Windows XP SP3 Release Timeframe

[duntkno]

and care to say where from

[sundayx Veteran]

Billy G from Mikerowesoft

[giantpotato]

I'm pretty sure the "reliable source" is Neowin. https://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/04/15/w...3-release-dates

[redeemed]

^Ah, thanks. But that's OEM, MSDN, TechNet, Connect etc.

The planned date for download center and update sites is 29 April.

[Jexel]

hopefully it gets released soon. Waiting for it so i can format some computers.

[Xerxes]

hopefully it gets released soon. Waiting for it so i can format some computers.

Same here, I got a machine in need of a format but I'm hanging out for SP3. Shouldn't be too much longer now, next Tuesday (well Wednesday for us Aussies) :)

[Scirwode]

Same here, I got a machine in need of a format but I'm hanging out for SP3. Shouldn't be too much longer now, next Tuesday (well Wednesday for us Aussies) :)

My notebook is giving me trouble as well but I don't want to format it just yet, not until SP3 is out.

Scirwode

[Maximum Error]

So wheres this SP3 then? Has there been anything official yet?

[pippi123]

on betanews ms denied the 04/21-04/29 timeframe. they said "first half of 2008".

[EaglePC]

So wheres this SP3 then? Has there been anything official yet?

RELAX The TimeZone here on EastCoast is 10:20AM It is only ^6:20AM @ REDMOND

It'll be leaked warez,torrents,MSDN,TechNet on the internet somewhere later in the Evening

(official download from MS on April 29th , 2008)

[Raa]

on betanews ms denied the 04/21-04/29 timeframe. they said "first half of 2008".

Microsoft are always going to do that.... lol

[torrentthief]

its looking like it wont be out today, its 18:04 GMT now, normally ms releases are out at the very latest of 6pm uk time and as ms denied it then its looking like it aint coming. MS says they dont confirm speculation when leaks are correct, when they deny things they really are denying them.

I need you XP SP3, please come out already!!!!!!!!!

[Zoom7000]

Still no SP3 on Technet (Subscriber Downloads) as of 18:09 (BST)

[duntkno]

should be there, in the next couple of minutes

[linsook]

are we there yet?

[inaamsheikh]

Official announcement now available on technet:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...3&SiteID=17

[x-scratch]

does sp3 support 4gb of ram or only 3gb of ram

[sundayx Veteran]

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+XP+SP3+Go...rticle11555.htm

Neowin is mentioned.

[Scirwode]

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+XP+SP3+Go...rticle11555.htm

Neowin is mentioned.

Finally, my notebook needs a good format :p !

Scirwode

[Si Veteran]

Excellent news! :)

[fkid]

Unfortunately, Neowin was somewhat incorrect with today's release. It's only RTM, not Technet/MSDN subscribers today.

[Hidr0]

They all work. It's a cummulative service pack

ok thx

[torrentthief]

hope it is out today. Please post the build number and full build string and also the size in bytes of the sp3.exe pref a MD5 hash if possible.

Many thanks, years of waiting is finally over!

EDIT: Paul thurrot will be posting screenshots later today: http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/pa...ufacturing.aspx

Edited April 21, 2008 by torrentthief

[Martog]

does sp3 support 4gb of ram or only 3gb of ram

Nope, XP SP3 is for the 32bit version, you need to get XP x64 or Vista x64 if you want to fully use 4GB of RAM.

[br0adband]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1352

To hit Windows Update and general release on April 29th... surprised this isn't on the front page yet. Weird...

And also from the TechNet forum:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...3&SiteID=17