Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
Microsoft finally released the Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. At the moment it isn't available for the Automatic Update service, or its own website, but it's available for download onto various 3rd party websites.
Since the release schedule looks like this:
Release schedule
1. April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.
2. April 21, 2008: Released to Original Equipment Manufacturers and Enterprise customers.
3. April 29, 2008: Manual Update (Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center).
4. June 10, 2008: Automatic Update (Windows Update).
you won't get it from Microsoft till next week.
Our elder brother, Soft32, provides a 3rd party download for Windows XP Service Pack 3 right here:
http://www.soft32.com/download_219807.htmlPS: as far as I know, Windows XP is still used by many gamers since it is faster than Vista onto the gaming side (DirectX 9.0) of the computing activities.
