MtnDewCodeRedFreak Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Yup. I booted back to XP (I dual-boot XP and Vista), downloaded the SP3 final from majorgeeks.com albeit the slow connections (like 16 to 52Kbps - and I'm on a college LAN here), checked to see if it's indeed the final, and then installed it. Noticed a snappier boot. Will be slipstreaming it to my XP SP2 CDs soon. Can anyone tell me how much megs does XP with all its SPs installed have? Somewhat like 685 MB? Cuz I was thinking of integrating IE 7 (or IE 8, when it's final) and WMP 11 with XP SP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnsteve Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Will be slipstreaming it to my XP SP2 CDs soon. Can anyone tell me how much megs does XP with all its SPs installed have? Somewhat like 685 MB? Cuz I was thinking of integrating IE 7 (or IE 8, when it's final) and WMP 11 with XP SP3. My ISO, using Windows XP Home SP2, slipstreamed (using AutoStreamer) at 592MB with SP3 added. I haven't used it yet, so far just updated existing software on 2 compuiters...no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeIvan Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Please help, i cant install it i get "Access is denied" error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Will be slipstreaming it to my XP SP2 CDs soon. Can anyone tell me how much megs does XP with all its SPs installed have? Somewhat like 685 MB? Cuz I was thinking of integrating IE 7 (or IE 8, when it's final) and WMP 11 with XP SP3. XP Pro is about 654MB with SP3 int. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelcard Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Exactly. It feels a little snappier, nothing to write home about, though. Yeah, that would be a boring letter for your parents to read I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 XP Pro for has got a tad bit faster. Maybe the 4gig of r.a.m. helps though. I am quietly happy with XP now being SP3. Vista is o.k., have it on a partition, won't be my main ops, XP will be. Will look forward to XP Pro SP4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewaaz Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 um wtf 1. XP won't use 4gb of RAM since SP3 is only available for 32bit XP and 32bit XP can't recognise 4GB - so no, it's not the RAM 2. SP3 will be the final SP for XP :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 um wtf1. XP won't use 4gb of RAM since SP3 is only available for 32bit XP and 32bit XP can't recognise 4GB - so no, it's not the RAM 2. SP3 will be the final SP for XP :) Yes on a 32 bit my r.a.m. shows as 3.26 My mention on r.a.m. was with reference that maybe my machine might be faster than others due to they may have 1 gb of r.a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Woot :D been waiting for this for aggesss Is the one on majorgeeks definatley the real deal? cant wait to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The majorgeeks download is v3311 do a google for the MD5 hash and you'll get your links :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnr Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well the RTM totally borked up my Boot.ini file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DGS] Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The majorgeeks download is v3311do a google for the MD5 hash and you'll get your links :p the file downloaded from Majorgeeks matches the MD5 hash on the very first post in this thread :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Will look forward to XP Pro SP4. There won't be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well the RTM totally borked up my Boot.ini file! But you backed up everything before installing it right? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum Error Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well i've slip streamed and clean installed and everything feels so much snappier (and no; its not the clean install effect... the previous one was only a week old)............ network browsing is definatley improved and being able to do a clean install without having to connect to windows update for a few hours is a massive bonus. On a side note; i've been using vista now for about a year but for the past week have been using XP and i love it! Why oh why did i ever change to vista? XP runs games loads better and my sound card (aduigy) sounds fantastic! I love XP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingarelho Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Yes on a 32 bit my r.a.m. shows as 3.26My mention on r.a.m. was with reference that maybe my machine might be faster than others due to they may have 1 gb of r.a.m. not quite so... my W2k3 32bit show the 4Gb ram, its the only 32 bit Windows that does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 So what is the word on the MajorGeek version? Is or is NOT the final version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 it may depend on the mirror you choose, I originally selected authors link, which was v3311, trying on of the MG own mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I know mine is a Digital Signature from 4/14/08, is that the real full meal deal? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingarelho Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 why don?t you wait 5 more day and download it from Microsoft then it will be the real deal for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr33k Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 It's the real deal although I think if you already have all the current updates you might be able to wait? Windows XP Service Pack 3 FINAL http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Signat...ws-XP-SP3.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Sweet... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnr Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 But you backed up everything before installing it right? ;) Err...No! (Its only my computer at work though :D) My XP SP3 is fine, just I get a flashing _ for the 30 seconds timeout instead of a menu! (My Boot.ini file seems fine too) Weird (Didn't happen with the RC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rage710 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Yeah, that would be a boring letter for your parents to read I guess. Indeed it would but, it was sarcasm. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 sounds like you just need to run the boot recovery tools on the XP cd, theres stuff in there to fix your boot.ini automatically (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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