Windows XP SP3 Is Now RTM.

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Nice find! now where's the download link? :D or will it be the same as Vista SP1 and rename the last RC to RTM!

I Tried Looking 4 It On Microsoft Update And Could Not Find It, So I Am Guessing That It Is Not RTW (Release 2 Web) Just Yet, Just FYI.

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Nice find but not yet RTW. Unless you can provide direct link to downloads it is not final.

I Did Not Say That It Was RTW, I Said That It's Now RTM According 2 That Microsoft Support Lifecycles Website, Just FYI.

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This isn't another April Fools is it? :unsure: I was under the impression XP SP3 was currently at RC2? maybe I've read the page wrong but it seems more like it suppose to be (not is) RTM by now, but I haven't heard anything official about it. Still be nice if it was out soon, I've got a XP machine to reinstall and I'm waiting for SP3 to release so I can do a clean install of that.

EDIT: From what I can tell it is not RTM, it's been delayed till second half of April. Here are some sources;

Windows XP SP3 RTM Schedule & Updates! - TechARP (March 28)

Windows XP SP3 Due Next Month, Report Says - PC World (March 24)

Even Paul Thurrott is hinting towards an April release.

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this a april fools joke ?

No, It Is Not An April Fools Joke, View The Microsoft Website (Using MSIE), And It Will Say That Windows XP Service Pack 3 General Availability Date Was March 31st, 2008, Just FYI.

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No, It Is Not An April Fools Joke, View The Microsoft Website (Using MSIE), And It Will Say That Windows XP Service Pack 3 General Availability Date Was March 31st, 2008, Just FYI.

Nah it is a joke. M$ would have made something official by now if it was RTM.

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Nah it is a joke. M$ would have made something official by now if it was RTM.

Hey That is An Official Microsoft Website, That I Found That At, And It Has The Date Of 3/31/2008 On It, So It's Not My Fault That Nobody Found That Page Yesterday, So Chill Out, Just FYI.

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Hey That is An Official Microsoft Website, That I Found That At, And It Has The Date Of 3/31/2008 On It, So It's Not My Fault That Nobody Found That Page Yesterday, So Chill Out, Just FYI.

Wel I am a beta tester for a lot of M$ products and xp sp3 was def one of them I have tested.If it was RTM we as Testers would have known it Monday then.

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How? The Windows Beta Site was closed down the first week in March.

It was closed to public but it was still in testing to small group. Remember that strange build that mysteriously showed up 5508 before M$ released RC2 of it well I had it and installed it and it worked awesome.

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Wel I am a beta tester for a lot of M$ products and xp sp3 was def one of them I have tested.If it was RTM we as Testers would have known it Monday then.

Not Necessarly, I Am Also A Microsoft Beta Tester, And I Have Been In Some Beta's Where Microsoft Ended The Beta Testing Before The Product Was Finished, And They Completed The Beta Testing Internally, Just FYI. I Have Also Heard Some Reports From Other Beta Testers Of Beta's Where They Did Not Find Out That The Beta That They Were Testing had Gone RTM Until Microsoft Made A Public Announcement On The Microsoft Press Pass Website As Well, Just FYI.

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Not Necessarly, I Am Also A Microsoft Beta Tester, And I Have Been In Some Beta's Where Microsoft Ended The Beta Testing Before The Product Was Finished, And They Completed The Beta Testing Internally, Just FYI. I Have Also Heard Some Reports From Other Beta Testers Of Beta's Where They Did Not Find Out That The Beta That They Were Testing had Gone RTM Until Microsoft Made A Public Announcement On The Microsoft Press Pass Website As Well, Just FYI.

None of the products I have tested has ended before the product went RTM. I am not sure what products you're referring to but in my case I have never had that happen.

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None of the products I have tested has ended before the product went RTM. I am not sure what products you're referring to but in my case I have never had that happen.

What I Am Referring 2 Is The Microsoft Security Updates CD 4 Windows 98/ME Beta Program In 2003 Or 2004, Just FYI.

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