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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 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 - 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 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 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]
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]
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]
A Few Minor Windows XP Glitches
Blog As I expect Vista SP1 to be available soon, and XP SP3 not long after that, I suppose I will be playing "disc jokey" with my laptop again before long. These problems are occurring now, with the laptop running XP Professional.
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Service Pack 3 OR Surprise Package 3?
Blog In an effort to avoid some of those issues I downloaded the entire ISO and installed that on my last personal Windows XP Pro computer. You've probably already read some of the interesting issues brought about by installing SP3 on your up-to-date XP...
[June 7, 2008, 16:03]
Grubbing XP Pro to 2nd Boot
Blog I had a hard drive failure on my home Windows XP Pro DELL system last week. The first partition is NTFS for Windows XP Pro at 90GB. Total install time for Windows XP Pro SP3+ selected applications is 2 hours and 7 minutes.
[September 14, 2009, 9:03]
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 to relax XP activation rules with SP3
News Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft white paper. As in Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Vista, users can now...
[December 28, 2007, 16:43]
AMD systems thrown by XP SP3 update
News Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding that the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle. While the root cause of this issue is complex, it results from OEMs improperly placing a Windows XP image...
[May 13, 2008, 16:16]
When isn't a File Write Permission? When its SP3?
Blog I've been working a lot lately on a project that as part of its functionality writes over or deletes files in a sub-folder in the Program Files folder in Windows XP Pro. The OS image starts out as a ghost image, that was a SP3 slipstreamed volume...
[October 13, 2008, 10:03]
