Windows XP SP3 RC2 Refreshed and Re-Released!
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversA new version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 was made available for download today, February 27, 2008.
At the beginning of the month, immediately on the heels of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM, XP SP3 moved from RC Refresh 2 into RC2 stage. The initial RC2 build was a private release, dropped exclusively to some 15,000 testers, but then Microsoft went public with the build. Now, the Redmond company has done it again, so to speak. A new, refreshed and re-released version of Windows XP SP3 RC2 can be grabbed, both via Windows Update or as a standalone download.
However, despite the fact that the new version of XP SP3 RC2 is up for grabs, the Redmond company failed to breathe a single word on the new release. Microsoft has managed to remain mute not only on the release to manufacturing date of XP SP3, but also on the development milestones of the service pack. The latest version opened to the XP SP2 users makes no exception. As was the case with the first XP SP3 RC2 build, a registry script will permit XP SP2 machines to detect, download and install the Release Candidate 2 version of the service pack through Windows Updates.
"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," Microsoft explained.
The Release Candidate notes for the latest version of XP SP3 RC2 have not been touched in the least. Every detail is exactly the same as in the previous build of XP SP3 RC2. But now, Microsoft has also made available the German, English and Japanese standalone versions of XP SP3 RC2, weighing 312.0 MB for WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-DEU.exe, 315.2 MB for WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe and 324.5 MB for WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-JPN.exe.
"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 informed.
Note: When I tried to install the new Windows XP SP3 RC2 build on top of XP SP2 on a machine where SP3 had never been deployed, I got an "access denied error" and installation failed. At the time of this article, all efforts to deploy the standalone package of XP SP3 RC2 resulted in failed attempts.
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Comments(16)
it won't install. this be crap!
sp3 installed just fine on my pc. i was first carefull to uninstall the previous
build 3300. it would've been nice if the author of this story could have specified what
build of rc2 the story is reffering to for clarity.
build 3300 was the private release, 3311 was the original public release. did you get
something other than those two? and if so, what?
luthian, your 100% right!! 3300 was the internal release, and 3311 is the public release
both are exactly the same
this is build 3311, same as what has been on softpedia for a few days.
this is 3311 from microsoft site no leak, it is probably public release rc2. i installed
it and it works fine it is smaller then the other release of 3311 by about 5 megs.
2048-bit exposed. free games is comming soon
suka=like in malay
installs and works ok
this almost installed on my machine...at the very end of installing a "services" error
came up and "failed to install" which at that point it backed out of everything and
un-installed everything it did install. everything seems to be working...fine, although a
message came up saying that somethings may not work...so far so good....anyone have a
solution to the "services" issue?
got the same "services" error when i installed net framework. seems my antivirus
program was stopping it.
i disabled it and the install went all the way through.
well my issue ended up to be more than an antivirus issue...after three hours of pulling
out what little hair i have left, i found this fix...that went smooth as the (lack of
hair) on my head.
create a file called reset.cmd with notepad. copy the text
below into the file reset.cmd and run reset.cmd with administrative rights (it takes about
10min):
cd /d "%programfiles%\windows resource kits\tools"
subinacl
/subkeyreg hkey_local_machine /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl
/subkeyreg hkey_current_user /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl
/subkeyreg hkey_classes_root /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl
/subdirectories %systemdrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl
/subdirectories %windir%*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
secedit
/configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose
hope
this helps any other frustrated blokes out there...
cheers,
v
after you do the above....go back and install sp3 rc2...
is this service pack supposed to be the "break and drm-cripple xp so it's worse than
vista" release?
i have found no change in performance after the install. perhaps you need to crank up the
song that is track two of back sabbath's second album.
1. open a dos window
2. copy/paste (without "") and run :
"secedit
/configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose"
takes 5-10 mins and restores any bad privilliges that may have changed.
have in mind
to run it as an administrator... cheers
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By PackedFunk on 28.02.2008 - 02:02