Rocky Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Download SP3 for Win XP here. This is the release candidate version, meaning the final version is just around the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Well, depends on your definition of "around the corner" - I wouldn't count on XP SP3 to come out before we see Vista SP1, and that may be a few more months ... We still may see an XP SP2 RC2 etc ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 OK, I did a fresh reinstall of WinXP on one of my systems that isn't mission-critical, and loaded up SP3 RC1. I was very impressed as it installed quickly (for a old P4 2.4GHz) and no problems so far. My comments: - Interesting that SP3 includes all of SP2 (for those that still have WinXP SP1) but does not include upgrades like IE7 or WMP 11. - It includes DX9c, would be cool if MS gave us DX10 for XP in the final version - When I did Windows Update, it only needed 2 updates (instead of 80+ updates for a fresh install of SP2) which were the May and Dec Malicious Code Removal packs - There are reports of XP being speedier after SP3, and although I can't notice anything going faster, it sure isn't slower. All in all, SP3 speeds up a fresh XP installation, but since it's not the final version, I'd suggest only doing it on computers that aren't your primary system, or non mission-critical. Anyone else here give it a whirl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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