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Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. According to an article by Mary Jo Foley on the ZDNet.com site, Microsoft has suddenly decided not to release XP SP3 to Windows Update and the...
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
Windows XP SP3 - I'll Join the Chorus
Blog However, as I have now decided to permanently configure the S6510 as a dual-boot Ubuntu/XP system, and the current XP installation has started to show the typical signs of flakiness that inevitably arise after Windows has had sufficient time to...
[June 25, 2008, 10:44]
Windows XP SP3 out by end of April
News The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft schedule. Other XP users will get access to the pack on 28 April via Microsoft Update, Windows Update and the Download Center...
[April 16, 2008, 12:17]
Windows XP SP3 coming tomorrow?
Blog Thanks to a variety of sources, including ZDNet.com’s Microsoft guru extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley and ZDNet.co.uk’s Rupert Goodwins, we have got wind that Microsoft may announce the final version of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 tomorrow.
[February 20, 2008, 11:16]
Windows XP SP3 coming tomorrow?
Blog Comment One reason that I switched my main laptop back to the Vista disk was that I assumed from all the hype over Vista SP1 and the lack of hype over XP SP3, that the Vista SP would arrive first. Well, drat.
[February 20, 2008, 11:49]
Windows XP SP3 coming tomorrow?
Blog Comment I guess Microsoft would want to keep this as quiet as possible; significant updates may hold people back from switching to Vista!
[February 20, 2008, 16:55]
Vista puts the brakes on XP SP3
News Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update. In a posting to its life cycle Web site, Microsoft set a preliminary date of the second half of next year for the release of...
[January 19, 2006, 15:45]
Photos: Inside Windows XP SP3 review
Reviews Windows XP SP3 Microsoft has released to manufacturers the final code for Windows XP SP3. Based on our initial installation, the upgrade will be effortless for most Windows XP users. Although this file is not currently available to the public, we...
[April 23, 2008, 9:56]
XP SP3 Problems
Talkback I have installed Ubuntu on my XP SP3 computer using Wubi (installs in the Windows partion without needing to partition the disk) and it runs very nicely. I'm surprised not to see an news item or feedback about the difficulies some people are having...
[May 13, 2008, 9:09]
XP SP3 is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog Comment I ran the install while I went to a couple of meetings and what to my surprise was the issue but XP would not install the updates! When I finally decided to use the SP3 Windows Update service, I deliberately only allowed WGA and the Windows...
[June 23, 2008, 9:50]
XP SP3 release candidate, er, released
Blog Season's greetings from Microsoft, in the shape of a release candidate for Windows XP service pack 3. Available to download here, this is the first non-beta version of XP SP3 released to the public. However, testing of the beta version of XP SP3...
[December 19, 2007, 10:35]
XP SP3 out on general release
Blog The third service pack for Windows XP has been released to Windows Update for voluntary dowload. The service pack, which has been available to manufacturers and volume licence customers since 21 April, mostly seems to be a round-up of previous...
[April 29, 2008, 17:10]
Spoke too soon about XP SP3?
Blog Yesterday (19.02.08), we released Windows XP SP3 RC 2 to the Microsoft Download Center. After putting our collective noggins together we guessed that the mystery release could be the long awaiting update to XP - service pack 3.
[February 21, 2008, 9:36]
Microsoft resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 updates
News A week ago, Microsoft delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) because of a problem that could lead to data loss when running the XP update in conjunction with its Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) program.
[May 7, 2008, 10:49]
Windows XP to get another upgrade
News Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for Windows XP. There will be a Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft's...
[September 30, 2005, 17:25]
SP3 Under Suspicion Again
Blog I find myself suspecting that there is something very strange wrong with Windows XP SP3, or at least with the installation procedure for it. I had been running this Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 with Windows XP Professional for several months when SP3...
[July 18, 2008, 9:37]
Virtually Psycho Mouse
Blog Due to the insistence of the IT department and corporate policy, I moved my VMWare Workstation installation formerly on Windows XP Pro SP3 to the VIsaster SP1 computer to continue an ongoing project. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to figure...
[January 12, 2009, 7:06]
Upgraders to XP SP3 warned over IE downgrades
News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.
[May 9, 2008, 17:03]
Microsoft delays XP SP3 over 'compatibility issue'
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. Microsoft finalised the code for Windows XP Service Pack (SP3) last week and had planned to make it broadly available as of...
[April 30, 2008, 12:33]
Spoke too soon about XP SP3?
Blog Comment I tried to install XP SP3 RC2 today. I already had XP SP3 RC1 installed, so I followed MS instructions to remove it first. This apparently took me back to my original XP installation with SP2 by removing all subsequent updates including SP3 RC1...
[February 21, 2008, 23:52]
