Windows Service Pac 2, or 3 ""what is it""

ashmehta · February 1, 2008, 10:54pm

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.

Thanks

Ash

RHochstenbach · February 1, 2008, 11:02pm

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.

ashmehta · February 2, 2008, 9:32pm

Thank You

RHochstenbach · February 2, 2008, 10:11pm

you’re welcome

donkey42 · February 3, 2008, 11:37am

as a Linux user i don’t like Windoze, but, SP3 is due to be released before the middle of 2008

edijs · February 4, 2008, 3:19pm

is this some beta SP3?

RHochstenbach · February 4, 2008, 4:04pm

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.