Windows XP SP3 released to manfacturing today, due out Apr 29
April 21, 2008 – 10:37 amThe newest service pack (SP3) for Microsoft’s Windows XP is due to release to manufacturing today, April 21st with a public release date of April 28th. There are supposed to be a ton of fixes, including news ones, along with some new features such as NAP included. Given Microsoft’s recent track record, I can say that I won’t be the first to upgrade!
The soon-to-be-released Windows XP SP3 boasts 1,000 different hot fixes, including both new as well as previous patches since Windows XP Service Pack 2 was released in 2004.
Some of the new elements in XP SP3 include: Network Access Protection (NAP) claimed to automatically ensure that a computer is free of bugs and viruses before it can access any network; enhanced black hole router detection claimed to automatically detect routers silently discarding packets; and product activation that does not need product keys for each copy of the operating system to be entered during set-up.
Edit: April 29th is now the day
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