would reveal that Windows XP SP3
RC1 (Release Candidate 1 - so it is *not* the final version - use only if
you don't mind extra work and possible unsupported issues...)

SP3 Information (current information):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929

And to download it direct from Microsoft,
you have to 'stumble across' the link:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._a2ca583dedcd86837796111a632efa29a23f4cc0.exe

Othrwise you can download it from sites such as "BetaNews"...
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3/1197391546/1

AGAIN:
Release Candidate 1 - so it is *not* the final version - use only if you
don't mind extra work and possible unsupported issues...

 

[wwwqueen]

Hi Shenan,

I actually saw that link right after I posted this, thanks - as far as I am
concerned, I want nothing to do with Vista - too expensive for the features I
need - I work for a municipality, and in case MS hasn't heard, budgets are
tight to strangulation when people have to pay taxes for the work. And, as a
network admin, I can tell Microsoft that this service pack (packaged update)
should have been released at least a year ago. They don't get my vote for
what they are doing with XP and Vista - for my home I am going to Linux. I
don't need bells and whistles and big drains on my pocket. I'll put Deep
Freeze on the d... thing before Ibuy Vista.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

They don't get my vote for
: what they are doing with XP and Vista - for my home I am going to Linux.
I
: don't need bells and whistles and big drains on my pocket.

Or software applications that work.

 

[Victek]

I actually saw that link right after I posted this, thanks -

Something to keep in mind regarding XP SP3 RC1 is the possibility that you
will have to uninstall it eventually in order to install SP3 Final, so you
will need to protect the uninstall files. Some aggressive disk cleaners
will nuke the security update backups in the Windows directory. Heck, I've
nuked them manually on occasion and then remembered that I shouldn't have
<g>.