XP SP3 Final available now

[vailr]

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Micr...ack_3_Final_d4323.html

 

[Tempered81]

lol, from the majorgeeks page:
"
Editors Note: Due to file popularity, we are having difficulty delivering over 300 MB to thousands of people. Please be patient.
"


thx - running it now...
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9166/xpsp3is4.jpg

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Sweet, downloading it now.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

BTW, why is this one only 316MB? Someone in the other thread said it was 545MB?

 

[Tempered81]

someone told me the 545/580 had some extra drivers? I installed the 316mb english.

 

[ghost recon88]

sweet thanks, been looking for this. Now to slipstream it

 

[InlineFive]

Umm, I wouldn't download any OS software from anywhere but Microsoft.

 

[ghost recon88]

Man, that site is getting mugged, 18kb/s

 

[Qianglong]

http://download.microsoft.com/...936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

Microsoft link hahaha

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: Qianglong
http://download.microsoft.com/...936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

Microsoft link hahaha

Thanks man, that one is loads faster then the other one.

 

[Qianglong]

I just slipstreamed the SP3 into my existing XP image. I will be installing it on a VMware machine.

 

[Qianglong]

After installing this SP3, on system properties it says :

Service Pack 3, v 3311. I am not sure if this is the final SP3

 

[Zepper]

I was wondering why I couldn't get to my MajorGeeks a while ago. Now I know...

InlineFive,
MajorGeeks is the most reliable site I'm aware of for downloading freeware/shareware tools. Everything is checked four ways from Sunday before it gets on their servers. But get it from M$ anyway just to take the load off the Geeks' servers. I'd hate to see their bandwidth bill for next month... :shocked:

.bh.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Qianglong
http://download.microsoft.com/...936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

Microsoft link hahaha

I think that's a Release Candidate download.

 

[imported_medfly]

I have the SP3 final on my web server. It sits on a fast connection too, so hammer away.

http://phb.btfh.net/temp2/

 

[imported_medfly]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: Qianglong
http://download.microsoft.com/...936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

Microsoft link hahaha

I think that's a Release Candidate download.

Agreed, the Md5sum on the M$ link doesnt match what I have.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: Qianglong
http://download.microsoft.com/...936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

Microsoft link hahaha

I think that's a Release Candidate download.

It is in fact the last public Release Candidate digitally signed February 12, 2008 (315MB). The final ENU download is 316MB and digitally signed April 13, 2008. And as mentioned, the MD5 checksum is different, as well.

I just applied SP3 to a newly rebuilt system that basically had nothing on it except freshly installed XP with all post-SP2 updates, latest drivers, and several apps like Ad-Aware, Mcafee VScan Plus 2008, iTunes, Nero 6.6, and PowerDVD 6.0.

Took about 12 minutes to install, one reboot, and completed without a hitch. At least, none that I can tell thus far. I pretty much had everything already, though, including NET Framework 3.0.

 

[tcsenter]

Oops, I double-clicked and it submitted two posts. I wonder if that's new. The second click has been disregarded when its happened before.

 

[Auric]

I are as giddy as a little girl to patch my Windowses. Tee hee.

 

[Schadenfroh]

What is the MD5 on the final SP3?

 

[vailr]

WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe - 316 MB (331,805,736 bytes)

MD5: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58

Digitally signed: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:30:34 AM

Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.5512

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: vailr

Digitally signed: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:30:34 AM

Hmm, I'm seeing Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:30:34 PM. MD5sum is the same.

 

[tcsenter]

Damned double post! The post/submit button is a little laggy, so I click it again thinking that my pointer was not inside the active click area.

 

[RebateMonger]

I'm guessing that the SP3 release has messed up the HotFix process.

I had to request an XP HotFix from Microsoft this week. I'd requested the same HotFix from Microsoft a month ago without incident. But now I need it again, since Microsoft date-limits its HotfFixe downloads.

MS sent the link (which now takes several hours since it's been "automated"), but when I went to download the patch, the MS download server says, "File Not Found". I see that the path for the HotFix includes the subfolder "SP3". I'm thinking that MS has removed the Hotfixes that have been included in SP3, now that SP3 has RTM'd.

 

[Cremaster]

I dl'ed from Majorgeeks, installed it and now my computer hangs at the XP slpash screen then reboots. Endless circle. OOPS!