Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate

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بالاخره دیروز - 12/18/2007 - مایکروسافت با پایین اومدن از خر شیطون(!) و مشاوره گرفتن از شرکتهای فعال وطنی در زمینه کامپیوتر (واقع در :‌ تهران - چهارراه ولیعصر - بازار رضا؛ که 2 سال بود داد میزدند ما سرویس پک 3 XP رو داریم اما کسی حرف اونها رو باور نمیکرد!) توانست نسخه RC سرویس پک 3 رو منتشر کنه.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Release Candidate (RC)

Published: December 18, 2007
Windows XP SP3 RC is a rollup that includes all previously released updates for Windows XP, including security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes. It contains a small number of new updates, but should not significantly change the

Microsoft works to continually improve the performance, security, and stability of the Windows operating system. As part of this effort, Microsoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company’s customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers. These packages are called service packs.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released Windows XP updates, including security updates and hotfixes. It also includes select out-of-band releases, and a small number of new enhancements, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. Windows XP SP3 provides a new baseline for customers still deploying Windows XP. For customers with existing Windows XP installations, Windows XP SP3 fills gaps in the updates they might have missed—for example, by declining individual updates when using Windows Update. Windows Vista provides the most advanced security and management capability, but for PCs that cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista right now, Windows XP SP3 ensures these PCs have all available updates and allows these PCs to leverage some new Windows Server 2008 capabilities, such as Network Access Protection (NAP). This white paper describes what is new in Windows XP SP3 and provides an overview of how customers can deploy the service pack.
Service Pack
Stability Updates
Performance Updates
Security Updates



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Date Published:12/18/2007
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Microsoft lets everyone try Windows XP SP3 (http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/12/18/Microsoft-lets-everyone-try-Windows-XP-SP3_1.html)

The release candidate for the final upgrade to Windows XP will be made available to all on Microsoft's download site Tuesday evening


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By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, IDG News Service


December 18, 2007

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it would post the release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to its download site this evening at approximately 6 p.m. Eastern time.
The move marks the first opportunity for all users of the six-year-old operating system to try out its final upgrade. Previously, several thousand users were given access to test builds of SP3 only by Microsoft's invitation.
According to a company spokeswoman, the version that debuts Tuesday, dubbed a "release candidate" to note progress from earlier betas, will be available from the Microsoft Download Center. She was unable to say when the service pack would post to Windows Update so users can download and install it with the company's update service, however.
The final version of Windows XP SP3 remains slated for delivery sometime in the first half of 2008, the spokeswoman said. She also warned off casual users from trying the preview. "As this is a release candidate, we strongly encourage only those who are comfortable installing prerelease code to download Windows XP SP3," she said.
Recently, Microsoft has been downplaying the significance of Windows XP SP3. In a white paper posted to its Web site last week and also Tuesday, the company praised Windows Vista at XP's expense, reminding users that "Vista provides the most advanced security and management capabilities of any Windows operating system."
"Windows XP SP3 does not bring significant portions of Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP," the spokeswoman said.
According to the white paper, the Download Center version of XP SP3 will weigh in at about 580MB; the version downloaded and installed via Windows Update, however, will be much smaller, typically around 70MB.
Windows XP debuted in October 2001 and was last updated as SP2 in August 2004; SP3 will be the final major upgrade of the operating system.