The Highlander Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Windows XP SP3 On The Horizon According to Microsoft press release about Unified Access Control and Network Access Protection, Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3) is in development and will be released later this year. The Juniper Networks Infranet Controller, the policy management server at the heart of the Juniper UAC solution, will be able to leverage the built-in security assessment capabilities and the SOH protocol provided by the NAP agent built into the Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP operating systems. Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) brings a rich ecosystem of NAP health agents and will be able to interoperate with the Juniper Networks UAC solution in heterogeneous network environments. Microsoft NPS can either act as a policy server or be leveraged by the Juniper Infranet Controller for rich endpoint information. Microsoft is announcing that Windows Vista supports this protocol today and Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will support it as well later this year. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2...SJuniperPR.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 QUICK---Someone tell Dell about that so they can add it to the computers they sell that still have XP on them Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 ... does this mean they will force down IE7 and WinPlayer 11, and you can't get any updates hereafter without them ... ?? Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 SP2 pushed WMP9 on without the user having any choice and also effectively wrecked ECD5, so it's a safe bet that SP3 will push IE7 and WMP11 in. Anyone running EMC8 downwards had better get ready to say 'bye-bye' to them in that case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 The other option is to not install SP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 With all the people here getting frantic because they can't find the EMC 9.1 patch, it will need an uncharacteristically strong user to resist SP3. Of course, those who refuse it might end up as Soylent Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Soylent Green. Shows your age, some folks here would have to Wiki or Google that one. Soylent Green cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpabruce Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Shows your age, some folks here would have to Wiki or Google that one. cd I didn't. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrewst Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Me neither.Another of those Charlton Heston movies to go along with Planet of the Apes and Towering Inferno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I found this using google. I don't know how accurate it is - do you trust microsoft.com? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary. So we can probably all beathe easier for most of a year - assuming First Half of Calendar Year 2008 accurate. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 When did MS ever be accurate about release dates anyway? If I recall, SP3 was actually ready to roll and got delayed for the launch of Vista - maybe they're going to wait until they get Vista debugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 When did MS ever be accurate about release dates anyway? If I recall, SP3 was actually ready to roll and got delayed for the launch of Vista - maybe they're going to wait until they get Vista debugged That should assuredly push the date even further out then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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