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It was released to manufacturing on April 21st and downloadable via Windows Update () and Download Center ( from April 29th. Are there any implications for the thousands of XP-using musicians out there?Īs I write this, Microsoft are poised to unleash the long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 3. To download the complete 313MB SP3 for all English versions of Windows XP, click the download link at the top of this page.The newly released Service Pack 3 will be the last one ever issued for Windows XP - and XP itself is due to go 'off the market' at the end of June.
#Windows xp professional version 2008 service pack 3 install
If you have Windows XP Service Pack 1a or Service Pack 2 already on your system, you can install Service Pack 3 now. if you have either Windows XP original (with no Service Pack), you must install Service Pack 2 first, followed by Service Pack 3. However, Service Pack 2 includes all of Service Pack 1a.

You can't apply SP3 unless you have, at bare minimum, Windows XP SP1a. Microsoft stopped supporting the early releases of Windows XP.
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You can download SP3, copy it to disc or a portable drive and use it on multiple PCs.
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The advantage of this full download is that it can be used on any system - plus it doesn't require an Internet connection to install. The file will download directly from Microsoft’s servers – you may want to shorten the file name. Click here for the AMD Windows XP SP3 hotfix. This hotfix needs to be applied before SP3, otherwise your system may get stuck in a loop and never start. Do not install Service Pack 3 on systems with AMD chips unless a special hotfix has been applied first. Important notes: Microsoft advise uninstalling any beta or Release Candidate versions before installing this final release.

However, you must have installed either Windows SP1 or SP2 before SP3.* Keep in mind that new patches made available after Service Pack 3 was released (mid April 2008) will still need to be applied. The file is a large download and can be applied to any version of Windows XP Home, Professional, TabletPC or Media Center (32 bit only). Windows XP Service Pack 3 (XP SP3) fixes a range of bugs and adds new features to Windows XP.
