New Windows XP SP3 RC2 Build 3311 Available
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 was released following the RTM of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 in the first week of February.
Microsoft failed to diverge from the strategy of synchronized development milestones for the two service packs and the latest Windows server platform, with the only difference being in the nature of the builds. While Vista SP1 and XP SP3 had been virtually joined at the hip throughout their development in 2007, the service packs diverged in February. Vista SP1 moved from RC1 Refresh 2 directly into RTM, while XP SP3 evolved from RC1 Refresh 2 to Release Candidate 2 with no release to manufacturing date in sight.
As the initial build of XP SP3 RC2 was released only to a selected pool of 15,000 Microsoft testers, the company subsequently opened up the Release Candidate 2 testing process to all XP users on February 19, 2008. XP SP3 RC2 was dropped via Windows Update, accessible via a registry script designed to permit copies of XP SP2 to detect the third and last service pack for XP on the WU servers.
One small detail that Microsoft neglected to make public was the direct download link of XP SP3 RC2. This is now available, and users will not have to integrate the RC2 build via Windows Update. The XP SP3 RC2 bits are up for grabs via this link and it will offer Build 3311. The initial XP SP3 RC2 version offered through Windows Update was Build 3300, and this means that Microsoft has pushed onward with the service pack compared with the release of last week, which essentially delivered only the Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2.exe registry script. The official release notes for XP SP3 RC2 remain unchanged.
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Windows XP SP3 RC2 Build 3311 (link 1)
Windows XP SP3 RC2 Build 3311 (link 2)
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Comments(14)
thanks for the dl!
:-)
first link doe don download correct size
first link does not download correct size
where the final already????? what are they waiting for, christmas? goodness knows what
these interim builds will leave behind after being uninstalled, they have time-bombs, etc.
who needs it?
ms said they will release it on h108
that mean any time from now till june
if this was officially released then why are you using links to softpedia in romaina...
stay away from this...
so biatch.. (wow you are so good with your english) getting an "update" from romania is
how you like to treat your system? such an idiot... then you'l be here bitching you got a
virus...
might want to learn yourself before insulting others. there are us links there also, they
just have a romanian mirror you idiot. yes this is official, you can download it from
windows update also.
am i reading some racism links now? lol what is the world becoming too.
we at microsoft have decided there will be no service pack 3 and instead release this as
a roll out package as we did in windows 2000 sp5. :-d j/k guys.
build 3333 is the final version.
how the hell do you know that v3333 will be the final build?? remember the vista sp1
rc/rtm issue?? rc was just repackaged as rtm. but nobody know ig xp sp3 will be that,
there is no build v3333
instead of bitching at each other about rc1/rtms, links from romania and anything else,
start thinking about what software you're going to slipstream into your setup cds with
sp3 and all that good stuff when the rtm build comes out
can someone help me out? i have a pirated copy of media center 2005 it came with
activation already how do i go about installing sp3 rc2...i got some errors earlier
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By Gamer on 25.02.2008 - 22:02