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XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all
Its better to hold the release until all issues are fixed than to release it with bugs. Microsoft has been great about doing such a thing with all their releases over the last decade or so.
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XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  Loverock Davidson | 04/29/08
all bugs?  jnk_zdnet | 04/29/08
MS has released more buggy...  bjbrock | 04/29/08
i couldn't agree more ...  jnk_zdnet | 04/29/08
acceptance of mediocrity  am@... | 05/02/08
Ah, but...  CreepinJesus | 04/30/08
Let me understand this...  thx-1138_@... | 04/30/08
It's Loverock "Windoze Bigot" Davidson - WHAT do you expect?  drprod@... | 05/02/08
bugs and bloatware  jrfoleyjr@... | 05/03/08
pc act atack  pc cat atack | 05/26/08
Bwahahahaha!!!!  ejhonda | 04/29/08
But Vista SP 1 is...  jasonp@... | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  tworivers1 | 04/29/08
Oh, it probably *installed* OK  Mahegan | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  jay@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  mtrltd@... | 04/29/08
No (nt)  roaming | 04/30/08
But ZDNET put a link to it...  ceo@... | 04/29/08
What gives the link is still live !!  kchahal | 04/29/08
SP3 already installed on my machine  glenn_primm@... | 04/29/08
"doesn't work properly"  Holger178 | 04/29/08
LOL!  thx-1138_@... | 04/30/08
PLEASE TELL US THE URL of your Download?  estonijaan | 04/29/08
Here ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Probably not the actual RTW file...  ruprick_z | 04/29/08
Downloaded and installed...  jmiller1978 | 04/29/08
*The* quickest and easiest here  goyta | 04/29/08
WHERE do you download XP SP3  estonijaan | 04/29/08
pc cat atack  pc cat atack | 05/26/08
WHERE did you get XP SP3?  estonijaan | 04/29/08
The contents of that file ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 04/29/08
Oh No !!!  ralphdb@... | 04/29/08
Bloggers in general a very unprofessional.  bjbrock | 04/29/08
A few points ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 04/29/08
English, again  oregonnerd13 | 05/02/08
Yes! Thank you for catching that, Glenn! happy  drprod@... | 05/02/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  caryyy | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  davey23 | 04/29/08
some would argue  rtk | 04/29/08
Others would argue  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
Monopolistic practice???  cholzwarth | 05/02/08
windows xp sp3  santu makal | 06/16/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  lrwagner@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  Bryce White | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  fallout330@... | 04/29/08
Can we get UAC??? Huh, huh, huh??????  Starderup | 04/29/08
Better way than disabling it, i think.  April May | 04/29/08
April May you will find on zdnet a lot of the talkback posters like to  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
Exaggerate?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
You know....  BitTwiddler | 04/29/08
hahahaha!  Hobyx | 05/02/08
Oh groan...bunch of morons up there  roger@... | 04/29/08
Lack of understanding.  April May | 04/29/08
No shuch experience with Linux  Ole Man | 04/29/08
Out come the MS apologists  Richard Flude | 04/29/08
True that...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
Thanks for the laugh  bobd08 | 04/30/08
So . . .  zclayton2 | 04/30/08
Maybe not 8.04 just yet....  kandyass@... | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  salliemander63@... | 04/29/08
Question on Vista  rhomp2002@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  ZombyWulf | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  bob.g.brooks@... | 04/29/08
NOT suprised as I will NOT be applying it ......  carlsf@... | 04/29/08
Did anyone understand what he just said?  jmiller1978 | 04/29/08
It is just that way  green alien | 04/29/08
i think he said  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  Leap44Bedford | 04/29/08
XP SP3  natemark@... | 04/29/08
XP SP3  natemark@... | 04/29/08
No problems with XP SP3 here either  BlueCollarGeek | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  bigbob06010@... | 04/29/08
What did I download?  AntiM$ | 04/29/08
I thought you were ANTIM$  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/29/08
How's That Yahoo Takeover Coming Bitty?  itanalyst2@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  wcbark@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  Pooch666 | 04/29/08
Yeah, good job. After all, we ALL run that application...  BitTwiddler | 04/29/08
It's not that simple  Michael Kelly | 04/29/08
They have there hands in too many cookie jars  Randalllind | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  robinsonky | 04/29/08
RMS rock-solid. What's the " incompatibility?"  archetuthus | 04/29/08
Probably something else  Samun56 | 04/29/08
RMS Incompatibility  me06108 | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  tenrun@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  ai193@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  earthgiant@... | 04/29/08
Switching to Apple because of one crash?  jmiller1978 | 04/29/08
re: Switching to Apple because of one crash?  Gis Bun | 04/30/08
This is about Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System  LilBambi_z | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  tedrad@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  Pooch666 | 04/29/08
Some of this FCC scanning is working  BALTHOR | 04/29/08
Affects RMS?? What about third-party products?  smqadri@... | 04/29/08
I Was Kinda Wondering That Myself  dumptux | 04/30/08
In responding to BitTwiddler, it got me thinking  Michael Kelly | 04/29/08
Perhaps testing...  Anton Philidor | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  leigh@... | 04/29/08
Any more details on that problem?  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 04/29/08
"M$ is fudging the truth here"  Ole Man | 04/29/08
about as many times as you ole man lol  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
i've installed it on 43 computers so far with no issues at all  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  ritchingsrj@... | 04/29/08
Windows XP SP3  BClark31@... | 04/29/08
Sorry to hear that  TheGooch1 | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  MichaelG@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  atari8bit@... | 04/29/08
So whats the big deal, I can wait a bit longer  toviz@... | 04/29/08
Missing the point.  bobd08 | 04/30/08
Who Cares About this  TheGooch1 | 04/30/08
well said TheGooch1  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
Another M$ shill heard from  bobd08 | 05/04/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  ralphdb@... | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  billland | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  medusa88@... | 04/29/08
Is it me, or does this poster....  dcbarry | 04/29/08
RE: XP SP3 not ... No big surprise ...  TiggerTom | 04/29/08
SP3 Installed, then deleted  cosmicfoole@... | 04/29/08
Undocumented / Hidden APIs  rlehan@... | 04/30/08
It's a secret, silly (classified as a "trade secret")  Ole Man | 04/30/08
To Everyone Questioning  Rnadmo | 04/30/08
Linux has a multitude of problems  TheGooch1 | 04/30/08
Having trouble staying on topic?  Ole Man | 04/30/08
Interesting  bobd08 | 05/02/08
Hey! Mary Jo!  n0lxx-mark@... | 04/30/08
Sounds like Vista type problems are coming with SP3  ron@... | 04/30/08
"Users" need to understand  Ole Man | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  SurfRover | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  richard.misson@... | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  davidlaska@... | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  lazarus0@... | 04/30/08
Just Tell MS to call both RMS users and tell them not to update  Uber Dweeb | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  ingber@... | 04/30/08
Dying relics and the birth of exuberance and innovation  puterg33k | 04/30/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  becabill@... | 05/01/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  becabill@... | 05/01/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  becabill@... | 05/01/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  becabill@... | 05/01/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  kerryp24 | 05/02/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  JohnWBruce | 05/02/08
delay for bugfix? good!  Hobyx | 05/02/08
RE:Microsoft and some problems with, eh, English  oregonnerd13 | 05/02/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  jrfoleyjr@... | 05/03/08
Actually, what drives defects is the method...  jdickey | 05/03/08
RE: XP SP3 DRM install  do it yourself IT | 05/05/08
Need I say I told you so?  Ole Man | 05/05/08
hr hr hr  do it yourself IT | 05/06/08
You're one up on them now  Ole Man | 05/06/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  fasill | 09/06/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  maxjohn4 | 11/28/08
RE: XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all  slionnmelissa | 11/10/09

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