Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 RC2 Download
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That's right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and you can grab it right here.
Initially, Microsoft released XP SP3 RC2 on the heels of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 RTM on February 7, 2008. At that time, it became clear that although the development milestones of XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, were joined at the hip, the third and final service pack for XP was not part of the intimate synchronization between the latest Windows client and server platforms.
Now with the RTM of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 out of the way, the Redmond company is focusing on the wrapping out XP SP3. Earlier this month, only the pool of pre-selected Microsoft testers, some 15,000 strong, were permitted access to the RC2 bits of XP SP3. This limitation is no longer in place. As of February 19, 2008, all Windows XP users can grab the RC2 build of SP3.
"Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available to the public. Specific registry settings will allow you to be offered SP3 via Windows Update," Microsoft revealed. And the Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2.exe is nothing more than the registry scrip that will permit end users to tweak their copies of XP in order to identify the XP SP3 bits on the Windows Update servers. "Microsoft is allowing Windows XP Service Pack 2 machines to be offered Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update. Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be offered on Windows Update when Service Pack 3 releases in the first half of 2008," reads the Overview section of the documentation accompanying the XP SP3 download.
"Download the script and run it on a machine currently running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The script sets a registry key on your system. The registry key is required for Windows Update to recognize your machine as a valid target for Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2. Versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 prior to Release Candidate 2 should be removed before attempting to use the registry key. Windows Update will not offer Release Candidate 2 to machines with previous versions of the Windows XP Service Pack 3 beta. It is recommended that you apply the resulting update package to an activated, genuine copy of Windows XP, in a test environment. As with any pre-release software, it is also recommended that you back up files and settings on your machine before applying this update package," Microsoft added.
Windows XP RC2 Build 3300 is available for download here.
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Comments(26)
what about win xp sp2 x64 !!!!!!!!!
"what about win xp sp2 x64 !!!!!!!!!"
you will need to ask microsoft and the
other 2 people who use it and are interested :) !
i'm one of does people
no wonder why he calls himself ''the one''...
the x64 version will come alot later ! we'd be lucky to see it before 2009 :(
windows xp service pack 3 build 3300 rc2 part1
http://w13.easy-share.com/1699643938.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=95t1fn6p
windows xp service pack 3 build 3300 rc2 part2
http://w13.easy-share.com/1699644594.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7o3p2ve2
windows xp service pack 3 build 3300 rc2 part3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=kfavg895
windows xp service pack 3 build 3300 rc2
part4
http://w13.easy-share.com/1699643596.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=h02d3j5f
after updating from ms. my xp x32 pc now states windows xp sp 3, v.3311. it's faster or
crispier.. cool!
my winver shows v3311. so, what's this about?
i should've said that i downloaded sp3 direct from microsoft using their updates, and it
shows as v3311.
the latest update from microsoft for sp3 (the one from windows update) is for v3311, not
v3300.
doesn't seem a straight clean cut released compares to previous service packs struggling
between xp and vista?
do the old stuff like windows genuine advantage validation 1.7.18.1 and things still work
with sp3?
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...e6ccb5ce018.exe
direct download link.
oh well. looks like that link doesn't work.
someone here was asking about sp2 for 64-bit xp? i have lon had it already. though
integrated into os installation cd. if you need it, leave a post here denoting that. i
will try to do mu best to help you.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=893fd6c0-6283-44c3-bb84-b2f0315b
2ae6&displaylang=en
download link for xp pro sp2 x64 which is the same pack for
windows server 2003 just read up about it
the link above works you just have to see there is a errant space between the
b and
2 about 4/5 through it.
if directly pasted take out the %20 the web browser
will add
i maybe found a future link in wu site.
msdownload/update/software/
i did
leech all folders out and jumped over the directory listing denied pages.
v.3324 i
think 32 bit is now really to old technology. it's introduced in year 1994 with windows
95 beta 1 after 16 bit win 3.x. at this time in year 2008 32bit should be freeware if
intel get a foot forward and follow amd to set the standards a step forward to 64 bit.
3324 is internal. how can you found it on wup? it's from 08/02/21. this build is even
not to beta testers on connect given.
omg you guys are lamers! the two around using xp x64 anymore. lawlz. fact1: xp x86 is
insanely old. fact2: xp x64 has all the awesomeness ppl miss from xp x86. fact3: all the
things you hate about vista x64/x86 you saved from with xp x64, but the technical
stability is preserved in x64. bah - and x64 got a sp1 rather than x86's sp2 - so ye, the
new service pack will be a sp2 - and it's out in march just like the xp x86 sp3.
quote "the new service pack will be a sp2 - and it's out in march just like the xp x86
sp3"
er i am running xp x64 sp2 and have been for a year or so, so the above
comment makes no sense!
man you must be on some good stuff, take me to your dealer
i keep getting this error an internal error occurred, when i try to update from sp2 xp to
sp3 xp.
i have sownloaded windows xp sp3 from a direct link and i saved it as a file on my
deesktop, but when i try to run i can't whys that ??????
i clicking the button and it no work!
need download reg folder has well
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By the one on 21.02.2008 - 02:02