Posted on 04/29/2008 7:43:49 AM PDT by CedarDave
If you didn’t have your calendar marked this day (04/29/2008) is an important day; the third service pack for Windows XP has been released to Windows Update today. It may not be trickling down just yet but several sites have already posted manual updates that can be downloaded.
DailyTech reports that Microsoft hasn’t yet posted an official download for SP3 but BetaNews does have a download link that goes straight back to Windows Update.
Windows XP SP3 is more than just a regular Service Pack including more than 1,100 hotfixes/patches which has new features such as Network Access Protection and Black Hole Router detection.
SP3 will also bring new life into the operating system that so many are unwilling to give up for Windows Vista. Windows XP SP3 is roughly a 316MB download and will be hitting automatic updates later today or if you’re feeling more adventurous, can be manually downloaded right now. At least you won’t have to hunt down a shady source for the update any more.
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All of which I did in the first two hours I worked there. You can't change bureaucracy in one day, dude. I have found a work-around, but it's inconvenient, so I'm looking for the actual solution.
The solution is use a compatible product. Even VMware doesn’t support the configuration you’re trying to run.
I don’t know what “overhead” junk you are referring to. My Vista worked great until SP1. I had to uninstall the SP1 and now it works again.
The Aero themes and all the confirmation dialog boxes and opening the file systems to letting you save outside of your documents folder hierarchy.
Windows XP, Service Pack 3, installed in about 30-35 minutes today,(Sunday, May 18) via a direct download from Microsoft Update. It works GREAT, and sped up my machine. You should update today!
AMD computers still having an issue?
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