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Old 01-02-2008, 11:54 PM   #1 (permalink) Top
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Hi can anobody please explain what is servicepack 2 used for and service pack 3 please. I do know that service pack 2 is used for usb Drivers.

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A service pack is a collection of updates and new features for an OS.

Service pack 2 included:

- popup blocker for IE
- Windows Security Center
- DEP (data execution prevention)
- Different bootscreen (only Windows XP is shown, but not the edition)

SP2 was a big modification for XP.

Service Pack 3 will only include a large group of updates, and some security measures taken from Vista.
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:32 PM   #3 (permalink) Top
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A service pack is a collection of updates and new features for an OS.

Service pack 2 included:

- popup blocker for IE
- Windows Security Center
- DEP (data execution prevention)
- Different bootscreen (only Windows XP is shown, but not the edition)

SP2 was a big modification for XP.

Service Pack 3 will only include a large group of updates, and some security measures taken from Vista.

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Old 02-02-2008, 10:11 PM   #4 (permalink) Top
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Old 03-02-2008, 11:37 AM   #5 (permalink) Top
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as a Linux user i don't like Windoze, but, SP3 is due to be released before the middle of 2008
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is this some beta SP3?
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is this some beta SP3?
It's a release candidate. That means that it's the last testing round. In an RC, most bugs have been fixed but it's not ready for official release yet.
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