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Windows XP SP3 is Here Ready for Download

By admin ⋅ April 30, 2008 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Microsoft has been in a lot of pressure lately due to their plans of discontinuing Windows XP in favor of Vista. Analyst and end users have been resisting this move due mainly to difficulty in upgrading to Vista and lots of unsupported hardware issues that is perfectly working in XP. Still Windows XP will be discontinued at the end of June for the mainstream PC’s that means your desktop that powers your application. However XP will continue to be found on those ULCPC or low-cost ultra portable laptops like the ASUS Eee PC, OLPC etc. Original dealine has been reset from January of this year to June of this year a rare move from Microsoft.

In their press release, Microsoft said that Windows XP Home would be available for ULCPCs for one year after the release of the next version of Windows (currently known as Windows 7), or June 30th, 2010, whichever is later.

Still, this goes to show just how hot the ULCPC (or Netbook, using Intel terminology) market is. And, even if XP continues only in ULCPC form, this announcement makes Windows XP SP3 all the more interesting.

Windows XP SP3 whic is RTMed last week is now available for downloads. Of course, you have to know where to find it. Strangely, while it’s been leaked by some sites, it’s not available directly from the Microsoft Download Center yet. If you know the links, however, you can still get it directly from download.windowsupdate.com.

Although most of the packs are roll up of past fixes. Four “features” have been back-ported from Windows Vista. These are: a new activation process, Network Access Protection Module, Black Hole Router Detection, and Microsoft’s Kernel Mode Cryptographics Module.

I provided here the link of the Windows XP SP3 which is available from the download center. Though it hasn’t appear to the Microsoft download center link.

Download Here: English

As experts have said, there’s a lot of pressure on Microsoft to keep XP alive, both from analysts and end users. Microsoft has extended XP’s deadline for ULCPCs – but that’s it. On the other hand OEMs like Dell are going to use the “Downgrade Rights” loophole for Vista to keep XP on PCs.

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