Microsoft yesterday made Service Pack 3 RC2 available to both testers and the general public. They have provided a small script to run on your XP SP2 machine that will allow for SP3 to be available through Windows Update.
The build, now at v3311, cannot be installed over previous SP3 betas. Versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 prior to Release Candidate 2 should be removed before attempting to use the registry key. Windows Update will not offer Release Candidate 2 to machines with previous versions of the Windows XP Service Pack 3 beta.
Link: Windows XP SP3 RC2 via Windows Update Script @ Microsoft Downloads
The build, now at v3311, cannot be installed over previous SP3 betas. Versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 prior to Release Candidate 2 should be removed before attempting to use the registry key. Windows Update will not offer Release Candidate 2 to machines with previous versions of the Windows XP Service Pack 3 beta.
Link: Windows XP SP3 RC2 via Windows Update Script @ Microsoft Downloads
..anyways, nice release..I wonder if it will be like Vista SP1 RC and be made straight to RTM? Or do they have to do the Refresh thing first? ;-)
I have the same problem
Up to 10% speed increase
Up to 10% speed increase
ive asked people on every rc thats been released so far, and no one has said they noticed any real significate speed increase. so i gotta see it to believe it. im looking forward to it too though...ill wait for the final to come out too
Up to 10% speed increase
ive asked people on every rc thats been released so far, and no one has said they noticed any real significate speed increase. so i gotta see it to believe it. im looking forward to it too though...ill wait for the final to come out too
I installed the last build "3300" on 3 of my systems and there was an obvious boost in performance on each system.
Not saying it happens on all systems, but on all of mine I noitced a nice difference.
Not saying it happens on all systems, but on all of mine I noitced a nice difference.
me too
SP2 was great for me as long as it was a brand new install, but installing the service pack on top of SP1 machines caused me nothing but trouble.
All in all, quite good.
Scirwode
Anyways, it installed fine- not a single problem during install. It took about 20 minutes to install and clean up before login after the reboot. Haven't noticed any speed improvement, and actually the laptop ran slower for the first 30 or so minutes- probably the installer finishing some clean up.
I also noticed that many of the DX9 bits were upgraded to *.3311 dlls.
@Kushan- this was an OEM > SP2 > SP3 upgrade.
@Darkmanx11- I had a similar problem with 3282 not letting me install IE7 so it's probably a version check in the installers.
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