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Microsoft rolls out third public XP SP3 build
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 07:49, 26th March 2008 GMT
Source: Computer World News
Microsoft Corp. today released a new public version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), saying it was again testing the update's online distribution.
Dubbed Windows XP SP3 RC2 Refresh, the new build is the second offered to all XP users in the last five weeks. "The purpose of RC2 Refresh is to validate improvements to the Windows Update experience with Service Pack 3," a notice on a TechNet support forum read Tuesday afternoon.
The refresh, which is also tagged as build 5508, will be available only as a Windows Update download, and only in English, German and Japanese versions, added Microsoft employee Chris Keroack in the TechNet announcement. There are no significant differences between this build, said Keroack, and build 3311, released Feb. 19, except for the addition of high-definition audio support.
A slightly earlier build, labeled 5503, had been issued to a subset of Microsoft's beta test group two weeks ago. It promptly leaked to the Internet, where users were able to locate and download it using BitTorrent search sites.
As with the February Windows XP SP3 RC2, users must download, install and run a small registry hack available from the company's Download Center to force their PCs to "see" the newest build on Windows Update. Users must also uninstall earlier versions of SP3 before applying the hack, Microsoft said.
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