Vista SP1 Release Follows XP SP3 to WSUS
Microsoft is closing in on the final stage of Windows Vista SP1's availability. In this context, the service pack is being wrapped up for delivery through Windows Server Update Services.
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20.6.2008 WSUS 3.0 Released!
A month earlier then expected WSUS 3.0 is released to web!
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1.5.2007 Windows Live on WSUS
Today you will see a new product category in WSUS for Windows Live. Windows Live online services include web-based products for consumers, such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Toolbar.
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19.4.2006 Microsoft releases WSUS SP1
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services with Service Pack 1 (WSUS SP1) enables information technology administrators to deploy many of the latest Microsoft product updates published to the Microsoft Update site. By using WSUS SP1, you can fully manage the distribution of updates released through Microsoft Update to clients in your environments, after your testing, and on your schedule.
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2.6.2006 Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS
Just a quick one this time ("We've heard that one before" I hear you cry!) about Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS. What is WSUS I hear you ask?
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18.4.2007 WSUS 3.0 SP1 Public RC Available
Microsoft just announced the public availability of WSUS 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1. Improvements include support for Windows Server 2008 and product bug fixes.
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2.11.2007 IE7 Coming Through on WSUS, Blocker Toolkit or Not
Larry Seltzer here, pointing you to this recent Knowledge Base article with Microsoft's announcement that Internet Explorer 7 will be distributed through WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) on Feb. 12, 2008, which is the next Patch Tuesday. It will appear as an "Update Rollup."
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22.1.2008 Microsoft removes IE7 for Windows XP from WSUS
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We have verified a problem in the metadata for the latest IE7.0 update rollup package which impacts the installation behavior for all locales, and results in an Spanish error dialog after installation as reported..
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24.11.2006 WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC Program now available on Microsoft Connect!
I am very pleased to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC will be available to the general public today, May 26, via the Connect Site.
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31.5.2009 Windows XP SP3 Available for Download!
In two weeks too :) Microsoft confirmed officially that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be made available for download in the next couple of weeks.
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29.8.2007 Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack 6 download
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20.4.2006 Windows XP SP3 RC1 Public Download Available
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system.
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11.12.2007 XP SP3 Download Still Live Despite Widespread Problems
Downloads of Windows XP SP3 are still live and theyre going to remain this way, despite widespread problems.
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12.5.2008 Download Updated Windows PowerShell 1.0 for XP SP3
Microsoft has updated Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and made new English-language installation packages available for download as of June 23, 2008.
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24.6.2008 New XP SP3 CTP Development Milestone Available for Download
Microsoft is debuting the second round for Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, almost four months since the service pack was released to manufacturing for the XP client at the end of April 2008.
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13.8.2008 DOWNLOAD Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack RC3
The new Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack #3 has been released and can be downloaded from the site today. It includes over 25+ new fixes since the last preview pack that we released. Many hard-to-find fixes are in this package.
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Hack Available to Download Windows XP SP3 RC from Microsoft
That's right! Now you can get your hands on the first Release Candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3! And all it will take is the implementation of a simple registry hack designed to allow Windows XP users to access, download and install Service Pack 3 Release Candidate straight from Microsoft.
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22.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 RC2 Download
That's right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and you can grab it right here.
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20.2.2008 DOWNLOAD Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack Release candidate 2
The unofficial Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack RC2 has now been released! Details are included in the pack. Over 191 hotfixes are included.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Windows XP SP3 RC2 Leaked and Available for Download on Torrent Websites
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 has been leaked and is available for download on torrent websites. Three days after releasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing, Microsoft launched another development milestone of XP SP3.
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13.2.2008 No Windows XP Service Pack 3 Download, but SP3 Items Get Updated
If you are holding your breath while waiting for the final Windows XP Service Pack 3 to drop, you might as well expire and start breathing at a normal pace.
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24.3.2008 Wrapping up Windows XP3 SP3 Build 5512 - Download Information
Technically, Microsoft has yet to wrap things up with the distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 3, and is now gearing up for the final stage designed to serve the operating system through Automatic Updates.
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17.5.2008 Microsoft sets Windows XP SP3 automatic download for Thursday
The vague timetable that Microsoft gave Monday for pushing out Windows XP SP3 to most users got specific Tuesday as the company quietly said it would release the upgrade on Thursday at 10 a.m. PDT.
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9.7.2008 Make No Mistake About It, the XP SP3 RTM Direct Download Links Are Live
Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming.
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1.5.2008 Download Free Vista and XP SP3 via IE App Compatibility VPC Images
Since 2007, Microsoft has been offering free copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista for download, in order to make up for a handicap specific to the Windows client, namely the fact that two different versions of Internet Explorer cannot be installed and run simultaneously on the same operating system.
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30.12.2008 Download Windows 7 RTM UI Accessibility Tools and Automations for Vista SP3
Following the general availability of Windows 7, Microsoft has started backporting bits and pieces of its latest Windows client to previous releases of the operating system.
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2.11.2009 XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RC0 Available for Download Next week!
New test builds of Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 will be made available for download next week.
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7.9.2007 Vista SP1 Beta Download Next Week? Windows XP SP3 Missing in Action
Microsoft is hard at work cooking the upcoming releases of Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008 RC 0, formerly codenamed Longhorn.
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21.9.2007 Download Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 and SP2
While Windows 7 technologies are, as a general rule, available exclusively with the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft, there also are exceptions.
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4.11.2009 DOWNLOAD Windows XP Unofficial Pack - Formally SP3 Preview Pack
The Hotfix today announces the release of our Windows XP Unofficial TheHotfix.net Pack, a collection of hotfixes that may or may not go into the upcoming Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. This collection is of hotfixes not officially released to the public from Microsoft. The package, formally known at the Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack, contains hundreds of fixes that you would normally need to call Microsoft Support to obtain.
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WSUS 3.0 SP1 on Windows Update coming soon
WSUS 3.0 SP1 will be available on Windows Update within the next few weeks. The package behavior is:
- Upgrade all previous versions
of WSUS starting with WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0 RTM running on Windows 2003 SP1+
- All upgrades will require user interaction.
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This service pack package will supersede WSUS 3.0 RTM packages.
- Block upgrades of all WSUS installation using remote SQL. This is now
a manual upgrade process.
- Do not support upgrading previous versions of WSUS running on Windows 2008.
- System Center
Essentials 1.0 RTM will not be upgraded to WSUS 3.0 SP1. This will be handled by a future release of System Center Essentials.
Note:
WSUS 2.0 SP1 and WSUS 2.0 Client SelfUpdate Update for WSUS 2.0 SP1 packages will be expired. These updates are still available on the Download
Center.
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20.03.2008Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS
Just a quick one this time
<"We've heard that one
before" I hear you cry!>
about Windows Vista Ultimate
and WSUS. What is WSUS I hear
you ask? Well, it stands for
Windows
Server Update Services and
essentially, allows
administrators to deploy
updates across a network, so
instead of all the users on
your network navigating to
Windows Update and downloading
the updates separately, just
download them once, and
distribute using WSUS.
The reason for the
post is that WSUS currently
does not allow Windows Vista
Ultimate Extras to be
distributed via WSUS. Not
good. A view which is backed
up by Erik Neuenschwander, who
works in the Ultimate Extras
team here at Microsoft
"That's not a good situation
for customers, so we plan to
improve it. The Ultimate team
is working with Windows Update
to revise the Extras to be
offered to WSUS"
Erik goes on to say "We cut
support for WSUS at launch to
reduce the test burden, and
because we didn't think many
WSUS environments would deploy
Ultimate. We're hearing that
we were wrong, so all the Wave
Zero Extras will be offered to
WSUS later this year."
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19.04.2007WinVerifyTrust update will be mandatory for WSUS
Cecilia Cole: A couple of weeks ago, I
posted about Windows Vista Service Pack 1s availability to WSUS. In that post, we mentioned that you should install the
WinVerifyTrust update (
KB 938759) if you are running your WSUS server on a
Windows 2003 server to prevent Windows Vista SP1 from being continually re-downloaded to the server once the service pack is released to WSUS.
Today, wed like to let you know that, in order to make sure all customers are well protected, we will be marking this particular
update as mandatory, which means it will appear in the Updates/WSUS Updates node of the Admin console, and will be auto-approved by default (since the
Advanced/WSUS Updates checkbox is checked by default in Options/Automatic Approvals).
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20.06.2008WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
Some Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client.
The actual Windows 7 client code was not distributed via WSUS. But the appearance of Windows 7 on the list of products that will be serviced
over WSUS paves the way for Microsoft to start pushing something Windows-7-related to customers in the coming months.
“WSUS
doesn’t push products - just patches. so this could just be in preparation for something that is weeks or months in the future. It’s just
a new category.” said one WSUS customer, who confirmed that he saw the “Windows 7″ box on his update check list this morning.
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20.08.2008Windows XP SP3 moves closer to completion
Beta testers have received access to a release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3, but general consumers still have a long wait until they'll see
SP3 available for download...
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20.11.2007Microsoft Update Catalog Beta now includes WSUS 3.0 releases
The new beta MU
Catalog provides access to all
content in the Microsoft
Update service, and also
includes integration with WSUS
3.0. This will enable you to
import drivers, generally
distributed hotfix releases
(like 927891), and other
content into WSUS from the MU
Beta Catalog. Keep in mind the
Catalog is beta, but give it a
whirl on a test server. If
you are looking to download
WSUS 3.0, give the MU Catalog
Beta a try…
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http://test.catalog.
update.microsoft.com/v7/site/S
copedView.aspx?updateid=e05bf1
ad-259e-4433-aeca-cdbcd067dd73
(x64)
-http://test.catalog.
update.microsoft.com/v7/site/S
copedView.aspx?updateid=402d9e
03-f6b2-4cac-9e21-57e3f17ca264
(x86)
Note… you can
also go to the Catalog and
search for “WSUS”.
winbeta.org - 23.05.2007
WSUS sync snafu cripples enterprise update ability on eve of Patch Tuesday
A glitch in the software that most midsize and large businesses use to update their Microsoft applications and operating systems has some
administrators scrambling a day before Patch Tuesday.
If the problem in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is not fixed before
tomorrow, administrators will not be able to download and deploy the vulnerability patches and other nonsecurity updates Microsoft Corp. has planned
for tomorrow, said Andrew
Storms, director of security operations at security tools vendor nCircle Inc. "It appears that anybody who synced WSUS today or yesterday is essentially DOA," he said. The default WSUS setting is to sync daily.
WSUS users began
reporting the error this morning when they first accessed the WSUS console. According to those reports, the error read, "The WSUS administration
console has encountered an unexpected error."
"WSUS was working without any problems before the weekend, nothing has changed on
the server," said a user identified as Drobb on a forum
hosted by a third-party site dedicated to the update management software.
winbeta.org - 13.11.2007
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1 Final Now Available
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested mangement, stability, and performance improvements, while
incorporating further enhancements to local publishing of drivers and the Client Servicing API addition.
WSUS 3.0 SP1 delivers
new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. This package installs both the WSUS 3.0
Server and WSUS 3.0 Administration Console components, for all Windows Server 2003 SP1 supported languages. Additionally, the WSUS 3.0 SP1 client is
included in all supported client platform languages. You must install the server components on a computer running Windows Server 2008 or Windows
Server 2003 SP1 or later. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server
2003 SP1, or Windows XP SP2.
If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 SP1 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the
instructions in Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business
Server 2003.
winbeta.org - 08.02.2008
Windows XP SP3 available for Windows Embedded for Point of Service and WinFLP
This download is a Service Pack 3 (SP3) update for Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) and Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP).
This SP3 update includes all previously released Windows XP security updates, hotfixes, and select out-of-band releases that are applicable to systems
running the WEPOS and WinFLP operating systems.
winbeta.org - 08.10.2008
Windows XP SP3 RC1 Public Download Available
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
File Size: 336,070 KB
See here for more info.
winbeta.org - 12.12.2007
XP SP3 Goes on Automatic Updates This Thursday
Although a Microsoft manager had mentioned that XP SP3 would arrive "shortly" to Automatic Updates on Monday, the timetable became specific as the
company quietly said today it would release the upgrade on Thursday at 10 a.m. PDT. Microsoft will add Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to Windows
Update at that time, and trigger its automatic download and installation for users who have left the operating system's update service at its
default "Automatic (recommended)" setting.
" Updated applicability rules and updated metadata to target the update to Automatic
Update channel, " read a Microsoft support document revised Tuesday after the company unveiled its monthly security patches . " The Automatic
Update change will be published at 10:00 A.M. on July 10. " Microsoft delayed the distribution of Windows XP SP3 twice this spring, but the July
10 date seems firm; it was included in the cumulative list of all updates available via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the server-side update
tool many businesses use, as well as via the client-side Windows Update (WU) and Microsoft Update Web-based services. A Microsoft spokeswoman,
however, was not able to immediately confirm that July 10 will, in fact, be XP SP3's automatic update debut.
neowin.net - 09.07.2008
Windows SP3 officially released
The wait is over!
Legitimate Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) is now available for downloading! Any of you who were waiting for a
non-pirated version (like so many people have resorted to) it can now be downloaded, officially, via windows update.
Click for download
jcxp.net - 29.04.2008
Windows XP SP3 release just around the bend?
Though we expected, or rather hoped; for Windows XP SP3 late last month it seems that it may arrive before May. According to an "internal schedule"
obtained over at Engadget, OEMs, volume license, Connect, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to the update on April 21st, while everyone
else won't notice it until April 29th when it hits the Microsoft / Windows Update download center. For those who are too busy to download it and
install it, they might have to wait until June 10th when it hits the Automatic updates.
For those who don't know; Windows XP SP3
(Service Pack 3) will be the third and last major update for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. The company released a nearly final beta build
of SP3 called Release Candidate 2 Refresh last month to the public. The latest beta version added support for the HD Audio high-definition audio
format and fixes for some issues with the Windows Update service. Microsoft to date has said only that it expects to roll out a final version of
Windows XP SP3 in the first half of 2008.
jcxp.net - 16.04.2008
WSUS: Service Packs may be reported as not applicable even though they are installed
J.C. Hornbeck: The question about how Service Packs are reported is one that seems to come up all the time, and understandably so because it can be
very confusing if you don't understand what's really going on. Fortunately our very own Joe Tindale wrote up a great explanation that I thought
I'd share today...
winbeta.org - 27.08.2008
Windows XP SP3 Now Available on Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center
Microsoft Update Team: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available on Windows Update (and the Microsoft Download Center)!
If you'd like to install it via WU today, you'll need to visit the Windows Update website. To do this, go to Windows Update and perform an express or custom install, make sure you see the service
pack selected, and proceed with the install. After it downloads, you'll see a series of screens and you'll be asked to make a few clicks before the
install will begin.
If you're not in a rush, we recommend you use Automatic Updates to install Windows XP SP3. It provides the
best experience because the download will happen in the background. We're planning to begin automatically distributing Windows XP SP3 over AU
sometime in the next few months.
winbeta.org - 07.05.2008
Unexpected UI errors in WSUS
Bobbie Harder: We have been hearing reports from some customers who use WSUS that they have been having trouble accessing their administration
consoles. We have confirmed the cause of this issue and fixed it on our servers, which will automatically fix the issue for most customers on their
next synchronization cycle. This post will explain the issue in detail and provide steps customers can take to get WSUS working again even sooner.
The cause of this issue is that, on Sunday evening, Microsoft renamed a product category entry for Forefront to clarify the scope of
updates that will be included in the future. Unfortunately the category name that was used included the word Nitrogen in double quotes (appearing as
Nitrogen). A double quote is a restricted character within WSUS, which created an error condition on the administration console. This issue
occurred on many WSUS servers that synchronized with Microsoft servers between 5pm Sunday and 11am Monday Pacific Time.
winbeta.org - 13.11.2007
Windows XP SP3 RC2 Standalone Packages Available (English, German, Japanese)
Note that this is the same exact build (3311) Microsoft previously released as a Windows Update only download last week.
Microsoft is allowing Windows XP
Service Pack 2 machines to be offered Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update. You may also download standalone update
packages for Windows XP SP3 RC2, in English, German, and/or Japanese. Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be offered on Windows Update when Service Pack 3
releases in the first half of 2008.
Windows Service Pack 2 is required in order to install this preview. Please uninstall any
previous beta release of Service Pack 3 before installing SP3 RC2.
winbeta.org - 28.02.2008
Despite rumors, Windows XP SP3 still not quite ready
With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 out the door, Microsoft was largely expected to release Windows XP SP3 last week or this week. It didn't, instead
making public a refresh build of SP3 Release Candidate 2...
betanews.com - 26.03.2008
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2
WSUS 3.0 SP2 delivers important customer-requested management, stability, and performance improvements. Some of the features and improvements include
the following:
- Integration with Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Support for the BranchCache feature in Windows Server 2008
R2.
- Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clients.
- Compliance Report
- Windows Update Agent (WUA)
offers a collection of performance enhancements, user experience improvements, and bug fixes software updates.
WSUS 3.0 SP2 can be
installed alone, or as an upgrade of WSUS 3.0 SP1.
winbeta.org - 26.08.2009
Coming Soon: The WSUS Support Team Blog
J.C. Hornbeck: For a long time we've been trying to cover most System Center and WSUS related support news on the same blog (here) but since Windows
Server Update Services is becoming such a large part of our business I think it's about time we spun it off on its own blog. My hope is that we
can keep the ConfigMgr 2007, OpsMgr 2007, SMS 2003 and MOM 2005 stuff segregated here and keep all the WSUS stuff on the new blog so if you use both it may be a little more work keeping up with two separate
feeds, but in the long run I think it'll allow us to get more information out and help you find what you're looking for easier and faster.
winbeta.org - 14.05.2008
