Windows XP SP3 is finally here for those that use Windows Update, and here is a direct link to the stand-alone version of SP3 for x86 XP systems (32 bit). Thanks Bink! Neowin reader WindowsNT says: "There won't be a 64bit version until Windows Server 2003 hits SP3 since they share the same code base."
Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.
Download: Stand-alone installer for Windows XP SP3 English, 32 Bit (316 MB)
Link: Service Pack 3 for Windows XP via Windows Update (Size varies)
Read more for additional languages..
Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.
Download: Stand-alone installer for Windows XP SP3 English, 32 Bit (316 MB) Link: Service Pack 3 for Windows XP via Windows Update (Size varies)Read more for additional languages..
Additional languages:
- Windows XP SP3 for Chinese Traditional, 32 Bit Systems
- Windows XP SP3 for Spanish, 32 Bit Systems (308 MB)
- Windows XP SP3 for German, 32 Bit Systems (313 MB)
- Windows XP SP3 for Polish, 32 Bit Systems
- Windows XP SP3 for French, 32 Bit Systems
Thanks to our readers for submitting the different language stand-alone installers!
Known issues:
On some hardware configurations, you may encounter the Windows XP SP3 BSoD Endless Reboot Loop with Stop c0000139 on GDI32.dll Error, follow this guide to repair your XP installation. Thanks daPhoenix for the tip!
Link: Explanation on MSDN TechNet forums
When it works without me having to buy a new machine. :-)
When it works without me having to buy a new machine. :-)
It works for me without buying a new machine. More than 3 years.
Pretty sure his point was that you're blaming the operating system for your ****ty computer. Sorry you didn't catch that.
The rate at which you chew up information and spit it out without absorbing any is astounding.
I'm still trying to find a source for this statement. Can I get some help?
Thanks, I missed the "longer is better" part. I think it is important to note another quote from the article "However, benchmarks scores such as Passmark don’t translate well into real world performance indicators."
But passmark is all that is needed to fuel the lies of the vi$ta fanboys.
Get the stand-alone version of SP3 as posted above.
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...9fbd761b744.exe
The "easy way" to temporarily fix the issue and allow your installation to boot is to insert your XP cd, boot it up and enter Repair mode by pressing R at the first dialog after which you need to login to your XP installation by providing the administrator password.
cd to \windows\system32 and ren gdi32.dll to gdi32.old
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\gdi32.dll to c:\windows\system32 and exit to reboot the computer.
Make sure everything, including display drivers, are up to date and try reinstalling the service pack.
The servicepack file path might be off, took it from memory :p
The "easy way" to temporarily fix the issue and allow your installation to boot is to insert your XP cd, boot it up and enter Repair mode by pressing R at the first dialog after which you need to login to your XP installation by providing the administrator password.
cd to \windows\system32 and ren gdi32.dll to gdi32.old
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\gdi32.dll to c:\windows\system32 and exit to reboot the computer.
Make sure everything, including display drivers, are up to date and try reinstalling the service pack.
The servicepack file path might be off, took it from memory :p
does this still happen with the final release?
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...DBA351BA11C.exe
Like Monkey!
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...58244f7419e.exe
Russian:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...7ea80dcaf61.exe
Czech:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...ce2c2b81b08.exe
Hebrew:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...4b5c696e423.exe
etc..
still no Dutch ... darn it..
Last edited by Tikimotel on 30 Apr 2008 - 09:16
That has to be the biggest load of FUD i've ever heard. It is not faster. Show me consistent benchmarks of SP1 wins, and then we'll talk.
I downloaded and installed SP3 from the link in the post
I will say that it is a bit of a visualy ugly update. Nothing as nice as say the IE6>IE7 update
Once the SP is installed it (using the typical hotfix GUI from windows 2000) needs to restart.
This then goes into a welcome screen style UI (like scandisk)
then a bootscreen style UI saying "please wait"
and then after you log in you get the horrible "Personalized Settings" for Microsoft Outlook 6 (haven't they finshed supporting that now?)
and then you get your desktop followed by a couple of non-descriptive command prompts.
Finally my beta version of Live Messenger 9 asked for the installation source
Everything seems to have gone smoothly. Visually everything looks the same, time will tell (I've got my fingers crossed).
I bet the Apple and Linux fanboys are laughing it up as we speak :p
Besides, a healthy portion of us use Bootcamp, and are fighting our way in to get copies ourselves.
No to mention they are probably at work at a second job they had to take to help pay for the grossly overpriced and inferior performing mac they bought.
Yeah, right!!
Wouldn't mind having this but I'm not accepting having IE7 rammed down my throat! Stupid thing can't even remember user names at sites, such as here, from one reboot to the next!
Does this thing force WMP11, or whatever version it's up to, down your throat also?
Guess I'll grab it just to suck up some bandwidth though!
Last edited by cork1958 on 29 Apr 2008 - 12:21
Guess I'll grab it just to suck up some bandwidth though!
Web Developers and Mozilla lovers UNITE!!
Get him!
wow M$ just can't seem to get their act together at all.
on my xp sp2 its dated 2/20/08, 276KB
I tried Vista on my old computer and while it runs, even Aero works, it is soooooo slooooooow. On this hardware, XP is light years faster.
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...1B867F9CA93.exe
Its the OS service pack, IE7 is an optional download and some companies still use IE6.
It does include IE6 SP3, since IE6 shipped with XP.
not so, dl0711. The full standalone XP SP3 download package does NOT include IE7 nor its updates. I just don't like XP SP3 to automatically install IE7 on top of IE6. period! IE7 still wrecks some older programs that some people use and that's why they stick with IE6. enough said.
also, WinXP SP3 contains WMP9 build 4053, not WMP10 nor WMP11.
the Portugese language edition of XP SP3 is not available until sometime in May. see this Tech ARP article:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=534
as for availability of XP SP3 express installer from Windows Update, wait until late afternoon or evening of April 29. for those living in far away time zones wait until April 30 and XP SP3 will show up on WU.
No problems so far.
Oh, and no problems so far.
I got the BSOD when i installed one of the RC2's a few weeks ago. v5508 and higher contains the newest version of gdi32.dll which should not conflict w/ the older 5.1.xxx version.
can anyone confirm this for me before i install the final build?
Well that is what I used.
Ie:
Extracting the files
C:\XP-SP3\windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe -x
Then
Intergrating the files
C:\XP-SP3\i386\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\XP
http://apcmag.com/how_to_create_a_bootable_xp_sp3_cd.htm
Thanks
no issues, just some incompatibilities with shell patchers/uxtheme and such
Is this the final, fully tested, non-debug, non-dev release version?
not until late afternoon or night time of April 29. check back later in the day.
Thank you
What is it that you run that uses more than 3gb? I cant think of any software or game that uses more than 3gb, you wont notice any difference. I do alot of xvid encoding and 4gb made no difference to me compared to 2gb.
4gb is for the future, its not needed at the moment, 3gb is more than enough.
It is a hardware limitation, nothing can be done for 32bit OS's really.
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512
Thank you very much buddy.
go to c:\windows\system32 and choose properties on any file in there e.g xpsp3res.dll, then click version and it will tell you your build number, if you are using SP3 final it will say: 5.1.2600.5512
Thank you very much buddy.
or just click start, run and type "winver" and hit enter
she has clear sailing in sight mate ..full steam ahead
Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!"........................
and.... when will YOU learn that when you're on the phone dealing in tech support, that the general public doesn't benchmark their systems, they don't care, they don't use it for those reasons.. and when the Vista updates wipe the OS and you have to completely recover the system, it's really hard to convince Joe Public that it's "not so bad".
Linky
It won't appear on the Download center or Windows update.
why post HUGE letter ?? are u retard or WHAT ?? #@$#@%%#@
BTW
Any chance to post Brazilian portuguese download link ?
http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/updated-wi...lease-schedule/
They need to fix something in it.
Last edited by Little Nelly on 29 Apr 2008 - 23:55
Well you had better inform the Microsoft Moderator that posted in this thread with said "illegal" links without his glasses.
kevpan815 (catchy name there), why have you written the start of each word with a capital letter?
EDIT:
Last edited by Little Nelly on 30 Apr 2008 - 00:04
Hail the internet police!
Build numbers build numbers build numbers!
Last edited by GEIST on 30 Apr 2008 - 01:36
Update: Guys, I don't know what air you breathe because I just went ahead and used my free student copy of XP pro and it activated and worked great. And no, I didn't use "nlite", I used the correct switches. And Yes I'm using Vista to do the slipstream. So if I were any of you guys, I would do my homework and I would also stop jumping to conclusions before responding to this type of post.
So I'm guessing that MS will issue a new set of keys to corporate customers :-)
Update: It finally worked....Thanks guys....it seems that Corporate versions need to be slipstreemed on a XP system....Though my student version worked fine when slipstreaming it on Vista...Anyway, thanks again guys:-)
Last edited by jesseinsf on 01 May 2008 - 05:44
Well if you were a true IT person & obtain this so-called legit corporate disk, you should know the answer to your own question then. Nice try though..... Most work places just don't go jumping into a newly released service pack, & the question you ask sounds a little fishy. No offense.....
and lol yeah sure like even half of the people on this site own legit copies of xp or vista... anyone who is a 'true it person' possesses the knowledge enabling them to steal everything.
I personally own a legit copy of XP pro... only because it came with my laptop.
The issue with the CD keys not working deals with how the slipstream integration occured. If you performed the integration process on a Vista PC, ANY AND ALL CD Keys will fail. This is due to the integration process pulling some DLL file from the host PC and using it. Thus, the user needs to perform the integration on an XP system. Most Vista users have just installed VMWare or Virtual PC and installed XP SP2 as a virtual machine. Then performed the integration on the virtual machine. Next they moved the integrated folder to the Vista machine through the network link. Then things will work well.
I will try to locate the same forum link again and post it here so people do not thing I am just making this up. (I found the link, read page 4)
http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpo...1&tf=0&pageid=3
The above technet forum shows plenty of proof that using Vista to integrate SP3 to XP will fail. However, I am unsure which version it will break. As I only have a corporate VL version. As most of the forum posters. So if you use Retail/OEM it may work on Vista. All I can say is I tried it three times in vista before going to the technet forums. Now I have done the integration a fourth time through Virtual PC and it is now working. So the only factor I changes was I used XP as the host system to do the integration.
Last edited by kcobra98 on 30 Apr 2008 - 17:03
Installed it on 3 systems and there is a small sp3 just under the XP now
Have it on 3 that I installed on
We have forums for personal point of views. The topic said "Windows XP SP3 now available via Windows Update", not "SP3 Released, people still think XP better - I don't know why" No offense, but stick to the topic.
Anybody else having compatibility problems?
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/windows-xp-sp3,news-28085.html
Runs great on a machine I slipstream-built yesterday
Thanks
There is one out there at Uxtheme Patches - Within Windows. Just download and use PatchXP uxtheme.dll replacer
My Systems:-
Windows XP SP2 Pentium 4 2.8Ghz AGP 128 Meg ATI Sapphire.
Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Core 2 Duo 2.3Ghz x 2 PCI-E ATI x1550 256Meg.
Which "performs" best? Put it this way... when I make a typo on the XP machine, I don't have to wait 3 seconds for the machine to fill in what I have already typed before I know how far to delete back to as I just did here.
Vista has some neat tricks, and vastly improved security. XP outperforms it by miles. Of course 2K still outperforms XP, if you can put up with the shabby anti-aliasing and goofy dinky 256 colour Icons. Just replace explorer, and get Window Blinds going, should be fine.
Performance is all about optimising for the things people usually do. Vista optimises for all the things I almost never do, and uses all the resources I desperately need to achieve those optimisations. The x64 versions of Vista are much better than the XP x64 versions, if it weren't for that, I would stick with XP/2K, and if I didn't need a 64-bit Windows development platform, I'd use Linux or OS X on my Core 2 Duo.
XP SP3 is a god sent simply as a roll-up of all the security releases since SP2. Hoorey!
Found this on restoring the IE icon on the desktop:
http://personal.ryantadams.com/2008/04/30/...windows-xp-sp3/
May be useful for those using IE.
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