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Loading ...Neowin leaks XP Service Pack 3 release dates
ComputerWorld’s Gregg Keizer updates the IT industry on the status of Windows XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Corp. will release Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to computer makers and some IT professionals next week, and it will offer it to all users via Windows Update April 29, according to an internal schedule obtained by the Neowin.net Web site.
Although others had previously pegged SP3’s release to the last half of April, Neowin’s dates are the most specific seen so far.
For its part, Microsoft has only said SP3 will be released during the first half of 2008.
But according to Neowin, the service pack will debut April 21, when it’s shipped to computer manufacturers, offered to volume licensing customers and posted for download on TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), which are subscription services for IT staff and developers, respectively.
Most users, however, will first be able to obtain SP3 on April 29, when Microsoft lists it on Windows Update (WU) for download.
However, Microsoft won’t turn on the automatic download and installation of SP3 until June 10, according to Neowin.
Company administrators and users have been able to block the automatic distribution of Windows XP SP3, as well as Vista SP1, since December 2007, when Microsoft published the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit.
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April 18th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Yes it was some thing of a lot concern as the complete domain of users of XP fan following are looking forward to some thing that can make them compete with the digg out’s of Vista..