Windows XP SP3 now available via Windows Update
Posted by Steven Parker on 29 April 2008 - 09:38 · 139 comments & 62741 views
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#3 Posted by creamhackered on 29 Apr 2008 - 09:47
- Excellent, time to update
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#4 Posted by madkingsoup on 29 Apr 2008 - 09:53
- "When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!"
When it works without me having to buy a new machine. :-) -
#4.1 Posted by RealFduch on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:05
- (madkingsoup said @ #4)"When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!"
When it works without me having to buy a new machine. :-)
It works for me without buying a new machine. More than 3 years. -
#4.2 Posted by lars77 on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:15
- So, by your logic you're happily using Windows XP on a machine designed for Windows 98, am I right?
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#4.3 Posted by madkingsoup on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:01
- No. By my logic, I'm happily using XP on my machine which was built (by me) for XP and for which the Vista upgrade examiner/suggestor thingy says would just about run Home Basic. But then, I know what I'm talking about since it's my computer. ;-)
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#4.4 Posted by Eis on 29 Apr 2008 - 20:40
- (madkingsoup said @ #4.3)No. By my logic, I'm happily using XP on my machine which was built (by me) for XP and for which the Vista upgrade examiner/suggestor thingy says would just about run Home Basic. But then, I know what I'm talking about since it's my computer. ;-)
Pretty sure his point was that you're blaming the operating system for your ****ty computer. Sorry you didn't catch that. -
#4.5 Posted by madkingsoup on 30 Apr 2008 - 08:09
- (Eis said @ #4.4)Pretty sure his point was that you're blaming the operating system for your ****ty computer. Sorry you didn't catch that.That's OK - I forgive you.
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#5 Posted by +accesser on 29 Apr 2008 - 09:54
- This will make life easier when doing a fresh install. For a while anyway
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#7 Posted by madkingsoup on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:00
- Erm... No updates available. Am I missing something?
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#9 Posted by betasp on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:02
- ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3
I'm still trying to find a source for this statement. Can I get some help? -
#9.1 Posted by Neobond on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:18
- Well, the first part of that sentence links here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1772 which shows a benchmark to defend my statement.
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#9.2 Posted by creamhackered on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:20
- Of course a 1 year old OS is gonna be faster on 1 year old hardware that takes advantage of 4 cores correctly. This is all relative
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#9.3 Posted by betasp on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:28
- (Neobond said @ #9.1)Well, the first part of that sentence links here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1772 which shows a benchmark to defend my statement.
Thanks, I missed the "longer is better" part. I think it is important to note another quote from the article "However, benchmarks scores such as Passmark don’t translate well into real world performance indicators." -
#9.4 Posted by WICKO on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:02
- Yeah I don't see how one tiny article about one benchmarking program (that personally I haven't seen used before) with one graph and one system is enough proof. I think we should wait for some articles that have a little more effort put into them before we jump to any conclusions.
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#9.5 Posted by elvenseven on 30 Apr 2008 - 03:48
- "Passmark don’t translate well into real world performance"
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#9.6 Posted by James Riske on 01 May 2008 - 01:15
- (elvenseven said @ #9.5)"Passmark don’t translate well into real world performance"
But passmark is all that is needed to fuel the lies of the vi$ta fanboys.
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#12 Posted by Neobond on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:08
- I don't know if the 64 bit version is on Windows Update, can anyone confirm this?
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#12.1 Posted by WindowsNT on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:11
- There won't be a 64bit version until Windows Server 2003 hits SP3 since they share the same code base.
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#13 Posted by kelvinlok on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:08
- Chinese Traditional version:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...9fbd761b744.exe
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#14 Posted by daPhoenix on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:21
- Note that some machines I've had here at the office have run into the infamous GDI32.DLL BSOD at startup issue.
The "easy way" to temporarily fix the issue and allow your installation to boot is to insert your XP cd, boot it up and enter Repair mode by pressing R at the first dialog after which you need to login to your XP installation by providing the administrator password.
cd to \windows\system32 and ren gdi32.dll to gdi32.old
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\gdi32.dll to c:\windows\system32 and exit to reboot the computer.
Make sure everything, including display drivers, are up to date and try reinstalling the service pack.
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#14.1 Posted by gabito on 29 Apr 2008 - 23:42
- (daPhoenix said @ #14)Note that some machines I've had here at the office have run into the infamous GDI32.DLL BSOD at startup issue.
The "easy way" to temporarily fix the issue and allow your installation to boot is to insert your XP cd, boot it up and enter Repair mode by pressing R at the first dialog after which you need to login to your XP installation by providing the administrator password.
cd to \windows\system32 and ren gdi32.dll to gdi32.old
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\gdi32.dll to c:\windows\system32 and exit to reboot the computer.
Make sure everything, including display drivers, are up to date and try reinstalling the service pack.
The servicepack file path might be off, took it from memory :p
does this still happen with the final release?
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#15 Posted by Pitreck on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:29
- Polish (Country: Poland) version:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...DBA351BA11C.exe
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#16 Posted by Danielkun on 29 Apr 2008 - 10:41
- Anyone seen the Japanese version??
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#16.2 Posted by +Tikimotel on 30 Apr 2008 - 09:11
- Japanese:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...58244f7419e.exe
Russian:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...7ea80dcaf61.exe
Czech:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...ce2c2b81b08.exe
Hebrew:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...4b5c696e423.exe
etc..
still no Dutch ... darn it..
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#18 Posted by Ch33kym0nk3y on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:29
- Anybody installed it yet? Any probs???
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#19 Posted by +Raa on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:32
- ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3
That has to be the biggest load of FUD i've ever heard. It is not faster. Show me consistent benchmarks of SP1 wins, and then we'll talk.
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#20 Posted by ThomMcK on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:32
- The update isn't availabe through automatic updates yet it is just on the MS servers
I downloaded and installed SP3 from the link in the post
I will say that it is a bit of a visualy ugly update. Nothing as nice as say the IE6>IE7 update
Once the SP is installed it (using the typical hotfix GUI from windows 2000) needs to restart.
This then goes into a welcome screen style UI (like scandisk)
then a bootscreen style UI saying "please wait"
and then after you log in you get the horrible "Personalized Settings" for Microsoft Outlook 6 (haven't they finshed supporting that now?)
and then you get your desktop followed by a couple of non-descriptive command prompts.
Finally my beta version of Live Messenger 9 asked for the installation source
Everything seems to have gone smoothly. Visually everything looks the same, time will tell (I've got my fingers crossed).
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#21 Posted by Xerxes on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:32
- The servers are getting hammered, the link is down at the moment. I'll probably download it in a few days, I already downloaded it a little while ago but apparent it wasn't really RTM so gotta download it again...that will teach me for been impatient
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#21.1 Posted by necrosis on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:13
- Getting hammered? I guess getting 4MB/sec is hammered by todays standards.
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#21.2 Posted by Xerxes on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:22
- (necrosis said @ #21.1)Getting hammered? I guess getting 4MB/sec is hammered by todays standards.I don't get anything, the connection just times out.
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#22 Posted by daPhoenix on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:33
- I love it - Windows people fighting amongst themselves.
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#22.1 Posted by +Axon on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:54
- No. We wouldn't do that....
Besides, a healthy portion of us use Bootcamp, and are fighting our way in to get copies ourselves. -
#22.2 Posted by traviso on 29 Apr 2008 - 18:57
- No, the Apple fanboys are too busy applying their weekly Quicktime update to fix 30 something exploits.
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#22.3 Posted by RAID 0 on 29 Apr 2008 - 20:42
- (traviso said @ #22.2)No, the Apple fanboys are too busy applying their weekly Quicktime update to fix 30 something exploits.
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#22.4 Posted by EduardValencia on 29 Apr 2008 - 21:19
- ROFLMAO
this made my day. -
#22.5 Posted by James Riske on 01 May 2008 - 01:19
- (traviso said @ #22.2)No, the Apple fanboys are too busy applying their weekly Quicktime update to fix 30 something exploits.
No to mention they are probably at work at a second job they had to take to help pay for the grossly overpriced and inferior performing mac they bought.
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#23 Posted by cork1958 on 29 Apr 2008 - 11:56
- "ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3"
Yeah, right!!
Wouldn't mind having this but I'm not accepting having IE7 rammed down my throat! Stupid thing can't even remember user names at sites, such as here, from one reboot to the next!
Does this thing force WMP11, or whatever version it's up to, down your throat also?
Guess I'll grab it just to suck up some bandwidth though!
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#23.1 Posted by kcobra98 on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:51
- As far as I have read and been told, IE7 is not part of XP SP3. You will still have to install IE7 after a clean install of SP3.
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#23.2 Posted by jstillion on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:24
- Confirmed with clean install of Windows XPand SP3, IE is still at version 6.
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#23.3 Posted by RealFduch on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:23
- (cork1958 said @ #23)Wouldn't mind having this but I'm not accepting having IE7 rammed down my throat! Stupid thing can't even remember user names at sites, such as here, from one reboot to the next!
Guess I'll grab it just to suck up some bandwidth though!
Web Developers and Mozilla lovers UNITE!!
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#23.4 Posted by James Riske on 01 May 2008 - 01:21
- (jstillion said @ #23.2)Confirmed with clean install of Windows XPand SP3, IE is still at version 6.
wow M$ just can't seem to get their act together at all.
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#24 Posted by kaffra on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:31
- anybody can confirm which version of the gdi32.dll will cause the reboot loop?
on my xp sp2 its dated 2/20/08, 276KB
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#26 Posted by flammer on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:02
- I gotten an BSOD before it can even load the windows xp boot and it doesent give me a chance to see what the error is. I have tried the GDI32.dll thing still it does the same thing anybody know how I can fix?
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#27 Posted by fuzi0719 on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:02
- The final SP3 installed perfectly here, even overtop the RC2 release of SP3 (I didn't have to uninstalled the RC2 release before installing the final). It runs very smoothly, no issues. I've slipstreamed it onto my install CD (which had SP2) so when I do a complete reinstall next month (after 3 years, it needs a reinstall just to clean things up a bit) I won't have to spend ages downloading updates.
I tried Vista on my old computer and while it runs, even Aero works, it is soooooo slooooooow. On this hardware, XP is light years faster.
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#28 Posted by Captain555 on 29 Apr 2008 - 13:45
- Here is the link for the french version:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...1B867F9CA93.exe
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#29 Posted by dl0711 on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:25
- why in hell did they not inc IE7 in the SP????
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#29.1 Posted by Joe USer on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:29
- (dl0711 said @ #29)why in hell did they not inc IE7 in the SP????
Its the OS service pack, IE7 is an optional download and some companies still use IE6.
It does include IE6 SP3, since IE6 shipped with XP.
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#30 Posted by dl0711 on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:36
- well u would think that they would have added it since IE7 is an update from IE6..
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#30.1 Posted by erpster3 on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:35
- (dl0711 said @ #30)well u would think that they would have added it since IE7 is an update from IE6..
not so, dl0711. The full standalone XP SP3 download package does NOT include IE7 nor its updates. I just don't like XP SP3 to automatically install IE7 on top of IE6. period! IE7 still wrecks some older programs that some people use and that's why they stick with IE6. enough said.
also, WinXP SP3 contains WMP9 build 4053, not WMP10 nor WMP11.
the Portugese language edition of XP SP3 is not available until sometime in May. see this Tech ARP article:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=534
as for availability of XP SP3 express installer from Windows Update, wait until late afternoon or evening of April 29. for those living in far away time zones wait until April 30 and XP SP3 will show up on WU.
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#31 Posted by jameso on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:36
- SP3 didn't show up via Windows Update, so I downloaded the 316mb standalone installer and it installed fine.
No problems so far.
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#32 Posted by Screaming Slave on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:38
- Well, I have given in to all the hype. I reinstalled XP and updated to SP3. XP performs the same as I remember, but the novelty of a new service pack makes it seem like the best decision was making the switch. I'll stick with it for a while and hide "behind enemy lines" with the rest of the XP userbase (until MS finally pulls the plug). ;-)
Oh, and no problems so far.
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#33 Posted by Jdawg683 on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:38
- from what i understand the looping BSOD problem should disappear w/ the SP3 RTM, right?
I got the BSOD when i installed one of the RC2's a few weeks ago. v5508 and higher contains the newest version of gdi32.dll which should not conflict w/ the older 5.1.xxx version.
can anyone confirm this for me before i install the final build?
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#34 Posted by HugeCanoli on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:39
- Is there a UXTheme Patcher for SP3 out yet?
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#34.1 Posted by simsie on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:02
- http://www.flishfun.com/blog/technology/wi...rtm-uxthemedll/
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#34.2 Posted by Jack 0Neill on 29 Apr 2008 - 23:18
- http://damian666.boot-land.net/counters/click.php?id=11
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#35 Posted by dl0711 on 29 Apr 2008 - 14:47
- can we use the SP2 way to slip it?
Ie:
Extracting the files
C:\XP-SP3\windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe -x
Then
Intergrating the files
C:\XP-SP3\i386\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\XP -
#35.1 Posted by Screaming Slave on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:31
- Paul Thurrott is apprently putting the finishing touches on his SP3 slipstream guide.
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#35.2 Posted by rseiler on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:33
- There are already plenty of guides, such as:
http://apcmag.com/how_to_create_a_bootable_xp_sp3_cd.htm
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#36 Posted by jingarelho on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:50
- installed it in 2 computer and 1 vmware all working fine.
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#37 Posted by Digitalfox on 29 Apr 2008 - 15:53
- Anyone have seen SP3 Portuguese ( Portugal ) link available???
Thanks
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#38 Posted by X'tyfe on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:03
- been running this since Thursday
no issues, just some incompatibilities with shell patchers/uxtheme and such
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#39 Posted by hornett on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:09
- The KB article named in the link is titled "Release notes for the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate".
Is this the final, fully tested, non-debug, non-dev release version?
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#40 Posted by leo_the_lion on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:18
- Not available on Microsoft Update yet
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#41 Posted by Avi on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:26
- Hebrew: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...4b5c696e423.exe
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#42 Posted by cil1rjn on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:31
- Will tcpip.sys need to be re-patched to fix the SP2 half-open tcp limit after installing sp3?
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#42.1 Posted by alpha_omega on 29 Apr 2008 - 16:33
- Of course.
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#43 Posted by sweetsam on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:02
- Yup you can. I just did that and did a clean install. Works like a charm.
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#44 Posted by torrentthief on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:03
- What time is it supposed to go onto the download centre?? its 18:03 GMT already, usually ms releases are already out by this time!
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#45 Posted by cyberfox2004 on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:20
- what is final build number and how do I find my installed windows xp sp3 build number in my machine?
Thank you
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#46 Posted by jayr0 on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:31
- only way im switching back to xp is if they allow you more than 3gb of ram on 32bit
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#46.1 Posted by torrentthief on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:39
- (jayr0 said @ #47)only way im switching back to xp is if they allow you more than 3gb of ram on 32bit
What is it that you run that uses more than 3gb? I cant think of any software or game that uses more than 3gb, you wont notice any difference. I do alot of xvid encoding and 4gb made no difference to me compared to 2gb.
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#46.2 Posted by Martog on 29 Apr 2008 - 18:41
- (jayr0 said @ #46)only way im switching back to xp is if they allow you more than 3gb of ram on 32bit
It is a hardware limitation, nothing can be done for 32bit OS's really.
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#47 Posted by torrentthief on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:38
- cyberfox, final build number is: 5.1.2600.5512
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512 -
#47.1 Posted by cyberfox2004 on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:56
- (torrentthief said @ #4
cyberfox, final build number is: 5.1.2600.5512
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512
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#47.2 Posted by I am Not PCyr on 29 Apr 2008 - 18:44
- (cyberfox2004 said @ #47.1)(torrentthief said @ #4cyberfox, final build number is: 5.1.2600.5512
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512
Thank you very much buddy.
or just click start, run and type "winver" and hit enter
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#48 Posted by jmc15john on 29 Apr 2008 - 17:46
- Just installed SP3 and everything works great, I can't really tell much of a different but that's ok.
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#49 Posted by boho on 29 Apr 2008 - 18:23
- Downloaded this from MajorGeeks on Sunday, you guys are so behind
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Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.
Read more for additional languages..
Additional languages:
Thanks to our readers for submitting the different language stand-alone installers!
Known issues:
On some hardware configurations, you may encounter the Windows XP SP3 BSoD Endless Reboot Loop with Stop c0000139 on GDI32.dll Error, follow this guide to repair your XP installation. Thanks daPhoenix for the tip!