Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final

Publisher's Description:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 has the following other editions available: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 ISO.

Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	UJM	Jul 1, 2008
Version:	Final
After installing SP3 the seek noise from my hard drive went up noticably and that was after defragging the drive. If you have SP2 with all critical updates then you don't need the SP3 update, and for those who think that SP3 will somehow make your system faster ... It won't!
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Reviewer:	bds14	Jun 19, 2008
Version:	Final
Saw the same problem as stp33: My desktop would hibernate without a problem, but then it would never be able to come back from hibernation. The progress bar would fill up when returning, but then the screen would just go and stay black. When I manually rebooted the system after this, it would tell me that "the last attempt to restart the system from its previous location failed." I uninstalled SP3, and now my system hibernates just fine.
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Reviewer:	Landsnes	Jun 15, 2008
Version:	Final
Works! I installed a clean system, applied SP3 and then installed all my programs. I've had no problems with it and everything works great! Can't ask for more than that.
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Reviewer:	stp33	Jun 3, 2008
Version:	Final
After having used released SP3 for 3 weeks, I have removed it. 1. sporadic blue screens here and there. No pattern. Various codes. Haven't seen as many blue screens in 3 years before SP3. After the removal, not one blue screen. 2. There also was another, more scary effect. Suddenly, in the middle of work, the screen would slowly flash several times, after which video signal (NVidia 7800GS) went off and computer (mobo Abit AV8) became unresponsive. After hard reset, there was long beeeeep instead of short normal one, and again no video signal. In about 10 minutes, everything magically restored to the normal state; during these 10 minutes, even complete turning off the PSU did not have any effect. This was happening about once in 2 days. I have no explanation or even an idea about what might be causing this and how it was possible, but again, this never happened before, and never came back after having SP3 removed. 3. Hibernation became impossible - computer was saving the state without a problem, but when trying to wake up, it said that the file was corrupted. 4. Removing SP3 itself also was not smooth - the un-installation has failed with "file not found". Investigation showed that it did not like one particular kb937468.cat because it had expired certificate. So I used system restore.
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Reviewer:	sweathog	May 16, 2008
Version:	Final
CONS 1. Eliminates address bar in the taskbar. 2. Breaks Xpize PROS 1. Improves speed
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