captblaze Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 did anyone who is a tech beta tester for vista check ms connections today ? xp SP3 beta showed up on my page today so sorry if this is a duplicate thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.a.m. Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 It was indeed released today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basix Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Got my email just now... <snipped> As is standard practice for operating systems nearing the end of their sales period, Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Beta Preview, to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 beta testers. <snipped> Regards, The Windows Beta Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacrificialSoldier Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 How long till the final is released? I have been waiting FOREVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 downloading the beta right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Yep mine is unpacking now, should be done soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basix Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 About Windows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 What changes/improvements? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteJammin Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 SO how can others get ahold of this? I am a subscriber to just about everything but i have not seen anything on vista SP1 or XP Sp3 in my inbox's yet. Makes me sad :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Frothy Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 About Windows... That looks like a newer build than the last leaked one. (Y) It's taking forever to download. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thollian Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 awesome, downloading now @ about 350kb/s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Anyone got any invites to sp3? i did sp2 but not on 3 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Is IE7 and WMP11 included in SP3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Anyone got any invites to sp3?i did sp2 but not on 3 :( There are no invites. The XP SP3 Beta is only open to those testers that are already in the Server 2008 Beta or Vista SP1 Beta. You know, the testers using Vista or Server 2008, not XP. It makes a lot of sense doesn't it. Is IE7 and WMP11 included in SP3? No, they won't be in until the Final Release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixedBit Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 There are no invites. The XP SP3 Beta is only open to those testers that are already in the Server 2008 Beta or Vista SP1 Beta. You know, the testers not still using XP. It makes a lot of sense doesn't it.No, they won't be in until the Final Release. Well, I have not used XP for a while but since I got the email, I figured I might as well go back to it for a bit on this laptop. I am sure a lot of other testers would do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) No, they won't be in until the Final Release. Are you sure? They don't tend to put stuff like that in service packs, SP2 was the exception. Also seems bizzare they would leave testing of that out as its a major thing to put in a SP There are no invites. The XP SP3 Beta is only open to those testers that are already in the Server 2008 Beta or Vista SP1 Beta. You know, the testers not still using XP. It makes a lot of sense doesn't it. meh its fairly handy to me, I run Vista SP1 on my work laptop, but we have well over 400 XP machines. So its helpful to be able to test it out. Also I still run XP at home so its not as useless as you might think. Edited October 5, 2007 by DrCheese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha_omega Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) No, they won't be in until the Final Release. Where did you get this info? It would be a first for them to update a media player and browser (apart from the SP2 exception) in a SP... Edit: Oops, didn't notice DrCheese's post... :blush: Edited October 5, 2007 by alpha_omega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Let me rephrase this. There are certain compatibility issues with both IE7 and WMP 11 that may not get worked out until a RC release or the Final build. I didn't mean for it to sound like both IE7 and WMP 11 would be part of the XP SP3 package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 ah kk. I did read in the release notes that SP3 does some funky things to IE7 and the first release of Media Player for XP (8?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 btw, anyone know if this the same beta as was leaked a while ago? bink.nu says it has the same file size but a commenter there says that the digital sig has changed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta_immersion Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 anyone got pics of this sp3 ... just curious .... how vista look alike does it look like :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Microsft has already stated SP3 will just be a compiled amounts of updates and no new features but just some updated and fixes that is it. same with SP1 for vista but only in vista SP1 they are makeing some small UI changes but nothing huge no new features so no new features for either XP or Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Frothy Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 The only thing I found disappointing is that Microsoft is choosing not to update WMP and IE in this service pack. Perhaps there should be two service packs, one with updated software and one without? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeezy Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 So it's nothing that significant is what your trying to say? It's not a huge deal, but a Service Pack always gets me a little eager to find out what changes, even if it's a small thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixedBit Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 I like service packs because, for people like me who like to build their own installs, it saves me from having to find all the updates i need to put together, or even running one of the scripts out there that downloads them all for you. Its official, its from MS, and it has all you need in one chunk. They know just as well as most out there that even though Vista is catching up in a lot of ways, XP still is faster for some niches of the computer world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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