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Posted 15 April 2008 - 05:54 PM

With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, Microsoft have now released the true dates for Windows XP SP3. The latest timetable for Windows XP3 RTM final version release date is schedule as below:

April 21, 2008: Wave 1 with seven languages released - English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Spanish. This release will still be privileged to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Volume License customers, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

April 29, 2008: First public for Wave 1 with seven languages above, but users have to manually update via Microsoft Update and Windows Update, or download standalone update package from Microsoft Download Center.

May 5, 2008: Wave 2 released with Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Swedish and Turkish.

June 10, 2008: Windows XP SP3 will be delivered via Automatic Update (Windows Update).

Build Number: 5.1.2600.5573 (TBC) More Information

Finally, the final build version number for Windows XP SP3 is not concluded yet, as Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group still tight lip about the version, which said, “The high numbering is common practice for hotfixes that are intended to be able to be applied to multiple versions of the operating system. The file version discussed does not imply a specific Windows XP SP3 version number.” Windows XP SP3 is rumored to have final build 5573 as it’s referenced by KB951126 which addresses issue of a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation.

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Posted 15 April 2008 - 06:25 PM

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Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP

What is the release version?
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 06:30 PM

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June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates

XP SP3 was expected to be released before June 30, when XP will die for the desktop users. :cry: :D
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 09:25 PM

A Microsoft spokesperson declined this afternoon to confirm reports circulating on technology blogs today citing purportedly leaked documents as saying the online release date for Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be April 29.

"We expect Windows XP SP3 to be available in 1H 2008, provided it meets our quality bar for release," stated the spokesperson, in response to BetaNews' question about the specific date.

We still don’t have the official release date. :mellow:
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 09:29 PM

New changes above

Hope this time its correct :D

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