[gui-talk] Win XP sp3 now available

[Joel Deutsch]

Where can we learn whether or not it's important for us to install it if 
we're using SP2, and how can we learn whether it might cause any hassles for 
Jaws? Also, if it's so critical, why isn't it just automatically installed 
as part of an auto update if you are set for that?

thanks.
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I just downloaded and installed it.
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From: "janet smith`" <janetp at bwtelcom.net>
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Subject: [gui-talk] sp3 delays


Windows XP SP3 Delayed as Death Nears -- or Maybe Not (NewsFactor)
Published Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:34:28 GMT

NewsFactor - The last upgrade to the popular but dying-or-maybe-not Windows
XP operating system was supposed to be out Tuesday, but Microsoft decided to
delay the release of XP Service Pack 3 to the Microsoft Download Center. SP3
was released to manufacturing on April 21 and a release via MSDN and Technet
download was scheduled for May 2.

Yahoo! News

Barry Levine, 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

The last upgrade to the popular but dying-or-maybe-not Windows XP operating
system was supposed to be out Tuesday, but Microsoft decided to delay the
release
of XP Service Pack 3 to the Microsoft Download Center. SP3 was released to
manufacturing on April 21 and a release via MSDN and Technet download was
scheduled
for May 2.

Microsoft cited a compatibility issue between SP3 and the Microsoft Dynamics
RMS for small and midsize businesses. The glitch also affects Windows Vista
Service Pack 1, which Microsoft began pushing out for automatic updates last
week.

Vista Features

SP3 includes a variety of bug fixes and minor enhancements to XP. Several
Windows Vista features are also provided, including Network Access
Protection,
"black hole" router detection, the Microsoft Kernel Cryptographic Module,
and others. Each successive service pack includes all previous fixes.

The supported operating systems include Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition,
Windows XP Home Edition N, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP
Professional
Edition, Windows XP Professional N, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP
Service Pack 2, Windows XP Starter Edition, and Windows XP Tablet PC
Edition.
The download size, depending on selected components, is between 428KB and
one megabyte.

Microsoft has repeatedly said it will end OEM and shrink-wrapped sales for
XP after June 30, but there has been a groundswell of support for XP as
reports
of problems with the newer Vista OS continue. XP Home has been granted a
pardon until 2010 on low-end computers such as the Asus Eee.

Even as XP's end approaches, the reports of its death, to paraphrase Mark
Twain, may be greatly exaggerated. On Monday, news reports indicated that
computer
makers Dell, HP and Lenovo will use loopholes in their Microsoft licenses to
continue offering XP beyond June 30.

'Downgrade License'

Dell's contract reportedly enables it to provide XP Professional as part of
a "downgrade option" for its Latitude, Optiplex and Precision
business-focused
computers. For consumers and businesses, Dell will also include XP Pro on
its Vostro and XPS gaming machines.

The downgrade option permits certain computers to be sold as Vista machines,
but without upgrading to Vista or with XP as an option. Microsoft will count
the sale as a Vista sale, even though XP might be installed or an XP install
disk included.

In some cases, the computer maker, such as Dell, installs XP on the machine
for the customer, even though it also provides Vista installation media.

HP can also sell XP on some of its computers through the summer of next
year, again through the downgrade option.

Lenovo is selling some machines with Vista already installed, but includes
an XP install disk so customers can change the OS.

All of this may be having an effect on Microsoft's bottom line. Late last
week, the company reported that Windows revenues for the first three months
of
this year were down nearly 24 percent versus the same period a year ago.
Microsoft has said it has sold 140 million Vista licenses to date.

Mike Kent also contributed to this article.


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