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Details On Windows XP SP3 Leaked

Posted by kdawson on from the man-on-the-inside dept.

crazyeyes notes the leak of 7 pages of secret Microsoft information on the upcoming Service Pack for Windows XP. Quoting: "We were the first to break the news on the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and the final RTM schedule of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Now, we will be the first to release the full details on Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3, which as we know will be available for manual update on April 29, 2008."

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  1. Slow news day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There is absolutely no new information in the article. The site linked to is also downright ugly and sensationalist (Secret Pre-Release Details On Windows XP Service Pack 3).

    Thanks for wasting my time.

    1. Re:Slow news day? by poulbailey · · Score: 4, Informative

      Yeah, it looks like it's mostly a rehash of Microsoft's own Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview document. Nothing's leaked here.

  2. Something to take note of by blake1 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Allows users to complete their software setup without having to provide a product key.

    This isn't the case as far as I've experienced if you slipstream existing SP2 media with the latest service pack. Maybe you have to use new SP3 media from MS, who knows.

  3. Re:This big news... by blake1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    SP3 is 316MB.

  4. Secret Details? rubbish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Every information about XP SP3 is available from MS website, and thats even more detailed. This is a crap article.

  5. Re:DO NOT RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Once again adblock allows me to see just how appalling the site is without helping fund this "news".

  6. Links to service pack here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The service pack has already been leaked (more info here with usenet and bittorrent links). So far its working fine. There have been some scattered reports of problems but this is mainly due to people missing updates via glitches within Windows Update.

    1. My suggestion is everyone download Secunia PSI to scan their systems for older/vulnerable software. Update all software it finds to be out of date.

    2. Use Filehippo.com's Update Checking utility to update any software that PSI misses.

    3. Use a registry cleaner and temporary file cleanup utility to CCleaner.

    Then do the update. It should go perfectly well then.

    1. Re:Links to service pack here... by TubeSteak · · Score: 3, Informative

      2. Use Filehippo.com's Update Checking utility to update any software that PSI misses. "Privacy Policy
      The Update Checker will not send any personal information back to FileHippo.com. The only information collected is a list of programs and their versions, along with the operating system details to help with processing. Additionally none of this is linked to your IP address and the logs are deleted after processing."

      What a refreshing privacy policy.
      I'm a convert.
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  7. Re:This big news... by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not exactly secret - the RC has been available for months and the final release has been on MSDN for ages.. and we're geeks right? We either have MSDN or know someone that does.

  8. Guys Chill by DarkOx · · Score: 5, Informative

    Microsoft seems to have actually gotten this one right. Its the least envasive service pack I have seen in a long time. Its not that interesting really. It truely is as advertised pretty just a patch rollup. Which was long over due because there were like 78 patches out there against sp2 or something similar. The other thing this provides is the new rdp 6.1 client. I down loaded it to put on my test machines becase we are looking at deploying a few blades running Server 2008 for terminal services to replace or tired Citrix servers. You need the new rdp stuffs for that work right client side.

    All this does is let people who admin Windows networks to clean up the WSUS boxes, maybe make some slip stream disks more easily for new installs and image building, and use the advanced features of 2008's terminal server.

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  9. Re:This big news... by poulbailey · · Score: 2, Informative
    The story isn't wrong per se. Here's what Microsoft has to say (from the PDF I linked elsewhere):

    Through Windows Update, the download size varies, but it is typically 70 megabytes (MB), depending on the
    computer's configuration. Through the Download Center, the download size is approximately 580 MB.
  10. here it is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right from the source:

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/3/5/53519680-fcc0-4a00-86e0-e7d5cba84461/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

  11. Re:I have the RTM sp3 as we speak..... by Lotunggim+Ginsawat · · Score: 2, Informative
    Or maybe download it straight from Microsoft servers that can handle more connections instead of dubious sources?

    http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/02/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_9afedbd6b2941bf568c27046d6688e6ccb5ce018.exe

    MD5: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58
    SHA1: C81472F7EEEA2ECA421E116CD4C03E2300EBFDE4