So nothing life changing in SP3, like with SP2 and its firewall stuff and security center and all that?
Not that I saw. I got prompted to turn on automatic updates when I updated my Parallels install.
Also, it looks like SP3 won't be dropped onto Windows / Microsoft Update today because of some problem MS found at the last moment. Just in case you're looking there for it.
I think it only had existing security updates and some hardly relevant networking crap in it.
The one notable thing about it is that it has IE7 bundled in it, one step closer to me not having to do compatibility testing for IE6 ever a-fucking-gain.
Actually that is not true. Microsoft has specifically stated that IE7 is NOT included in SP3.
Other than adding support for a few things that Vista/Server 2008 introduced, it is mostly just a roll-up of previous fixes. However several sites have reported that testing of the release candidates has shown up to a 10% increase in performance over SP2.
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You guys either have really short memories or SP2 for XP was the first SP you ever installed.
SP2 was a freak. SPs are not normally like that and are more like SP3, basically just a collection of updates and 1 or 2 other minor changes/additions. It's been this way since forever.
They claim its a Retail Management System (RMS) issue with some software they have on XP. My gut feeling makes me think they aren't being 100% honest with us here though. It could be just paranoia with MS but it might be justified.
Well hey, easy one-stop download of a service pack.
For some reason I had a problem finding the SP2 executable when I built my last computer so I couldn't get it running at the start and so apparently couldn't format more than 120 gigs of my harddrive.
I'll have to burn this and keep it handy for future installations.
The only real GUI change I've noticed is that the address toolbar has been removed (typing url's etc into the taskbar). But I never used that anyway.
Hooooly shit I thought I was going crazy. I used this all the time (because it also acted as a "Run" box, great for quickly accessing tools and network locations). as soon as I booted into SP3 and saw it was gone, I looked for a way to reenable it, but I couldn't find one.
Why would they disable that? Does anybody know of a way to turn it back on?
The only real GUI change I've noticed is that the address toolbar has been removed (typing url's etc into the taskbar). But I never used that anyway.
Hooooly shit I thought I was going crazy. I used this all the time (because it also acted as a "Run" box, great for quickly accessing tools and network locations). as soon as I booted into SP3 and saw it was gone, I looked for a way to reenable it, but I couldn't find one.
Why would they disable that? Does anybody know of a way to turn it back on?
Apparently you can replace browseui.dll (C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll) with an older version (you might need to use Replacer, quite a handy little script.) to regain the functionality you lost... whether or not this will break something else, I cannot say (I haven't got the update yet). I keep seeing MuvEnum Address Bar pop up on sites where people are demanding a solution to get their address bar back, so that might be worth a shot.
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One quick question... is this going to work on my gf's dell, because when I tried to upgrade her to SP2... it crashed her comp.
Shit man. Is she on the internet without SP2? There were a significant amount of exploits updated with that service pack. Initially without knowing what kind of blue screen you had, I would cite that as a likely hardware issue.
I'm waiting for it show up on our WSUS servers... gonna roll it out to a select few users to see if they notice. I'm running it myself, and I don't think anybody will realize anything's changed.
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No, it's just that nothing in SP3 is really that exciting. As far as I can tell, it's just a gigantic security rollup.
EDIT: Also, you might want to link to the MS support page for the service pack instead of linking directly to it.
Not that I saw. I got prompted to turn on automatic updates when I updated my Parallels install.
Also, it looks like SP3 won't be dropped onto Windows / Microsoft Update today because of some problem MS found at the last moment. Just in case you're looking there for it.
Took me forever to upgrade to SP2 when that came out.
The one notable thing about it is that it has IE7 bundled in it, one step closer to me not having to do compatibility testing for IE6 ever a-fucking-gain.
Other than adding support for a few things that Vista/Server 2008 introduced, it is mostly just a roll-up of previous fixes. However several sites have reported that testing of the release candidates has shown up to a 10% increase in performance over SP2.
SP2 was a freak. SPs are not normally like that and are more like SP3, basically just a collection of updates and 1 or 2 other minor changes/additions. It's been this way since forever.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3262170&SiteID=17
The release of SP3 on Windows / Microsoft Update is delayed. You can still get it via direct link without issues.
Damnit, I read that today too. I could have sworn it was the opposite in the earlier phases.
They claim its a Retail Management System (RMS) issue with some software they have on XP. My gut feeling makes me think they aren't being 100% honest with us here though. It could be just paranoia with MS but it might be justified.
For some reason I had a problem finding the SP2 executable when I built my last computer so I couldn't get it running at the start and so apparently couldn't format more than 120 gigs of my harddrive.
I'll have to burn this and keep it handy for future installations.
Hooooly shit I thought I was going crazy. I used this all the time (because it also acted as a "Run" box, great for quickly accessing tools and network locations). as soon as I booted into SP3 and saw it was gone, I looked for a way to reenable it, but I couldn't find one.
Why would they disable that? Does anybody know of a way to turn it back on?
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Apparently you can replace browseui.dll (C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll) with an older version (you might need to use Replacer, quite a handy little script.) to regain the functionality you lost... whether or not this will break something else, I cannot say (I haven't got the update yet). I keep seeing MuvEnum Address Bar pop up on sites where people are demanding a solution to get their address bar back, so that might be worth a shot.
From googling it seems like something to do with a U.S government request, but I don't really understand why either.
...partly because our Uni network has a wierd thing that it wont connect to SP3 machines.
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Shit man. Is she on the internet without SP2? There were a significant amount of exploits updated with that service pack. Initially without knowing what kind of blue screen you had, I would cite that as a likely hardware issue.
What?
Are we talking about this thingy:
To the right of the yellow box.
Never used it... but now that I see it, I kind of want to.
or Brawl. 4854.6102.3895 Name: NU..
I don't think its on those sites yet. Windows update server has some nice bandwidth. I get 1mb/sec sometimes 2/mb a second from it.
It is in the download centre, it's just they decided to call it Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers.
I only managed to find it through a Help and Support article (click on "How to obtain" and it'll give you the above link).
Thanks.