surferb said:XP SP3 has been "released to manufacturing" on April 21st. Has it fixed or messed up anything for you? Share your experiences...
Gil47 said:Uplifted from the Microsoft site
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview
Brief Description
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. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.
Quick Details
Version:2Date Published:5/6/2008
That date indicates its only been available on line for 1 to 2 days.
I also read on another site that come Mid June, it comes to all as a Windows Update.
surferb said:Mind linking in the white paper?
XP SP2 is stable and has everything that's needed.
uptown47 said:I don't see the point in SP3. XP SP2 is stable and has everything that's needed. I'm wondering if this is a small 'push' by microsoft to nudge people towards Vista. Take a good OS and make it a little unstable forcing people to consider Vista.
It seems strange the release a service pack of this magnitude for an operating system that you are stopping support for very soon...
Or maybe I'm just cynical...
jstolaruk said:This Microsoft carp is getting messy. I bought a new Toshiba laptop (my fave brand) before PCMCIA adapters disappear completely and was going to try out RSLogix 8 because it supports Vista. Come to find out, RSLinx 2.53 doesn't show support for the PCMK card running under Vista even though it appeared I was able to load the PCMK drivers successfully. And EVMOVECF doesn't work with Vista either. I wanted to avoid buying the new USB-DH+ converter because of its price ($1800). Now I'm thinking of downgrading Vista to WinXP but Toshiba quit shipping XP completely and doesn't have XP drivers.
Generic WinXP is starting to disappear off retailers shelves. Looks like Microsoft is going to try to ram Vista down consumer's throats. Only positive thing was Fanuc's Roboguide works under Vista.