Win XP SP3.........re-released?

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Juan Kerr - 26 Mar 2008 21:57 GMT

Slightly puzzled, I downloaded what I assumed was SP3 about a
fortnight ago.................slipstreamed it into a Dell XP Pro CD
and installed it on one of my 9200's.

But today I see

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3_RC2_BETA_d4323.html

So......are MajorGeeks just behind the times or is this an updated SP3
release?

TIA.

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tpow - 26 Mar 2008 22:12 GMT

the official SP3 is not out yet...........

> Slightly puzzled, I downloaded what I assumed was SP3 about a
> fortnight ago.................slipstreamed it into a Dell XP Pro CD
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>
> TIA.

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Me - 26 Mar 2008 22:26 GMT

> the official SP3 is not out yet...........

I tried to install Release Candidate 2 three different times. Each time,
after about 20 minutes, I got an error message, then it took another 20
minutes to UNinstall the partial load of crap.

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Tom Lake - 27 Mar 2008 14:53 GMT

>> the official SP3 is not out yet...........
>
> I tried to install Release Candidate 2 three different times.

So now you have Release Candidate 6? 8^)

Tom Lake

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Rich - 26 Mar 2008 22:22 GMT

This is SP3 RC2 (Release Candidate 2), a Beta-version that majorgeeks.com is
talking about. MS still haven't released the full, official version yet. MS
doesn't recommend doing RC2 on critical systems.

I read on another site that there still maybe some problems with SP3 and
that MS is delaying it.

Rich

> Slightly puzzled, I downloaded what I assumed was SP3 about a
> fortnight ago.................slipstreamed it into a Dell XP Pro CD
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> TIA.

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Christopher Muto - 27 Mar 2008 01:57 GMT

right. these guys have up to date and mostly correct info on what is
happening in the industry...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/23/microsoft-releasing-xp-sp3-this-week/

> This is SP3 RC2 (Release Candidate 2), a Beta-version that majorgeeks.com
> is talking about. MS still haven't released the full, official version
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>> TIA.

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Robert McMillan - 27 Mar 2008 01:59 GMT

I have had the Beta RC2 installed for a month now with no problems.
Robert

> Slightly puzzled, I downloaded what I assumed was SP3 about a
> fortnight ago.................slipstreamed it into a Dell XP Pro CD
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> TIA.

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