Windows XP SP3 RC1 is out...err...unofficially though !

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides new proactive security technologies for Windows XP to better defend against viruses, worms, and hackers along with increased manageability and an improved experience for users. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 fixes a range of bugs in Windows XP. It doesn't matter what XP updates you have previously applied to your system, SP3 will update any unpatched, partially patched or completely updated system (it includes all previously released patches and updates). XP SP3 fixes the security holes so you won't get attacked.

It is meant for approved bete testers only..but the file is already flooding in the p2p world.Public beta will be out shortly

Homepage - *www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/

2 days old.

gud new....ne one tried it yet....i've tried da fake Xp-3 though...lolz

Nice info..

thanks for the info.......

Thanks for the info...
Hope SP3 will have really good new features for XP.

This will be the last service pack for XP.Waiting for it.

^^The last??

Too bad..
Hope Vista SP1 will improve Vista performance...

But still i'm waiting for official release

When is the official release of SP3??

nvidia8800 said:
When is the official release of SP3??

It will be released in the first half of 2008.

..and that is the year when XP support will be terminated by M$FT :twisted:

XP will have the fate of win98se then

but hopefully,as vista is still not embraced by many,XP may be supported for few more years?

C

Thanks for the info

Third Eye said:
It will be released in the first half of 2008.

According to some insiders ,Beta1 is expected in jan 2008 and final release around end of the first half of 2008

pathiks said:
2 days old.

nopes...3days to be precise..

was quite surprised to see no thread abt this on this forum so bothered to post it
cheers

nvidia8800 said:
Thanks for the info...
Hope SP3 will have really good new features for XP.

not likely....it will be just an accumulation of security updates till date.
Actually service packs arent meant to enhance features but yes..sp2 was an exception

Has anyone tried it? How is it.
Anyway good news.but of waiting for vista SP1

praka123 said:
..and that is the year when XP support will be terminated by M$FT XP will have the fate of win98se then
but hopefully,as vista is still not embraced by many,XP may be supported for few more years?

what wud happen then?? suppose if i STILL wanna use XP, wud i be able to use it by lets say 2009 beginning??

may be.else u as a windows user may have to go the Vista way!else use Linux.
some unofficial support for xp too can be expected.

i gues if one keeps his Xp Prof updated as much as possible and virus/malware free, one can still enjoy the use by almost an year or so

enticer86 said:
what wud happen then?? suppose if i STILL wanna use XP, wud i be able to use it by lets say 2009 beginning??

Nothing, u can continue to use it till 2012 if u like. Just that Microsoft will not make frequent security updates for XP after the support is over. What do u think they will keep on making updates for a 10 years old OS still ? (win 98 here)

Isn't it illegal to post the link here ?

Iam not interested in eating half cooked food ... let others eat and enjoy ...

Windows Xp Sp3 is ok.. nothing so good that i can make out of it.. am using it.. but i can't find anything so interesting to quote out..

Is there any performance tweak?
How about startup time?

hey shantanu!!! why did u remove that dwnld link???

i wil wait for the official release though, cant trust non-official release.

but has any1 tried out that here??? wat things has really been updated???

Whats BETTER in SP3 over SP2??

apart from the obvious security patches which are released the whole year..

anything really NEW??

When Sp3 is not officially out, it has to be a beta tester's pradise

, but its not legal to post links here like that of a illegal thing... (its illegal to distribute the package without its official release)

somethings discovered : the shutdown time is just 3 seconds and startup is much faster, some unwanted services are also removed..

^^^but that download link was from microsoft itself..

and shantanu u r the most active mod of this forum. sorry to say but other mods r too lazy :razz:

Are there any visual tweaks in SP3?

^^ Forget. You'll not see any GUI changes in Service packs whether its XP SP3 or Vista SP1.

Oh..

shantanu said:
somethings discovered : the shutdown time is just 3 seconds and startup is much faster, some unwanted services are also removed..

in your MAMMOTH pc things are definitely gonna get fast... what was it like earlier with SP2? 4 sec?

doesnt make much difference to people like me with celerons and semprons

Vishal Gupta said:
^^ Forget. You'll not see any GUI changes in Service packs whether its XP SP3 or Vista SP1.

y shouldnt we expect visual change??

fun2sh said:
^^^but that download link was from microsoft itself..

and shantanu u r the most active mod of this forum. sorry to say but other mods r too lazy

Nopes..the download link wasnt from microsoft..its hosted on a file sharing website..so Shantanu did the right thinng.

..I kinda forgot that fact

The sp3 rc1 is legally available through MSDN for the subscribers I think.
Get it from there if you have a subscription or you can PM members who happened to have the link..

Startup and shutdown times may not be that different from the latest and the oldest..when i made a switch over from my old to new ,there Wasnt much diff in either time.
So this shutdown and startup should be universal only with very slight delay in older ones.anyhow all that matters is,for the most of time, even in SP2 it was fast except for sometime where it will hang for no reason,may be we will hope that kinda things dont appear with SP3.
For visual change why dont yöü try,royale theme,or zune themes,which are official and only 2 mb ..
I think the like is not illegal...
Even we had link to vista rc's here...
Since its from the ms..its not illegal..
I think may be a word of caution can be given for the newbie's ...about the uncertainity about the software.
I dont see any anything illegal by posting an link from the official source.

fun2sh said:
y shouldnt we expect visual change??

bcoz Service packs are not supposed to contain GUI Changes. They are just pack of updates and a few new features.

^ i longed for a new gui in XP..but VG , u gave a sad newz

^^ Its sad but true.

C

Vishal Gupta said:
bcoz Service packs are not supposed to contain GUI Changes. They are just pack of updates and a few new features.

Hey i heard that this particular release of sp3 contains only the updates post sp2. Nothing more. So someone who keeps his system on automatic updates need not download and install this. Is that true?

^^ Nope. Thats not true. There are some additional features too.

^^ do you care to explain what's so new in service packs?... what new FEATURE was added in SP2 over SP1 or say SP1 over the intial version?

C

^^ *www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/features.mspx

^^^okay but what about sp3?

C

^^ I am clueless about XP SP3 RC1.

i dont think microsoft will stop supporting Xp next year cos in that case its no use taking out SP3.

what i have read somewhere is that next year microsoft will stop selling XP.

yeah maybe nxt year you may nt be able to buy.. i dont care

but know what, windows 2000 SP4 was also realeased barely a year ago..

so its no criteria saying that MS will support it more cuz just released a new SP...

maybe its giving users a farewell, a last gift

Xp is their money making machine right now.so until vista gets a firm grip in market..they wont stop..selling.
My guess.
But coupled with gates leaving next year, who knows what will happen

R

they must hurry up windows vienna.

they must remove support for xp coz even the basic vista sells for 2wice as xp.so they must iron out the pitfalls in vista and let's say develop a new software only for vista like ie8 or new visual engine which will hype vista sp1 again.

^^ Release Candidate1.

Vishal @ what new features will be there with SP3 ?