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For starters, there's the usual roll-up of fixes.
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However, with so many shops bypassing Vista, the release of Service Pack 3 has taken on new levels of importance: This may be the last Service Pack they see for their chosen platform before Windows 7 arrives in late 2009.įortunately, SP3 manages to deliver. After all, it's just another compilation of patches and minor tweaks – for an obsolete OS, no less. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been the recipient of copious undue attention. At the same time, Service Pack 1 for Vista has been drawn, measured, and found wanting, putting yet another nail in the coffin of the would-be replacement for XP.Īs we wait for that next Service Pack to drop, let's take a look at what you can expect from Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. As I noted in my Enterprise Desktop blog, the vast majority of IT shops will be sticking with Windows XP for the foreseeable future, giving Service Pack 3 a higher profile than would normally have been afforded to a set of patches for a now "obsolete" OS. The controversy stems from the relatively lukewarm reception of Vista in the enterprise. Meanwhile, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is nearing its final release, with the RTM drop rumored to be making an appearance sometime this week.
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE
Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which went "gold" a few weeks back, was finally made general available via Windows Update yesterday. As you read this, Microsoft is getting set to deliver the final bits of what has become an increasingly controversial patch cycle.