Windows XP SP3 set for April 29
Whoopee...
Officially, Microsoft has been saying “the
first half of 2008″ whenever the company is asked to put a date for the
release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3. However, various sources have been
expecting the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build to become available in the
second half of April. Now, according to tech site Neowin, Microsoft’s
release schedule for XP SP3 is as
follows:
April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates
XP SP3 contains all previously-released Windows XP updates… Although Microsoft is not including many Vista-specific features in SP3, it is adding Network Access Protection (NAP) “to help organizations that use Windows XP to take advantage of new features in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.” Windows Internet Explorer 7 is not included as part of SP3 and still must be downloaded and installed separately.
Not that I lack confidence in Microsoft updates; but, I hope it fixes more than it breaks.
April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates
XP SP3 contains all previously-released Windows XP updates… Although Microsoft is not including many Vista-specific features in SP3, it is adding Network Access Protection (NAP) “to help organizations that use Windows XP to take advantage of new features in the Windows Server 2008 operating system.” Windows Internet Explorer 7 is not included as part of SP3 and still must be downloaded and installed separately.
Not that I lack confidence in Microsoft updates; but, I hope it fixes more than it breaks.
Posted: Tue - April 15, 2008 at 09:55 AM