Samurai Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 In an interview with ZDNet News today, Microsoft's French security head Bernard Ourghanlian revealed that the software giant will indeed release a third service pack for Windows XP. According to Ourghanlian, Microsoft is planning to ship SP3 after the launch of Windows Vista next year, claiming that their new OS is the foremost "priority for the development teams."This doesn’t exactly come as a surprise seeing as how many corporate customers will still be using XP on their desktops for years after the launch of Vista. As for new features that we can expect in SP3, a Microsoft representative commented that "Historically, certain functions of new versions of Windows are integrated in the service packs of previous versions." One can assume this will mean updated "Vista-Age" versions of software like Windows Media Player being integrated into this new service pack. Internet Explorer 7 integration is still up in the air after a Microsoft developer commented a few weeks back that their "current plan is to continue to ship IE6 on XP SP3, but IE7 will be supported on XP SP3."ZDNet Article | Unofficial List Of SP3 Changes @ TheHotFix.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 In an interview with ZDNet News today, Microsoft's French security head Bernard Ourghanlian revealed that the software giant will indeed release a third service pack for Windows XP. According to Ourghanlian, Microsoft is planning to ship SP3 after the launch of Windows Vista next year, claiming that their new OS is the foremost "priority for the development teams."This doesn’t exactly come as a surprise seeing as how many corporate customers will still be using XP on their desktops for years after the launch of Vista. As for new features that we can expect in SP3, a Microsoft representative commented that "Historically, certain functions of new versions of Windows are integrated in the service packs of previous versions." One can assume this will mean updated "Vista-Age" versions of software like Windows Media Player being integrated into this new service pack. Internet Explorer 7 integration is still up in the air after a Microsoft developer commented a few weeks back that their "current plan is to continue to ship IE6 on XP SP3, but IE7 will be supported on XP SP3."ZDNet Article | Unofficial List Of SP3 Changes @ TheHotFix.netmore drm and stuff to mess your winxp up. dang. i waited a year after sp2 to update. opps lets not forget new security holes afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 Well in general, SP2 did fix many bugs and security flaws. I was one of many not to install it when it first came out, but after doing a bit of research it seems it's not all bad. The pack did more good than harm IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Well in general, SP2 did fix many bugs and security flaws. I was one of many not to install it when it first came out, but after doing a bit of research it seems it's not all bad. The pack did more good than harm IMO.that is true. sp2 smooth win xp1 system pretty good. load and shutdown faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 when i got my new pc last year it came with the embedded sp2, i haven't had any probs with it ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin3e Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 One or two people who cried that sp2 didnt boot up or slowed down by a thousand times caused so many to doubt sp2.Most probably their system not being clean of viruses and spy/mal/adware which caused sp2 to behave like that.I've installed sp2 vi their update site and not by .exe, no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 One or two people who cried that sp2 didnt boot up or slowed down by a thousand times caused so many to doubt sp2.true, but they weren't entrirely wrong. for a while there 80% of most software WASN'Y compatible with SP2 (from Adobe Photoshop all the way up to Webroot stuff) ^_^but, yeah, they blew it WAY out of purportion. programmers can fix broken apps, but they made it out to be the end of the world :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 true, but they weren't entrirely wrong. for a while there 80% of most software WASN'Y compatible with SP2 (from Adobe Photoshop all the way up to Webroot stuff) ^_^but, yeah, they blew it WAY out of purportion. programmers can fix broken apps, but they made it out to be the end of the world :Dlets not forget all the microsoft software that was not complatible either :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted October 3, 2005 Administrator Share Posted October 3, 2005 These where?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oxygenuk Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 when it comes to new sp's do i have to format and install all over again?never had xp before a month ago btw ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 No, you may need to restart though and it will take some time depending on your connection and CPU speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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