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Apr 29, 2008, 05:17 PM // 17:17
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Technician's Corner Moderator
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 now on Windows Update
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 started appearing on Windows Update early this morning. Windows XP Service Pack 3 covers all previously released updates. Also included will be some private hotfixes that you could only acquire through special request. There are genuinely new features - not just patches and security updates, but services that could substantially improve system security without overhauling the kernel like with Windows Vista. These new features will not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
Windows XP SP3 Build 5512 is the final release, also known as the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build that made it's way to TechNet, MSDN and OEMs. Service Pack 3's size for the English release is 316MB. Other language releases may vary. There are several new features that come with SP3, they are Network Access Protection (NAP), Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module (KMCM) and the hardening of the TCP/IP stack with the new "black hole router" detection. Network Access Protection (NAP) has been added with the release of Service Pack 3. This will help System Administrators to ensure that their network is both secure and healthy. Sysadmins will be able to set policies that determine if a computer is healthy or not by meeting set system health requirements. Examples of those requirements can be having the most recent OS updates installed, having the latest version of the anti-virus software including detection definitions, or if the computer has a host-based firewall installed and enabled. Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module (KMCM) is a FIPS 140-1 Level 1 compliant, general-purpose, software-based, cryptographic module residing at the Kernel Mode level of the Windows Operating System. It runs as a kernel mode export driver (a kernel-mode DLL) and encapsulates several different cryptographic algorithms in an easy-to-use cryptographic module accessible by other kernel mode drivers. It can be linked into other kernel mode services to permit the use of FIPS 140-1 Level 1 compliant cryptography. It premiered in Windows 2000, and its first implementation in a Windows client was for the first edition of Vista. Microsoft is also hardening the Windows IP stack. With this addition comes Microsoft's new "black hole router" detection. Black hole router detection is a way for routers to detect in advance the shortest path to send a large number of datagrams, without having to fragment them too seriously along the way. As it turned out, some receiving routers that were pegged by sending ones as PMTU members were responding to datagrams with "do not fragment" messages by simply throwing them out. These were referred to as "black hole routers," and have been a perennial plague to streaming operations. The new router detection scheme enables IP routers along the way to flag misbehaving PMTU candidates in advance and steer around them. Downloads: Windows XP SP3 English | Windows XP SP3 German | Windows XP SP3 Russian | Windows XP SP3 Spanish | Windows XP SP3 Polish | Windows XP SP3 French | Windows XP SP3 Chinese Link: Windows Update Source: Lunarsoft A full list of Download Links is on the Lunarsoft forums. For those who want their custom themes back, check out the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) UXTheme Patch. Last edited by Tarun; May 09, 2008 at 03:38 PM // 15:38.. Reason: Added in Polish, French and Chinese download links for SP3 |
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Apr 29, 2008, 05:20 PM // 17:20
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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING
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Cool, but I was hoping for that 10% performance boost I kept hearing about.
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Apr 29, 2008, 05:28 PM // 17:28
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Desert Nomad
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Once installed how much space this thing suck up?
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Apr 29, 2008, 05:36 PM // 17:36
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Furnace Stoker
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So if you are happy with Service pact 2 is it worth the download?
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:16 PM // 18:16
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Insane & Inhumane
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There's no real reason to rush to SP3, IMO.
However I'll be getting it on my other computer soon here, I'm just going to wait it out and see what people find in SP3, such a bugs/problems etc. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:17 PM // 18:17
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Academy Page
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well as an official microsoft partner, the "official" sp3 relase hasnt happened yet and is NOT on the windows update. the only version of sp3 you can obtain is an RTM version which are not EVER released on micrsoft update site
i urge all who reads this post not to click the links which are included in this persons post and if you wish to obtain a version of the RTM head to micrsoft website youself!! MSDN only though The file on lunarsoft is kb936929 (Release Candidate), in other words, is a BETA, do NOT install it! David Mcnutt MCP, MCSE, CCNP, A+, N+ Last edited by Devine [TIGO]; Apr 29, 2008 at 06:31 PM // 18:31.. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:23 PM // 18:23
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Frost Gate Guardian
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And I assume XP can finally register more then 3 GB of RAM with this update?
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:30 PM // 18:30
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Forge Runner
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I installed it last night and it made my system to bluescreen every time I booted it up.
"Stop:C0000139 Entry point not found Procedure entry point gdigetbitmapbitssize could not be located in the dynamic link library GDI32.DLL" So no SP3 for me... 
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:33 PM // 18:33
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:34 PM // 18:34
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So Serious...
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It's never a good idea to voluntarily postpone an update, unless you've got reasons to believe that it'll break your system (that happens ...). So if you don't "rush", make sure that you apply it soon. A Service Pack is not a normal patch, it makes deep and profound changes that will secure your computer a (significant) little bit more. Thanks for the info Tarun! I'll download after 9pm since it's >300Mo and I'll may get capped for the big size. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:36 PM // 18:36
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Academy Page
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i suggest a mod close this thread or remove it as the first poster has links to a beta version, which can be buggy
get on it guys |
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:39 PM // 18:39
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I'm not normally one to say too much on this, but i've noticed that the op has been using various updates/programs to plug his site. now if he is doing that and this site doesn't mind, great...but at least give the people the correct info.
Ty. /edit not so much 'correct info'...but some user feedback is helpful. copy/paste doesn't help much. It's nice to know if the OP is using said updates, if there are any known conflicts etc..etc.. Last edited by gone; Apr 29, 2008 at 07:14 PM // 19:14.. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 06:42 PM // 18:42
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Exactly the same thing happened to me on my laptop.I had to reinstall XP but i used a copy slipstreamed with sp3 and it was fine then.I was using custom Omega drivers for my ATI graphics and i got a suspicion it was those that caused it. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 07:32 PM // 19:32
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You could also have easily downloaded the SP3 from the link on my website and checked in a Virtual Machine environment. I already have and I also checked the MD5s. This is not a beta release, either. This is the official RTM release. The knowledge base ID number is the same. They have no reason to change it. The MD5's are also available. MD5 checksums can be generated by MD5summer which you can get at: http://www.md5summer.org MD5 for English Version: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58 MD5 for German Version: 265246926AA44BD767B0C11F80C084F1 MD5 for Russian Version: E38B5C19A3D12AE8DE0A12B1E098DD73 MD5 for Spanish Version: A3FC7285F1EE00CA57B06C6E7C875CA8 Still don't believe me? Check on MSFN.org, BetaNews, MajorGeeks, etc. They also have SP3 news posted or an article about the file. So please don't troll in these threads. Quote:
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And you're quite welcome Fril. You may want to update your security thread to recommend people get this. Quote:
 To answer your question, I have been deploying Service Pack 3 across my home network and I have not encountered any issues. In fact, on one machine SP3 actually resolved a few issues! I have also been deploying this at work and not encountered any issues at all. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 07:41 PM // 19:41
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Furnace Stoker
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Yeah it's been in RTM for 8 days now, and that qualified guy is wrong. MS does release to Windows Update.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...4173&SiteID=17 Who you gonna believe...:hmm: |
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Apr 29, 2008, 07:43 PM // 19:43
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please dude, don't be sorry. it's a help, but feedback is just as helpful, if you know what I mean. even if it's bad, in a good way. ;D
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Apr 29, 2008, 08:05 PM // 20:05
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I know that TechNet/MSDN users also got an ISO that was 544.86MB in size. It was a CD you could run to update to SP3 (but contained SP2 info, which is to be fixed). The SP3 release was also included on the ISO, which is why it was 540+MB. May 6th is the official date that SP3 will show up on Windows Update. Right now it's showing up to a few people. Quote:
I honestly am really enjoying SP3. It literally will have a more responsive feel to it which is very nice. It took 10 minutes to install on my 3 year old computer. 2GB RAM, 3.4GHz P4 with HTT, 320GB 7200 Western Digital HDD with 16MB cache (drive is only a few months old). I mentioned having a computer (my grandfather's notebook) that had some issues that SP3 resolved. The last time I went to update his firewall (Comodo Pro 2.4) to the latest release, it was hanging on boot and very unresponsive. So I had to remove Comodo 3 and put 2.4 back on. After updating to SP3, I was able to update to Comodo 3 without any problems at all. He rarely shuts down his computer, he simply lets it hibernate. Even the hibernation process is much faster than before. Heck, even on his computer which has 512MB RAM and I unfortunately don't have his processor memorized, it took under 30 minutes to install. I've had nothing but positive results from updating Windows XP to SP3.
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Apr 29, 2008, 08:44 PM // 20:44
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 read your own article then give me a ms download link to that instead of RC2 i have been using.your article thats them not usums yet as all i get is RC2 Quote:
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Apr 29, 2008, 08:48 PM // 20:48
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Nightow and Big John Thomas,
I did more research into your issues. With the help of a friend it turns out your file GDI32.dll was corrupt. So here's what you two need to do. Download SP3 and extract it using this command in your command prompt. It'll be easiest to put it into your C:\ directory So make a folder named xpsp3 and drop the XP SP3 exe into the folder. Be sure to rename it to make it easier to deal with. Something like xpsp3.exe will help. Code:
xpsp3.exe /x In the command prompt, enter this: Code:
expand C:\xpsp3\i386\gdi32.dl_ C:\xpsp3 Now, download this program called Replacer. Extract and run Replacer. Next you'll navigate to C:\Windows\System32\ and drag the GDI32.dll file onto the command prompt when you've run Replacer. After that you need to drag the file that you will replace the original with onto the command prompt. If you followed my directions above, you just need to go to C:\xpsp3\ and drag/drop GDI32.dll onto the Replacer window. Replacer will take care of the rest for you. |
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Apr 29, 2008, 09:23 PM // 21:23
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