Microsoft sends Win XP S3 out to manufacturers
Microsoft has started shipping the first versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to PC manufacturers. Current XP users can expect to see the service pack become available for download on 29 April. Windows XP SP3 contains minor performance and stability enhancements, in addition to a cumulative security update. It is the first service pack to be released for Windows XP since SP2 in 2004. The pack will also contain updates which will make it easier for network administrators to manage SP3 machines alongside Windows Vista PCs. SP3 is expected to be the last major update for Windows XP. Microsoft will stop offering the operating system to manufacturers on 30 June, but will still allow vendors to sell the operating system on ” ultra-low cost” PCs.
Windows XP SP3 also steals a page from Vista’s product activation model, meaning that product keys for each copy of the operating system don’t need to be entered during setup. The feature should prove popular with corporate IT managers, who often need to oversee hundreds, or even thousands, of operating system installations. Windows XP SP3 will be available through Microsoft’s Windows Update tool or the Microsoft Download Center website. Automatic distribution of the patch will begin later this summer through Automatic Update.
Source: Vnunet
Comments(89)
But where’s the torrent?
Umm, I can has now?
Wordpress says:
“You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.”
Whats it on about.
@2: hehe, rite. WP should put a timeban on Martin.
Not that RLSlog is too fast…but their fingers seem to be saussages.
and the genius windows criticisms begin… do me a favour and how about if you’re going to criticise windows then use some evidence rather than the generic windows sucks (as it’s the most popular!) and if you do feel like criticising it, tell us what OS system you’ve switched to as a result? Unless you’re one of the smartarses who installs billionz of registry editing programs, start up boost programs, turns off all the services, installs a theme that rapes the system resources, use norton etc….
Personally I love Windows XP.
p.s. i got the wordpress you are posting comments too quickly also and I don’t think i’ve posted a comment since the server transfer
I agree with thom1!
Waiting till next tuesday for SP3!
Torrent?
Raidshare?
Has it been leaked?
The bulid number is 5512
what is with OEM or RTM version?
it’s released since today
still waiting for the XP SP3 x64 edition rlz!!!
build 2600.xpsp.080413-211
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/3/5/53519680-fcc0-4a00-86e0-e7d5cba84461/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe
@8 There will be no x64 Edition SP3. They have already announced that ages ago.
Service Pack for x64 is linked with the Windows Server Service Pack, x64 version isn’t linked with Windows XP x86. A service pack for windows server wasn’t released too long ago also.
that is why there will be NO x64 SP3
damn we need the damn torrent, cant wait anymore!
So there is no technet user who is a torrent uploader?
me too want the xp sp3 thanks all people for future link
“Current XP users can expect to see the service pack become available for download on 29 April.”
Windows automatic update gave me SP3 yesterday already…
there are people still using XP?
@LOL
What else do we use? Vista would require me to add more memory to my computer and that doesn’t come free. I don’t want Linux as i’m not that advanced nor a showoff that I have Linux but can only run about 2 programs on it and I don’t like Macs
errr my hdd died last week so i had to reinstall windows on another…and i ended up installed xp and sp3?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&displaylang=en ?
@19
that is only a document telling you what exactly is in the SP3
@X64…YOUR BE WAITING A VERY LONG TIME!
Let’s see what I would want from an OS.
It loads quickly. (no.)
Shows time and date somewhere. (time only)
Does not use much resources so the computer stays silent. (no)
Wonder how these issues been perfected now..
However, linux is not much better so maybe I will take the time to install sp3. Probably will even take the keyloggers away for a day by doing a fresh install of xp.
My XP loads quickly, perhaps you have too much running in the background or not enough memory or you’re overrunning your memory. To criticise an OS because it doesn’t show the date all the time is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard and personal taste – I wouldn’t want the date but you can have it anyway, perhaps do some research before speaking ill of it
http://www.xp-tips.com/display-date.html
If you don’t want the taskbar that big then search google and I’m fairly certain I just saw a plug-in.
And, I could easily just argue that’s no XPs fault. Install XP and up date it with pure Windows and Microsoft programs and it will run fast – XP hardly requires any memory (compared to Vista and most new games and software today) as well. Have you never wondered why people format their Windows fairly regularly? Because over time as you install and uninstall programs they leave their mark but will never bring XP to a standstill (unless you messed with XP so much) and it’s like having a fresh version.
It’s pretty much the same when it comes to buying anything be it a mobile, a guitar or even clothes – as you use it overtime it won’t be as good as when you bought it unless you really maintain it, which I for one don’t I like to play around and tweak things.
@jon
you liar
network optimizations in SP3 is all i want
i think this is it for download..
http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?p=4467102
will confirm l8r… (after install)
@ poohead: this is the old rc
poohead: this is the old rc version of sp3
owww…
i was all excited then…
out of interest, leecher how do know?
yeah u r definatley right
“microsoft pre-relesae software”
but how did u find out so early?
thanks neway…
why would you want vista when XP runs a lot faster and you can make it look like this:
http://www.hostdump.com/host/out.php/i4781_desktop.JPG
well that looks **** lol
i wannt swedish version of this =p guess i gotta wait ages still o.O
I hate Windows Vista so much… Why is this god forsaken O/S so popular? It is crap! F**K Microsoft! Thank god we dont nesesarily have to use nor pay for it… Yet *pfft*
the thing with microsoft OS that its simply not easily customizable and user friendly in that area. things like changing the “start” button, getting rid of msn, not wanting stupid “my documents/music/pictures folders etc.. try explain how to do all that to the average joe.
just to have my OS, that btw. i have paid for and have to use everyday, run the way I want it to run i have to spend hours researching, tweaking etc. now imagine how someone who doesn’t know much about pcs feels when they are greated by BSOD, random crashes, viruses, spywares etc.
poohead: this *fake* of RTM-SP3 was posted some time ago.
Mezo: I want english and german.
I think there are d/l-links for the leaked *final* SP3
I Think there are d/l-links for the leaked *final* SP3 in a few hours
Duke Nukem Forever gameplay video!!! http://rapidshare.com/files/109559638/DukeNukemForever08HDgameplayvideo.rar
Hey guys I just wanted to give my .02 Yeah I think Winblows is good but I work at a pc shop and I absolutely hate reinstalling
the Winblows OS there is a 50/50 shot I will have to call India
to get the thing activated…. So yes tom I did switch to the best OS out right now OSX and i do play here and there with Linux….I do have to have Winblows for the very few apps i still use Dvdfab,Acid,Vegas Ect but if these companies get off the butts and port them to OSX then I would be 100% Winblows free…. enough with service packs Microsoft needs to release an OS that works… no activation .. less viruses .. I have given enough time and money to the greedy giant !
Wow, Newt182, I never really felt compelled to boast about my desktop… But after seeing yours, I couldn’t resist:
http://rapidshare.com/files/109562786/desktop.jpg
Lol its funny how the newest OSX has more reported bugs than vista…. >.>
You do know why windows has alot more viruses than macs and linux right? If Mac OSX held the same amount of the market as Windows then im sure hackers would start to concentrate on making viruses for macs too. Back to the simple statement of “why blow up a building with 1 person in it where as you can blow up a building with 100 people in it?”
Thats how hackers work, they try to target for maximum impact. And if you think you are safe on OSX… just you wait for it to be more popular then you will be going “oh damn why we virus ridden now!?!?!?!?”
There is reasons why companies are starting to make Antivirus Programs for mac OSX because mac will not hold that reign for very long, and it appears it will be lost soon… (well has been lost in the past actually, there has been viruses and worms for macs before….)
Mac IS A GREEDY GIANT, believe it or not…. If you compare the specs on their machines….. to just PC machines with the same specs, they charge you about 30% more just for the MAC brand name.
Funny ppl going to flame me about this statement… however MACS ARE JUST PCS!!!!! they lost their title of Macs being Macs when they abandoned their own processor and moved to Intel.
Haha if you have alittle know how and use google, you can make your own mac pc with osx on it, for so much cheaper than to get a real Mac >.> (Macs use a special chip on their motherboards to authenticate OSX with, however people have removed that protection and allow it to run on any hardware now)
Therefore although macs ain’t greedy giant on their software side however they make it up on their hardware side!
Funny though, i have a friend who used to be a mac fanboy…. however recently he changed over to Windows…. and he is loving it. He does alot of multimedia work… and he has noticed that Windows Versions of the multimedia software he uses runs faster on Windows now than on OSX. Every time i tease him about it… he is like “mac used to be good until they decided to go to intel”.
Please RLSlog Staff, let us know when an ETH0 version of SP3 is to be released
hopefully very soon as I need to reinstall my 30-day ESET trial tomorrow
don’t wanna do it and then reinstall the entire OS next day for the SP3.
FYI Newt182, your desktop looks like horsecrap and something that was cool back in 2005
ok heres the real one…
maybe.. i hope..
the nfo semiconfirms..
(sure leecher/l33cher wil be able to confirm)
http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?p=4467985
poohead i will leech that and check.
Poohead it is a whole windows XP installation with SP3 installed, I don’t know if its the final of XP but the NFO says it is, i’m not going to install it. I want the seperate installer.
My mom dropped me on my head as a child.
yep foiled yet again.. by a muppet…
yeha it is a full install cd,,,
in the good old days (ie sp2) u cud just update a machine with the install cd (eg if ure computer was sp1 u cud update to sp2 from a(n)? sp2 install cd) lolz neway.. im downloading it neway
“#poohead
April 22nd, 2008 | 18:59
ok heres the real one…
maybe.. i hope..
the nfo semiconfirms..
(sure leecher/l33cher wil be able to confirm)
http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?p=4467985”
Windows XP incl. old RC …. Too many fakes around.
Seems so we have to wait until ETH0 releases real one.
are you serious leecher?
omfg…
well now im pissed.
how do u know r u sure?
dl’ed and installed over vm-ware. Version is 5512 like the RC.
This is not the RTM of SP3
no thats it 5512 is the RTM
confirmed on technet..
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3218717&SiteID=17
RTM is build 5512
rc2 (the last RC) was 5508…
leecher?
I’m sorry. I cllicked to fast on ’submit’.
The Version is the RC Refresh 2 – 5508.
The Sentence “Version is 5512 like the RC” means “The RTM Version is 5512″. But included in this Release is RC2 refresh 5508.
Sorry, my fault
ow ok….
yet again i got excited…
poohead … lets meet tomorrow and rape my local M$-dealer
lolz yeah ass rape for bill gates…
you would have thouhgt someone with an msdn subscription would have dwnloaded and reuploaded it sumwhere by now…
dont ANY sceners have msdn?
lolz this entire comment seciton has just turned into a informal chat between us 2..
so how was your day today then leecher?
does this count as spam?
Out on usenet.
i have no friends, please talk to me….
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Final Final Edition – uNf
orly?:>
bring us some rs links then
“i have no friends, please talk to me….”
lol namestealer.. how did u no?
the uNf rls on usenet is fake dont bother..
its just sp2
still no rapidshare links here? i got it, but there is no point in me uploading it because it will take an age on my connection
Where did you get it from Miles?
i am not sure if this is the right version, see for yourself but you might waste your time!
http://rapidshare.com/files/103188972/XP.SP3.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/103189083/XP.SP3.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/103188990/XP.SP3.part3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/103188761/XP.SP3.part4.rar.html
Thanks will check it out later
)
oh come on… just wait till next week… we all aint gonna die anyways. (where the f### is my wga f###er btw?)
Found it.
On da pirate bay matie- posted @ 2008-04-22 22:48:34 GMT
looks legit- commenterz’ have confirmed, and files are digitally signed.
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-WZT
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing
Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers.
We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the web (i.e. you!) on April 29th, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Online documentation for Windows XP SP3, such as Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and the Microsoft TechNet Windows XP TechCenter, will be updated then. For customers who use Windows XP at home, Windows XP SP3 Automatic Update distribution for users at home will begin in early summer.
Thanks to everyone here who installed the public betas Γ?? you not only gave us detailed feedback but also helped each other out with timely troubleshooting. Through the beta program we found several important issues and were able to confirm some essential fixes. We couldnΓ??t have done this without you.
We will still be monitoring this forum during the next few weeks in case you have more feedback about the release of Windows XP SP3.
On behalf of myself, Shashank Bansal and Windows Serviceability, many thanks.
Chris Keroack
Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Serviceability
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3214173&SiteID=17
Question: What number build SP3 RTM ?
Answer: 5512
Chris Keroack
Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Serviceability
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3214496&SiteID=17
WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe
size 331,805,736 bytes
CRC32 C411A9DA
MD5 BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58
SHA-1 C81472F7EEEA2ECA421E116CD4C03E2300EBFDE4
wooo
nicely done “mo”
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4150301/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-W
Take that M$!
scanned with AVG 8 pro (all updates) and a few anti-rootkit programs…seems to be clean. I’m installing ATM and will update. How can i check, btw…?
yep looks real enuf for me…
heres the link:
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4150301/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-W
or http://www.torrentportal.com/torrents-details.php?id=3155112&filelist=1#filelist
EULAID:XPSP3_RTM_UPD_UNF_EN
Install is 1/2 done.
Install went well. Scanned again. Under CTRLPNL/System it says “Service Pack 3″
The seeds on that torrent are exploding! I was gettin 1100k and there were only 30 seeds…ladies n’ gentlemen, say hello to XP SP3.
and anyone can confirm pls?
thx
Does this SP3 version work on international versions of XP? or do we have to wait for localized versions?
you have to wait until they release the localized version for ur language
. that means if you install it now, you’ll see little question marks and funny characters everywhere.
Also on a side note, i’ve downloaded and installed the file directly from MS and its not build 5512, instead its 3311. So thats a heads up. dont download the one from MS
.
cheerio, happy posting.
PS: dont ass rape the MS dude. He’s innocent (i think).
so it’s real or not mxp?
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.ENGLISH-WZT
FILE: WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe
SIZE: 331,805,736 bytes in 1 file
SFV: C411A9DA
MD5: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58
SHA1: C81472F7EEEA2ECA421E116CD4C03E2300EBFDE4
pass: vdown
http://rapidshare.com/files/109648510/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-WZT.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/109648618/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-WZT.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/109648537/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-WZT.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/109648471/MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.XP.SERVICE.PACK.3.v5.1.2600.5512.RTM.ENGLISH-WZT.part4.rar
yes it is thx for the torrent-links guys
@80 download from MS is not real, while download from torrents is (i dont know whether it is, because i can’t do torrents, not allowed to – ISP blocks it).
so download from torrents
Plz stop c0ck teasing us with these posts. Just let us know when it’s available for download for us regular folks.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_rtm_shots.asp
Screens of XP3 RTM.
Any nzb yet?
I hope we get to see a Volume licence edition Widows XP SP3…
By the way, do you use quad-core computers just for downloading zeraw?
downloading…..
uploading
anyone knows where i can get a xp pro rtm without service packs,
would be very helpfull,
thx in advance
Megashares
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=4452eea