Windows XP SP3 RC is now available

Posted on the December 21st, 2007 under Security, Software by Ryman

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate is now available to download at the Microsoft site. Take note however that this is just a release candidate and not the final version yet.

The service pack includes all previously released updates for the operating system, including about 90 updates or hotfixes that are released after Service Pack 2 (SP2). A few new functionalities that are part of Windows Vista are also been introduced, including support for Microsoft’s Network Access Protection security technology, Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module, Black Hole Router detection algorithm and most significantly, new ‘keyless’ activation scheme which does not require product key to be entered during installation.

You can download it from Microsoft.com or from these direct download links from Microsoft server…

English: windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe
German: windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-deu.exe
Japanese: windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-jpn.exe

The file size is around 330 MB.

[via mydigitallife.info]

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3 Responses to 'Windows XP SP3 RC is now available'

  1. December 22, 2007 at 5:25 pm
    don
  2. December 23, 2007 at 1:03 pm
    Ryman
  3. December 23, 2007 at 4:12 pm
    don

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