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Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing

Posted by kdawson on from the last-in-a-distinguished-line dept.

mike_diack was one of many readers to send word that Windows XP SP3 been released to manufacturing. It will be available to OEMs and enterprise customers on April 29. Here is a summary of features and changes. The company will wait till "early summer" to enable SP3 downloads through Automatic Updates.

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  1. Re:So much service! by Bandman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wanna bet on whether or not it "accidently" breaks enough machines to convince people to upgrade?

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  2. Re:So the bad guys will have MONTHS. by afidel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    WTF? Why do MSDN and VL customers get this later than Windows Update? What exactly are we paying for?

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  3. Re:RTM? by The+Second+Horseman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're not really the customer for this if you're thinking retail. Sure, it's a patch set for end-users, but the main target is corporate / volume license customers (for example, higher ed) customers who want updated media, drivers, etc. and don't want to move to Vista yet. They're still going to be able to get and use XP (downgrade rights) via their license agreement, and many will probably use XP for another couple of years.

  4. Six months then. by downundarob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Early Summer!

    So somewhere around December then?

  5. Re:So much service! - Broadcom does work by Perseid · · Score: 5, Insightful
    We go from:

    Ubuntu most of the time requires no specific knowledge. Start the live cd, double click the install icon and click next. Wait fifteen minutes and you have a stable system. to

    No, this commment would classify you as a bit of a n00b. You still using Ubuntu? You can get broadcom cards to work using firmware from linuxwireless + the b43 kernel module. I personally prefer to just compile the Zen Kernel from git (not to be confused with Xen). It's bleeding edge and fast. http://waninkoko.info/?q=node/14 Otherwise, just build the kernel module and get the firmware. I'm graduated from Kubuntu to Arch, and now am switching from Arch to Gentoo so I can have even more control and more speed. *blink*