Microsoft to Release Windows XP SP3 Later This Year

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Microsoft is set to release not only Windows Server 2008, but also Windows XP Service Pack 3 later this year, according to a recent press release on Microsoft PressPass. It has been suspected in the past that Windows XP SP2 would end up as the final service pack released for the operating system, but apparently these suspicions can now be laid to rest.

This information came in conjunction with the announcement that Windows XP SP3 as well as Windows Vista will gain support for interoperability between Microsoft's Network Address Protection (NAP) and Juniper Network's Unified Access Control (UAC) standards for network access control (NAC) deployments.

The feature set for Windows XP Service Pack 3 is however still unannounced.

News source: Microsoft PressPass
Link: Unified Access Control
Link: Network Access Protection
 
wtf.... it was set to release in 2008.. later cancelled and now... set to release this year end?? :lol: MS is playing nice marketing tricks :)
 
If it was PREPONED from 2008 to late 2007, that means a good deal of features and new functionality will probably be hacked off. More of MS' Vista marketing tricks. :(
 
Sorry, Windows XP fans. It looks like the “end of 2007″ date for XP Service Pack (SP) 3 that was in a Microsoft press release issued this week was mistake.

At the end of the (east coast) day on May 23, a Microsoft spokeswoman provided the following update:

“I just received additional information from the product manager responsible for SP3. While we’re still not talking specifics, he did point to the following link as an accurate timeline for our preliminary plans for SP3: Windows Service Pack Road Map. Again, these are just preliminary and we will share more at a later date. Please do reference this link for current timing and disregard the release from InterOp, which is inaccurate.”
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» Microsoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this year | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
 
Odd...Considering Microsoft's Been Urging Everyone To Switch To Vista,To The Extent That It's Stopping Support For It's Earlier Versions By Late 2008.Dell's Been Pulled Up By The US Courts For Having Only 2 Machines Fitted With XP.I've A Feeling MS Won't Release Any New Update,This's False News As Written Above.

No Matter.It'll Really Help The XP People.
 
Do we really need SP3? No virus has found its way into my PC since over a year now. Just hope they don't mess stuff up further. XP is running more than perfect on my machine.
 
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