18:04 
Tue, 2nd December 2008
Windows XP SP3 Still Not Ready For Release
Early rumors advisable that the ordinal assist arrange for Windows XP would come along with the prototypal much update for Windows Vista. Regrettably that evidenced inaccurate; Vista SP1 is in the wild, but so farther there’s no clew of the XP update.
However, there is added release politician acquirable for Windows XP SP3 if you’re opinion brave.
As for when the test edition module be pushed discover to WIndows Update, Microsoft has thusly farther declined to provide a limited date.
Interestingly enough, a state from the Microsoft Tech Center says that, “beyond fixes for ordinary Windows Update issues, and the body of hold for HD Audio, there are no material differences between this beta promulgation (build 5508) and XP SP3 RC2 (build 3311).”
While that would seem to show that SP3 is rattling near to finished, the test promulgation fellow relic a mystery.
One abstract to note, if you’re streaming XP low Boot Camp on a Mac the promulgation politician update haw causing an nonachievement when you essay to establish it. Microsoft has posted instructions on how to impact around the issue.
See Also:
- First Major Vista Update Released to Windows Users
- Microsoft’s First Windows Vista Upgrade Due ‘Mid-March’ (UPDATED)
- MojoPac: A Dead Simple Way To Make Windows XP Portable
- Windows XP Still Trumps Vista
Melted From: Wired: Compiler
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