dvnityCker Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 OCTOBER 06, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - While Microsoft Corp. still won't confirm there will be a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system, a preview version of the software update has been made available on the Web. An "unofficial" preview pack of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is available at The Hotfix, a software download site and discussion forum that focuses on patches and software updates. Ethan Allen, the creator and administrator of The Hotfix, said Wednesday he put together the preview pack from software updates he received from an internal Microsoft source that are expected to be released in SP3. Some of those updates include Windows log-on improvements and features that fix current problems with connecting Windows XP computers to various networks, according to the SP3 forum on the site. Allen, a Microsoft beta tester who previously worked for the software company on a contract basis, updates the list of technologies for Windows XP SP3 daily based on information found on Microsoft's Web site. "Microsoft makes it freely available about what's going to be in the next hot fixes, but they hide it," Allen said. He said he found information on updates that will be made available in Windows XP SP3 using keywords contained in articles on Microsoft's Web site. This is the same way he discovered the technologies that were released in Windows XP SP2. He posted those updates on a Web site before that service pack was released in August 2004. Allen now works in software assurance for a high-tech company based in Bellevue, Wash., that he declined to name. He said Microsoft has not contacted him about The Hotfix, which he launched in July. Allen's site has also published a transcript of a chat discussion in which Microsoft engineers fielded questions from beta testers about whether Internet Explorer 7 will be included in SP3. According to the transcript, Anurag Jain, a program manager in the Internet Explorer team, said the service pack will not include it but will "support" it. Instead, Internet Explorer 6 will be a part of Windows XP SP3. Microsoft provides service packs to add what the company and its users think are important updates to the current releases of its software. For example, Windows XP SP2, which was a significant update to Windows XP, included software intended to make the operating system more secure. Reports published last week quoted Microsoft France Technical and Security Director Bernard Ourghanlian as saying there will be a third service pack for Windows XP available after the next version of the client operating system, Windows Vista, ships at the end of 2006. A Microsoft spokesman Wednesday insisted that Microsoft still hasn't decided whether or not to release SP3 for Windows XP. "We have not confirmed plans for a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP yet," said Michael Burk, product manager for Windows Vista. "At this point, the Windows servicing team is reviewing the feedback on Windows XP SP2 and is still evaluating timing and alternatives for the next Windows XP servicing release." Quote The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dvnityCker Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 i zvanicno.... Microsoft Corp. today officially confirmed that there will be a third service pack for the current client version of Windows, Windows XP. The company declined to release further details, but said that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be available after the shipment of Windows Vista, the next version of the client operating system. Vista is now scheduled to be available at the end of 2006. "Right now, Vista is our priority," Michael Burk, product manager for Windows Vista at Microsoft, said in a statement. "We'll have more information to share after Vista ships." News leaked that there would be a third service pack for Windows XP after published reports last week quoted Microsoft France Technical and Security Director Bernard Ourghanlian as confirming that Windows XP SP3 would be available after Windows Vista. However, as of yesterday, Microsoft insisted that the company had not decided whether to release a third service pack for XP. Microsoft released the most recent Windows XP service pack, SP2, in August 2004. The service pack was one of the most significant updates to the Windows operating system that Microsoft ever produced, and it included a host of features to make Windows more secure. Developers looking for a preview of what may be included in Windows XP SP3 can visit The Hotfix, a software download site and discussion forum that focuses on patches and software updates. Ethan Allen, the creator and administrator of The Hotfix, said yesterday that he put together the preview pack from software updates he received from an internal Microsoft source. The updates are expected to be part of the next XP service pack but have not been confirmed by Microsoft, he said. Allen is a Microsoft beta tester and a former contract employee of the software vendor. He currently works in software assurance for a Bellevue, Wash.-based technology company that he declined to name. Quote The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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