The Highlander Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Windows XP Service Pack 3 & Vista SP1 Leaked Details! Not only is Windows XP Service Pack 3 alive and kicking, but Microsoft also managed to leak details about what the refresh will contain. The Redmond Company's policy when it comes down to future releases of the Windows platform is to gag all details. Windows XP SP3 is old news for Microsoft. And with the general availability of Windows Vista it was pushed to the background. But in all fairness, Microsoft never confirmed the cancellation of the third service pack for Windows XP. The company only scrapped it out of sight and under the rug with repeated delays. The availability date for the first beta of Windows Vista SP1 was revealed by a U.S. Justice Department legal filing. Microsoft plans to deliver Vista SP1 beta by the end of 2007, but the date is of course nothing more than an estimation. By comparison, SP3 for Windows XP is currently planned for the first half of 2008. But Microsoft initially planned to deliver the third service pack for Windows XP in 2006, only to postpone the release to 2007 and then again to 2008. Windows XP SP3, despite its collection of delays, will make it to the market, and Microsoft plans in integrate changes to Internet Explorer and to Windows Media Player into the refresh. "Microsoft has agreed to make changes to Windows XP, two Middleware Products, and Windows Live Messenger. The Windows Live Messenger changes have been delivered in the Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta and will be included in the public release. Changes for Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player will be made available to users in August 2007 and Microsoft is discussing with the TC the delivery mechanism for those changes. The Windows XP changes will be incorporated into Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," revealed the U.S. Justice department in its filing. read it here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-XP-...ils-57825.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 I notice they're beiong deliberately vague on "Microsoft plans in integrate changes to Internet Explorer and to Windows Media Player into the refresh." Anyone want to take a bet that the plans include IE7 and WMP11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 I notice they're beiong deliberately vague on "Microsoft plans in integrate changes to Internet Explorer and to Windows Media Player into the refresh." Anyone want to take a bet that the plans include IE7 and WMP11? If so, there will be no SP 3 update here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Hey, I suggest it's just another way to get everyone going with Vista. They already tried changing everyone's browser to IE 7 the sneaky way by downloading the MS security updates. Then when that didn't work cause everyone howled about that, they came out with a fix so that wouldn't happen. Now they are coming up with some way of having you downlaod the XP/SP3 and if everyone's guess is correct, it will most likely again change your browser to IE 7 and maybe change the WMP to 11 My computer will still continue to run XP/SP2---Thank You !!! Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 If it includes IE 7, I'm afraid my WinXP SP2 won't be getting upgraded to SP3. But ... how can they force IE 7 on the Win2000 SP4, which is currently my main computer? If not, and it is still possible to download updates ... it may be updatable longer than WinXP ... Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 I doubt if they will Lynn. More likely support will be scaled back and they'll try to push upgrades (they ain't going to make Bill richer if you can keep an old system operational) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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