cygnus Posted August 6, 2006 Posted August 6, 2006 Giving Microsoft's past, how long do you guys think it will be before SP3 is released? i hear its supposed to be out later next year, but givin ms's past, i think it might be out later than that.i say around 2008 is when we can look forward to downloading and installing a 400mb patch :lol: Quote
NIM Posted August 6, 2006 Posted August 6, 2006 When I first read the title of ur post I thought, omg wtf As far as I remember I read somewhere that it could be out along with Vista..but that's impossible IMHO I think that Vista is far more important that XP SP3 Quote
cygnus Posted August 6, 2006 Author Posted August 6, 2006 When I first read the title of ur post I thought, omg wtf As far as I remember I read somewhere that it could be out along with Vista..but that's impossible IMHO I think that Vista is far more important that XP SP3 yah, thats what im thinking. vista is a higher priority, MS would get more from vista than SP3. hopefully though, they keep supporting XP for a while yet, im not upgrading to vista. from what i have seen in the beta, theyre changing and removing to much for me to really like it anymore. ill change to linux before i change the vista, which might happen if they stop support XP.personally, XP is the best os they have released yet (apart from 2000 and 2003) its the best one for laptops imo though, looks the nicest on LCD screens. Quote
ripken204 Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 well sp3 is really just a collection of all the hotfixes. but i havnt heard any news on sp3 in a very long time. im sure that it will be out sometime next year but not when vista is released. ryanvm is great for now. Quote
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Screw Vista we need that **** SP3! Just because they really are behind schedule on Vista is no real reason for ignoring us XP users! Their standards used to be a SP a year and XP has been out for 5 years and we only have SP2. Comeon guys WTF?? Hell even 2003 is getting SP2 now. (Frigggin giant update though, over half the size of the **** os disk size) Quote
cygnus Posted August 11, 2006 Author Posted August 11, 2006 Screw Vista we need that **** SP3! Just because they really are behind schedule on Vista is no real reason for ignoring us XP users! Their standards used to be a SP a year and XP has been out for 5 years and we only have SP2. Comeon guys WTF?? Hell even 2003 is getting SP2 now. (Frigggin giant update though, over half the size of the **** os disk size)ahhh scary :lol: well, i hope sp3 includes some worth while updates. like... maybe the windows vista look perhaps? visual style would be kinda nice. then it would be right from MS so it would at least be clean and stuff. i like the MCE look the best though, think ill stick with that.with sp3, i have a feeling they will incorporate some kinda garbage to kinda hold us back with what we can do. like all the security hoops you have to jump through on vista Quote
boooggy Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 i hope sp3 will be out next year....anyhow did you notice that lately m$ released a lot of fixes???? Quote
cygnus Posted August 28, 2006 Author Posted August 28, 2006 Anyone interested in an Unofficial Service pack? If so, check my signature. Quote
Tarun Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 They said around the time of Vista's release. Given that they have said it will be November of this year, hopefully SP3 will be out before the end of the year or the start of the new year. Quote
ricktendo Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I cant wait...BTW what new features will it have? anybody know?MPlayer11, IE7 and what else? Quote
cygnus Posted September 11, 2006 Author Posted September 11, 2006 ill make a wild guess and say, windows defender. Quote
ricktendo Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I suspect ppl who are pirating XP will have allot of trouble with SP3... Quote
Kelsenellenelvian Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Naw they will crack it before it goes final... Quote
nitroshift Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Naw they will crack it before it goes final...So true... Quote
NIM Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 I really don't think that Microsoft will spend much time for SP3 genuine validation considering that SP2 was released with no protection at all..But the issue now is Vista genuine validation. Microsoft is planing to protect it more now than any OS before, which could lead to Microsoft labeling legitimate copies of Windows as Quote
NIM Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Another article which is related to anti-piracy project for Vista can be read here.Although we're gone to :offtopic: Quote
cygnus Posted October 4, 2006 Author Posted October 4, 2006 im sticking with windows XP and 2000 Quote
nitroshift Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 I second Cygnus because of what ricktendo64 said... Quote
Tarun Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 I really don't think that Microsoft will spend much time for SP3 genuine validation considering that SP2 was released with no protection at all..Untrue, it checks for invalid product keys. SP2 will not install on machines with FCKGW keys. Quote
Aphoticom Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 It'll probably be worse than SP2...I don't want it. Quote
Tarun Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 SP2 was a good thing, you -should- want to upgrade. There will be a ton of security fixes and much more. Quote
MGadAllah Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 I've read this title (SP 3) in many places over the Internet, but most of content were talking about the time that MS may issue it. But there where a place contains a set of hot fixes and named it SP 3. Quote
Tarun Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 TheHotfix.nethttp://www.thehotfix.net/sp3_2.html Quote
MGadAllah Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Yes I know about... but I thought it may not be suitable to refer to another forum here.Thanks Quote
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