Details On Windows XP SP3 Leaked 140
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."
Slow news day? (Score:1, Informative)
Thanks for wasting my time.
Something to take note of (Score:5, Informative)
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.
Re:This big news... (Score:5, Informative)
Secret Details? rubbish (Score:3, Informative)
Re:DO NOT RTFA (Score:2, Informative)
Links to service pack here... (Score:4, Informative)
1. My suggestion is everyone download Secunia PSI [secunia.com] 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 Update all software it finds to be out of date.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 [filehippo.com] to update any software that PSI misses.
3. Use a registry cleaner and temporary file cleanup utility to CCleaner [ccleaner.com].
Then do the update. It should go perfectly well then.
Re:Slow news day? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:This big news... (Score:3, Informative)
Guys Chill (Score:5, Informative)
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.
Re:This big news... (Score:3, Informative)
here it is (Score:2, Informative)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/3/5/53519680-fcc0-4a00-86e0-e7d5cba84461/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe
Re:I have the RTM sp3 as we speak..... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/02/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_9afedbd6b2941bf568c27046d6688e6ccb5ce018.exe [windowsupdate.com]
MD5: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58
SHA1: C81472F7EEEA2ECA421E116CD4C03E2300EBFDE4
Re:Links to service pack here... (Score:4, Informative)
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.