XP SP3?

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Hi:

Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
hand comments.

Thanks
 
>Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
>have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
>hand comments.

Those of us who are MSDN subscribers have downloaded it and tested it.
Works great so far and no kinks found yet. There's are many in this
group who would rather that "He Whose Service Pack Shall Not Be
Spoken" not be talked about because it's a product that doesn't exist
yet and even if it did, they'd have to kill you if you talked about
it. What you've read on certain web site regarding its performance is
true. All speculation point to a February launch. Hold tight.

- Thee Chicago Wolf
 
don't think it has been officially released yet.
"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.
>
> Thanks
>
>
 
"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.
>
> Thanks
>
>


It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one here should
be discussing it, as I believe that the beta testers agree to an NDA before
becoming accepted. they also have their own private newsgroups for
discussing this. Anyone who is NOT an official beta tester has either got it
"illegally" or from a very dubious source.
 
"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.
>
> Thanks
>
>


It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one here should
be discussing it, as I believe that the beta testers agree to an NDA before
becoming accepted. they also have their own private newsgroups for
discussing this. Anyone who is NOT an official beta tester has either got it
"illegally" or from a very dubious source.
 
Have YOU? Where do you think it's at?
"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.
>
> Thanks
>
>
 
Only Beta released, I believe, supposedly 10% performance increase.
Therefore expect release date to follow Vista sp1 :)


"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.
>
> Thanks
>
>
 
Gordon wrote:
> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi:
>>
>> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
>> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
>> hand comments.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
> It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one here should
> be discussing it,

Why not, Top Secret is it? LOL! It's being discussed all over the tech
web sites so I guess it can be discussed.

Alias
 
Gordon wrote:
> It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one
> here should be discussing it, as I believe that the beta testers
> agree to an NDA before becoming accepted. they also have their own
> private newsgroups for discussing this. Anyone who is NOT an
> official beta tester has either got it "illegally" or from a very
> dubious source.

Incorrect.
SP3 RC1 has been released to Technet and MSDN subscribers as well.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
Do people "pay" attention to posts?

As Shenan stated in his post - XP SP3 RC1 is the current release and was
made available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.


"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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> Only Beta released, I believe, supposedly 10% performance increase.
> Therefore expect release date to follow Vista sp1 :)
>
>
> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi:
>>
>> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
>> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some
>> first
>> hand comments.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
 
"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fjk2es$kfd$3@aioe.org...
> Gordon wrote:
>> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3.
>>> I
>>> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some
>>> first
>>> hand comments.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one here
>> should be discussing it,
>
> Why not, Top Secret is it? LOL! It's being discussed all over the tech web
> sites so I guess it can be discussed.
>
> Alias


Well AFAIK they shouldn't be - there are private MS groups for beta
testers....
 
ColTom2 wrote:
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the
> new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear
> some first
> hand comments.

Gordon wrote:
> It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one
> here should be discussing it,

Alias wrote:
> Why not, Top Secret is it? LOL! It's being discussed all over the
> tech web sites so I guess it can be discussed.

Gordon wrote:
> Well AFAIK they shouldn't be - there are private MS groups for beta
> testers....

As I said elsewhere in this thread - on or around December 3, 2007 - the
Release Candiate (1) for SP3 for Windows XP was posted on MSDN and TechNET.
It was in Private Beta - however - that private beta has been extended to
all users with TechNET or MSDN subscriptions.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:55:23 -0500, "ColTom2"
<noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3. I
> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some first
> hand comments.


SP3 has not yet been released. It is expected some time early next
year.

It exists only in beta versions. It would be extremely foolhardy to
run a beta version of an operating system unless you have a spare
machine to try it on, are someone who enjoys playing with whatever is
newest, and wouldn't mind if you lost everything on your computer.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
Please give DR a break. He posted the reply before Stanley posted his
response to Gordon.

On my system, your timestamp is 2:57 PM, DL's is 1:39 PM, Stanley's is 2:08
PM and Gordon's is 1:27 PM. I have many times posted identical information
to an OP that someone has also posted simply because of the delay in the
information getting processed through the newsgroup servers. As a matter of
fact the first post in response to the OP's 12:55 PM post was at 1:22 and
all original follow-up posts were in by 1:39 PM (except for Ken Blake's)
with two posts which were follow-ups at 2:08 (Stanley's) and 2:57 which was
yours.


"AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Do people "pay" attention to posts?
>
> As Shenan stated in his post - XP SP3 RC1 is the current release and was
> made available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
>
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:u5XMCw1OIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Only Beta released, I believe, supposedly 10% performance increase.
>> Therefore expect release date to follow Vista sp1 :)
>>
>>
>> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3.
>>> I
>>> have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some
>>> first
>>> hand comments.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
It is also available from MSDN and Tech-Net for subscribers, quite legal.

I'm testing on a computer as we speak.


"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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: "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message
: news:ep4UWX1OIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
: > Hi:
: >
: > Just wondering if any of you had downloaded and installed the new SP3.
I
: > have heard so much good news about it that I would like to hear some
first
: > hand comments.
: >
: > Thanks
: >
: >
:
:
: It is STILL only available to the OFFICIAL beta testers. No-one here
should
: be discussing it, as I believe that the beta testers agree to an NDA
before
: becoming accepted. they also have their own private newsgroups for
: discussing this. Anyone who is NOT an official beta tester has either got
it
: "illegally" or from a very dubious source.
:
:
 
Ken:

RC1 has been released to MSDN and TechNet.


: SP3 has not yet been released. It is expected some time early next
: year.
:
: It exists only in beta versions. It would be extremely foolhardy to
: run a beta version of an operating system unless you have a spare
: machine to try it on, are someone who enjoys playing with whatever is
: newest, and wouldn't mind if you lost everything on your computer.
:
: --
: Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
: Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:16:16 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
<tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

> Ken:
>
> RC1 has been released to MSDN and TechNet.


Yes, I know. But a Release Candidate is not a released version. It is
essentially a late-stage beta version, and is still very risky to use.


> : SP3 has not yet been released. It is expected some time early next
> : year.
> :
> : It exists only in beta versions. It would be extremely foolhardy to
> : run a beta version of an operating system unless you have a spare
> : machine to try it on, are someone who enjoys playing with whatever is
> : newest, and wouldn't mind if you lost everything on your computer.
> :
> : --
> : Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> : Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:16:16 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
: <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:
:
: > Ken:
: >
: > RC1 has been released to MSDN and TechNet.
:
:
: Yes, I know. But a Release Candidate is not a released version. It is
: essentially a late-stage beta version, and is still very risky to use.
:
:

The machine I'm running (testing) it on has had zero problems for several
day.

Tom
 
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:41:09 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
<tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:aicrl31frp7atv1dpebhrevs55hn8lh3dt@4ax.com...
> : On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:16:16 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
> : <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:
> :
> : > Ken:
> : >
> : > RC1 has been released to MSDN and TechNet.
> :
> :
> : Yes, I know. But a Release Candidate is not a released version. It is
> : essentially a late-stage beta version, and is still very risky to use.
> :
> :
>
> The machine I'm running (testing) it on has had zero problems for several
> day.


Glad to hear it. But that does not make it safe it run, and proves
nothing. It's a still a test version, not a released one, and there is
always increased risk when you run a test version.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
Ken

Sometimes you can say the same with newly released software. Whether
it's beta or not makes no difference <G>!

The cricket coach would like you in the nets; straight bat to every ball
<EBG>!

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:41:09 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
> <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:aicrl31frp7atv1dpebhrevs55hn8lh3dt@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:16:16 -0600, "Tom [Pepper] Willett"
>>> <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ken:
>>>>
>>>> RC1 has been released to MSDN and TechNet.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I know. But a Release Candidate is not a released version. It
>>> is essentially a late-stage beta version, and is still very risky
>>> to use.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The machine I'm running (testing) it on has had zero problems for
>> several day.
>
>
> Glad to hear it. But that does not make it safe it run, and proves
> nothing. It's a still a test version, not a released one, and there is
> always increased risk when you run a test version.
 
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