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]
Apple QuickTime Update Includes Nine Patches
News This patch affects users of Mac OS X v10.4.9-v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3. This patch affects users of Mac OS X v10.4.9-v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3.
[September 10, 2008, 15:51]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog To build the image we will deploy into the rental fleet, we'll take our XP SP1 volume license image with the slip-streamed SP2 files on it and update that with the required 99+ "security patches". Checked on Sick Puppy and he had a security update...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
Microsoft's Five Critical Security Bulletins For July
News This bulletin replaces Security Bulletin MS05-027 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems. This is a critical threat to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 platforms — including systems with all service packs installed — but it...
[July 24, 2006, 13:30]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Brings Three Critical Fixes
News The second patch is directed at a Microsoft Publisher object handler validation flaw in versions of Office, including XP SP3, as detailed in Microsoft security bulletin MS08-027. The vulnerabilities, including object parsing and cascading style...
[May 15, 2008, 13:07]
Windows XP Service Pack 3
Downloads Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes previously released Windows XP updates, including security updates and hotfixes. For customers with existing Windows XP installations, Windows XP SP3 fills gaps in the updates they might have missedfor...
[May 7, 2008, 3:02]
Upgraders To XP SP3 Warned Over IE Downgrades
News Those IE6 files are the ones that shipped on XP SP2, plus all the security updates you've installed while using IE6. If you are currently running IE7 on XP SP2, Windows Update will offer you XP SP3 as a high-priority update," wrote Maliouta on Monday.
[May 9, 2008, 17:03]
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! What we found was that the Service Pack was at least partially dependent on the WGA "security patch" having to be...
[June 23, 2008, 9:50]
Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router With Storage Link
Blog It is worth noting that while Windows Vista has WPA2 security included, it has not yet been made a standard part of Windows XP. Anyway, I have installed that update on a couple of XP systems, and WPA2 then works just fine on them as well.
[January 18, 2008, 10:04]
Finally My Last Words On XP SP3, (yeah Right, You Hope So!)
Blog First test to be sure that your Windows XP Pro image has all the things you want in them and that they worked like you needed them to. We slip-streamed SP2 onto a volume licensed SP1 install CDROM image of Windows XP Pro.
[June 18, 2008, 19:43]
Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog 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 Download Center. I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu...
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
Major Windows Flaw Patched
News Microsoft said it has tested Windows XP Service Pack 1 and 2, Windows XP 64-bit Edition Service Pack 1 and Version 2003 for Itanium, XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 and its Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based...
[May 11, 2005, 9:35]
Internet Explorer 8 To Get Anti-malware Protection
News Most of the new features require systems to be running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP SP3. Using Data Execution Protection (DEP) within Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1, IE8 will scan downloads and block any that it deems...
[July 3, 2008, 10:44]
Microsoft Admits To Wi-Fi Security Hole
News On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that it was not planning to release the next Service Pack for XP, called XP SP3, until the second half of 2007. Loveless told ShmooCon that when a PC running Windows XP or Windows 2000 boots up it will automatically...
[January 18, 2006, 12:45]
XP Service Pack 3 Delayed
News The last service pack for XP, Service Pack 2, included a greater than usual number of changes, particularly around security, and debuted in August 2004. While Windows Vista is nearing completion, Microsoft has delayed the next service pack update...
[October 20, 2006, 10:10]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment Contrary to so many of the comments on ZDNet and elsewhere, I have installed XP SP3 successfully on a number of computers including ones with AMD Athlon processors and heavily skinned computers, Flyakite 3.5 (A Mac lookalike) for instance.
[June 17, 2008, 15:19]
Looking For True Permanence In File Storage
Blog Comment I stayed up till midnight last night updating my son's P3 XP SP2 box after installing the SP2 image I got the last time his cpu cratered back in November 2007.updates, mostly security patches, it took 2 hours to download and install using Windows...
[April 22, 2008, 2:14]
XP SP3 Out On General Release
Blog However, according to the XP Professional SP3 summary document, the service pack also includes "Black Hole" router detection turned on by default, includes a network access policy enforcement platform, and has a "more descriptive" Security Options...
[April 29, 2008, 17:10]
Critical Office XP Fix Disables Spam Filters
News Microsoft's critical security patch for Office 2002 effectively disables two spam-filtering applications, Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam and Cloudmark's Spamnet, and renders PCs with the software installed practically unusable, according to security...
[March 12, 2004, 16:00]
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]
