The Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be released to the public tomorrow. A lot of users have already downloaded the service pack from various unofficial locations like download portals and the Bittorrent P2P network. Many users however were very cautious and decided to wait until the service pack would be available through official Microsoft channels. Tomorrow users can download the service pack by using Windows Update.
Downloads will surely be rather slow after the release and it does make sense to download the service pack 3 for Windows XP early. Cautious users will be delighted to know that the official download links of service pack 3 have been revealed and that it is as of now possible to download the Service Pack 3 directly from Microsoft servers. (Thanks to Tip and Trick)
Available are service pack releases for various languages. All for 32-bit systems only though. The languages that are available are English, German, Russian, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. All downloads are directly from Windows Updates. If you have been wary before downloading the service pack there is nothing more to fear by using this official download.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 English
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Simplified Chinese
Windows XP Service Pack 3 German
Windows XP SP3 French
Windows XP SP3 Russian
Windows XP SP3 Japanese
Download speed is fine. I’m getting about 330 Kilobyte per second currently.
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Speed is pretty good. I had my line maxed out at 800 KBps.
SHA1 hash (included in these links) is identical to the leaked SP3 I have. Just in case people are worrying if they should they redownload it.
What about Portuguese (Brazil)?
Et voilà : 309.20Mb on a traffic-free highway!
Now this is really nice, thanks a lot Martin :)
The XPSP3 has landed. Data is nominal !
Thank you, downloading a nice 800kbs. So excited.
Thank you for the SP 3 German link.
Thanks a lot.
Thx for the link
thank you for linking. speed is apx. 1,2mbyte/s
Thanks for SP3 link
Hi all,
SP3 cannot be found on M$ Servers because of the last minute glitch in the SP3 : The guilty patch is the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, application that manages online sales with certificates and stuff.
Microsoft has decided to remove the SP3 from download servers and to delay (one more time is not a surprise) the final SP3 version.
Have a nice day.
NeoTrinity.
Thanks for the SP3 link. The English link is working just fine for me even though it was delayed for RMS. It is coming through at 425K but I’m just glad to be able to pull it down. — (It just finished and all looks good! Thanks!)
Downloading it at 2300K, 1min 45seconds.
1.250mb/s
nice. Thank you!
Nice one.
Got the original one.
Thanks a lot.
Keep updating the information
Nice !!!! 1.570 Mb/s
Thanks for link. Went down 4700kbps, 1:08 :) Best so far ;)
thanks a lot for the link! :D :D
what about italian version? was it delayed?
i download it
really nice
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Great link, thanks very much for that. Went down at 1.1mb/sec which i was well happy with.
HAHAHAHAHA!!! All Of U People Have Slow Computers I Got 2.36 mb per sec 1min 19sec
Yes Donoven, you probably pay three times a much to your IP !
Very good,Donoven. Of course, we’re all very impressed.
Hvala na service Pack 3 ! Nema sto vise da se kaze. Hvala jos jednom!
about time, sp2 is so outdated, i’m glad that m$ is still updating windows xp even though if I prefer a different system altogether :)
HAAA 2.36mb, try 12 mb under 30 seconds bam, downlaoded and ready to install!!!
speed is excellent, maxed out at 2,100 k/s
2750 kB/s :-P
14Kbps ……… :(
no Mames wey!!! me estoy haciendo una chaketa, y en 3,200Kb en 50 sec… se me salio la leche…