siljaline 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2008 There will certainly be a heavy server load for this much-anticipated upgrade. Since MS has now fixed Vista - they want happy XP users, we shall see. As I've said elsewhere, you might expect some Vista bits in this update, I do not know for sure. Silj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andavari 1 Report post Posted April 28, 2008 Is MS saying that .NET and Silverlight are neccessary updates? Gimme a break. Don't know however everytime I visit the MS site they have that damned Silverlight popup which started getting old, and I have no intention of ever using it so I blocked it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
q231 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 windows xp sp3(x86 systems only) download link is up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotdoge3 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 I thought the final version of SP3 was coming out on Apr. 29? Full one is Out some parts out for one year just full Pack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siljaline 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 Full one is Out some parts out for one year just full Pack It is not on Windows Update yet - you may get much larger builds elsewhere if you wish to hog your hard-drive. Silj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoKenny 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 windows xp sp3(x86 systems only) download link is up! It is not on Windows Update yet - you may get much larger builds elsewhere if you wish to hog your hard-drive. Silj It was a 324MB download and after about 10 minutes of installing it failed with Permission Failure running as Administrator on my XP Pro system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hazelnut 2 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 Why was it 324mb kenny do you know? Mine was 316 and I think that is the size that most sites list it as. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siljaline 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 The RTM build is not up on this side of the pond, yet. I think folks are grabbing whatever URLs they can find in a rush to install the upgrade. Silj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hazelnut 2 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 The roll out has been held up http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9931343-56.html? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siljaline 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 The roll out has been held up http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9931343-56.html? Bummer... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cisco 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 Service Pack 3 Build 5512 Final http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...e2300ebfde4.exe Enjoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siljaline 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2008 Service Pack 3 Build 5512 Finalhttp://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...e2300ebfde4.exe Enjoy This is the "network" download--meant for administrators who need tobe able to apply the update to many different machines. Silj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
q231 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2008 download via windows update well its official now sorry for the frst link guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hazelnut 2 Report post Posted April 30, 2008 Might be better to give a link to the download page rather than a link to the direct download. Most people are wary of clicking on a direct download as they cannot see the page it's linked from. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeoff 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2008 Full one is Out some parts out for one year just full Pack I don't get the new start up screen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
q231 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2008 I don't get the new start up screen haha..even me i didn't get that jeoff it's because that pic is just for show off haha..meaning its edited! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metabolic 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2008 i am using Turkish windows xp pro, i dont see sp3 when i visit microsoft update page, do i need to wait Turkish version of sp3? or that package is multilanguage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
q231 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2008 i am using Turkish windows xp pro, i dont see sp3 when i visit microsoft update page, do i need to wait Turkish version of sp3? or that package is multilanguage? as far as i know it is multi langauge but im not so sure about that anyway here's a screenshot of my pc having installed SP3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hazelnut 2 Report post Posted May 1, 2008 G231, Can you please NOT post direct download links. Instead post a link to the page where the download link is shown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
q231 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 G231, Can you please NOT post direct download links. Instead post a link to the page where the download link is shown. oh...i see..sorry bout that i have removed the link as you've requested Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coronagold 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2008 Any news on the pros & cons of SP3 yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icedrake 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2008 Any news on the pros & cons of SP3 yet? Yeah, what's the news on how SP3 is going? I'm thinking about waiting until Microsoft releases SP3 through update. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coronagold 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2008 I'm waiting till someone yells "They fixed it!", that's usually a good sign. Doesn't matter what was wrong in the first place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hazelnut 2 Report post Posted May 6, 2008 Interesting info http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/0...-and-xpsp3.aspx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davey 0 Report post Posted May 6, 2008 Interesting info http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/0...-and-xpsp3.aspx Thanks Hazel, that is going to be an important link for quite awhile. Also thanks for the correction about direct links for users. I like to know exactly where I am linking to. For news people and bloggers to say click HERE or SOURCE or LINK is one thing. But when you don't know to trust the provider or not,I usually don't click on such links. I don't want to be dropped into the middle of Broodersoft or PukerKasino or KoolGates. davey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
