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Windows XP SP3 Officially Delayed

It's April 29, and Microsoft has to make the unfortunate decision of delaying Windows XP SP3 due to compatibility issues between it and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, something none of you should be familiar with unless you work in retail. If you don't, the service pack has been unofficially available for a couple days now and you can go ahead and install it, but the final final version won't be ready for a little bit. [PCMag]

5:03 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jason Chen
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Hiphopopotamus at 05:08 PM on 04/29/08
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Take that, stupid ecosystem!
Kaiser-Machead at 05:09 PM on 04/29/08
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@Hiphopopotamus: But I thought it rocked!

Oh well, we can wait another 5 years.
scarbrtj at 05:13 PM on 04/29/08
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I seriously got a little pit in my stomach there for a sec when you said "Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System" because 1) I didn't know what it was, and 2) I thought it was some new form of DRM or copyright protection I was going to have to combat.
strider_mt2k at 05:17 PM on 04/29/08
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Aww man.

My attempt at putting Hardy Heron on my secondary computer has been unsuccessful, so XP nneds to keep jammin'! :|
bbfreak at 05:28 PM on 04/29/08
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Wow, color me surprised, they've delayed it again and on the day it was suppose to come out as well! Smashing Microsoft, just smashing!
Papa Midnight at 05:34 PM on 04/29/08
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Service Pack 3 prevents the installation of Nero :(
Denver_80203 at 05:46 PM on 04/29/08
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Funny it was out this morning. I have spent the whole day slipstreaming it and configuring a new sysprep image for our work machines. Since we're not in the retail business, I'm sticking with it. Risky? yeah. Care? not much.
dantaylor08 at 05:49 PM on 04/29/08
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Well considering the enterprise version has been out for a while now....

btw I installed enterprise last week and doing great - faster bootup (may just be my imagination), and the os is (definitely) generally more stable and responsive.
legacye at 06:10 PM on 04/29/08
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Can someone let me know if XP3 is as secure as Vista?. That's pretty much the only reason I would install it for a dual-boot at this point.
spaceman37 at 08:29 PM on 04/29/08
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And a good thing. We do have Dyanmics deployed for our retail shops.
Dickey at 09:37 PM on 04/29/08
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like who usually updates things from MS right out of the gate anyway. I used to wait like 6 months minimum before doing a service pack update just to see all the bugs get worked out.
Metkis at 10:06 PM on 04/29/08
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Didn't the last "speed increase" for Vista actually make it slower? Just saying I'm not going to count on that alleged speed increase.
masteryoda at 02:01 AM on 04/30/08
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Delay XP updates to speed Vista sales. Thats the mantra at Microsoft.
kylo4 at 04:21 AM on 04/30/08
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Those other ones are legitimate Microsoft releases right and not something those sites conjured up? How did they get it so early? Sorry if I'm a little suspicious of them, I wanted to do the update for the 'parents computer, hoping it would run smoother. Plus I have this thing where I just like the products getting updates. I know, it's strange.
scott johnson at 02:55 PM on 04/30/08
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This is too funny. I just downloaded this from a microsoft.com site yesterday!