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 [...]
Ask the Readers: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Experience so far ?
Delayed by more than a year the final service pack for Windows XP is already spreading like fire on the Internet although it won’t be available through official Microsoft channels before April 29th. Several major software portals like Softpedia and Major Geeks are already hosting the service pack along with your friendly pirates from The [...]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 leaked
Some decisions that Microsoft makes are hard to understand, at least for me. Take the monthly patch days that provide security updates to various Microsoft operating systems and applications. Sometimes those patches are known weeks before they are released and that makes me wonder why it takes so long to release them. If Microsoft knows [...]
Windows XP SP3 Release Date announced
Who would have thought that Microsoft would be able to finally release the third service pack for Windows XP. This service pack, long awaited by many, was delayed so many times that it seemed it would be never released. Many users suspected that the delay was directly related to the release of the first service [...]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Issues
Microsoft published a release notes page together with the Refresh download of Windows XP Service Pack 3. The first part of the release notes lists the new and previously available functionality in this Service Pack. The second part however is more interesting in my opinion, it lists several issues that users might experience with this [...]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh
I do not know how you feel about the current situation but I’m feeling a little bit overwhelmed by the Service Pack Release spree that Microsoft seems to be in lately. Just a few hours ago they released the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh to the public which is available in [...]
Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2
The Registry key for Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 is now officially available at the main Microsoft website and can be downloaded by every user. Microsoft previously made this release only available to beta testers who had to add a key to their Registry to make the download appear in Windows Update.
This time everyone [...]
