Service Pack 3

Vlad Drac · 1 Apr 2006 at 17:19

Hi All

Now with the delay on the release of Vista until 2007, does this mean we may see Service pack 3 for XP a little sooner???

Maybe before the end of this year. If we are really lucky :rolleyes:

Sparky191 · 1 Apr 2006 at 17:30

Does it really matter? What are you hoping they will fix?

Vlad Drac · 1 Apr 2006 at 18:24

The long awaited IE7 would be nice to see at some point. And think no more hundreds of updates to install every time you do a clean XP install.

PinkPig · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:23

IE 7 might quite feasibly be released outside of a service pack, and if you're so desperate for it then the latest Beta 2 build is pretty good - I now use it instead of Firefox and haven't had any issues.

As for updates when you install windows, the sooner SP3 is released the sooner there will be yet more updates to install after it, the endless updating will never be over. If you reinstall all that often then you can slipstream most of the updates onto an install disk.

ash7jar · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:28

Sparky191 said:
Does it really matter? What are you hoping they will fix?

2nd that!

Sparky191 · 2 Apr 2006 at 00:56

Personally I just let it get all the updates from the web. On broadband it doesn;t take long. I'm glad I don't have to keep them on a disc anymore. If you're on dialup I could understand. Personally I don't keep any dial up machines I look after up with the latest patches. Their AV/Firewall and such yes. But windows no.

Sputnik II · 2 Apr 2006 at 02:11

Vlad Drac said:
........ And think no more hundreds of updates to install every time you do a clean XP install.

You don't have to now if you slipstream the hotfixes on.

Sparky191 · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:40

Sputnik II said:
You don't have to now if you slipstream the hotfixes on.

I done this with one retail CD I have. But it doesn't work with the modified OS CD's that came with my Vaio or Dell Laptop for example.

Sputnik II · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:02

Sparky191 said:
I done this with one retail CD I have. But it doesn't work with the modified OS CD's that came with my Vaio or Dell Laptop for example.

There is ways of doing it, even with branded OEM disks.

Sparky191 · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:08

Sputnik II said:
There is ways of doing it, even with branded OEM disks.

Perhaps. Then again since no one ever cracked Sonys ATRAC maybe there isn't. They are pretty good at making things awkward as heck.

Otacon · 2 Apr 2006 at 14:03

My money would be on an update rollup before a service pack, now Vista has been delayed.

Admiral Huddy · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:58

with the delay of vista, I wonder if we'll see the likes of Halo2 and Crysis on the XP platform now.. They can't delay Halo2 much longer else it will be out of date by the time vista is released?

this_is_gav · 5 Jul 2006 at 10:16

Admiral Huddy said:
with the delay of vista, I wonder if we'll see the likes of Halo2 and Crysis on the XP platform now.. They can't delay Halo2 much longer else it will be out of date by the time vista is released?

It won't be out of date, saying as it's based on the technology that Vista is introducing (DX10)... might be delayed in comparison to any console version though?