Microsoft has begun creating a near-final Release Candidate (RC) test develop of Windows XP Company Pack (SP) 3 accessible to everyone interested in attempting out the new create — the same way that it is doing with Vista SP1.Microsoft has started posting XP SP3 RC documentation to its Microsoft Download site,
Office 2007 Enterprise Product Key, which is open to the general public. And the XP SP3 RC bits are obtainable from various file-download sites on the Web.Microsoft made a develop of XP SP3 out there to subscribers to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet subscribers on December 3. At that time,
Office 2007 Professional Product Key, company officials declined to say when the company planned to make a public test develop of XP SP3 on the market.Microsoft officials have said the last XP SP3 bits should be readily available some time in the first half of 2008. Who knows: If the Windows team follows in the
Office 2007 team;s “underpromise/overdeliver” footsteps, maybe we;ll see the last XP SP3 release a few months early….)XP SP3 is primarily a collection of fixes and updates that Microsoft has released over the past few years since it rolled out XP SP2 in 2004. XP SP3 also does include a few brand-new features, like black-hole router detection; support for Network Access Protection (NAP) security-quarantining; enhanced security for administrator and service policy entries; inclusion of the Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module; and Windows Product Activation modifications.Microsoft explains the activation changes in XP SP3 this way:“As in Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Vista,
Office 2007 Standard Key, users can now complete operating system installation without providing a product key during a full,
Office 2007 produit cl��, integrated installation of Windows XP SP3. The operating system will prompt the user for a product key later as part of Genuine Advantage. As with previous service packs,
Office 2007 Pro Plus Activation Key, no product key is requested or required when installing Windows XP SP3 using the update package accessible through Microsoft Update.”Microsoft is slated to post for public consumption the RC check develop of Vista SP1 some time this week.I;ve asked Microsoft officials for an update on when the company plans to post the public XP SP3 RC bits on its own site. No word back.(Thanks to WinBeta for XP SP3 tip.)