Officially, Microsoft has been saying "the first half of 2008" whenever the company is asked to put a date for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). However, various sources have been ...

Windows XP SP3 includes all security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes released since Windows XP SP2 hit Microsoft's servers back in August 2004. At the same time though, every service pack ...

Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has ...

Windows XP Service Pack 3 officially hit Microsoft servers this morning, and although it won't be available through Windows Update today, it should be sometime soon. Your desire to stay on the cutting ...

The Windows client team -- with a little help from its beta testing friends -- is opening the door a bit on what's going on with Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3. A source (thanks, C), forwarded me an ...

Users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft today. Distribution of the service ...

Next time you wipe your PC's hard drive clean and reinstall Windows with that old installation disc, you don't want to connect your fresh, unpatched and vulnerable system to the internet only to ...

Microsoft Corp. late Friday afternoon announced that it had posted what it called “slipstream builds” of Windows XP Service Pack 3 for download by subscribers of its IT professional and developer ...

The missing security patch is the reason why some Windows XP SP3 users have critical vulnerabilities in their Flash software Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) omits a ...

Microsoft’s having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista. Now the same thing’s happening to some users who have ...

[(10/19/07)Editor's Note: The version of Microsoft Windows XP SP3 reviewed here is a first beta and not available to the general public.] With Service Pack 2 installed, Windows XP has proven to be a ...

The Windows Vista and Windows 7 DVDs come with System Recovery Options, a comprehensive set of recovery tools used to restore the operating system. While Windows XP SP3 CD doesn't offer the same ...