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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. This big news... by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Windows XP Service Pack 3 will contain hotfixes and updates released since Windows XP SP2."

    The rest of the details aren't quite as shocking. I hope nobody gets fired for leaking this controversial info.

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

      SP3 is 316MB.

  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. DO NOT RTFA by dreamchaser · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's an empty non-story with NO new information. Don't reward them with ad hits.

    1. Re:DO NOT RTFA by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's an empty non-story with NO new information. Don't reward them with ad hits. Furthermore, the operating system that it is about is a non-story with NO meaningful improvements. Don't reward them with an install.
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    2. Re:DO NOT RTFA by WK2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Way ahead of you, man. I already didn't RTFA, and didn't plan to. I was just going to leave a bunch of comments on it, and imply that I read it.

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    3. Re:DO NOT RTFA by IBBoard · · Score: 5, Funny

      How likely is that anyway? 1) It's TFA and this is Slashdot and 2) it's about Windows and not Linux/Unix/other geeky stuff. That leaves a tiny proportion of /.ers as potential link clickers ;)

    4. Re:DO NOT RTFA by niceone · · Score: 5, Funny

      DO NOT RTFA

      I have mod points, but unfortunately there is no +1 Redundant.

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  4. Re:Slow news day? by SolidAltar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love how sites put one paragraph per page just to annoy me AND put ads BEFORE the content even starts. On many websites you actually have to scan for a few seconds to find the actual content. There used to be "Printer Friendly" links on these kind of sites but I guess they're too smart for me.

  5. Just an ad-farm site with no new info by Little_Professor · · Score: 5, Funny

    This article[Next page] has absolutely no[Next page] new or "secret" information[Next page] at all.[Next page] What a waste of [Next page] 5 minutes of my life.

  6. What we need... by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in HTML 5 is the ability to generate negative clicks. Negative clicking an ad-ridden site would give them negative numbers of viewers.

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  7. 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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