Microsoft to allow serial-number free install of XP. PLUS: what's in XP SP 3

**MIG-31** · Oct 18, 2007, 07:06 AM

Source: APC Mag
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After four years in the making, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is almost ready for release. We've taken an in-depth look at it -- and one aspect of it jumps out as being particularly interesting: the ability to install XP without a serial number.

But first, a little background: Windows XP SP3 was recently released for public beta testing -- “public” being Microsoft Connect and MSDN subscribers. As we’ve already seen, SP3 is really more of a Windows rollup, rather than a massive feature-enhancing package like SP2 was. However, it seems that SP3 does contain some new functionality:

Oct 18, 2007, 07:06 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Microsoft to allow serial-number free install of XP. PLUS: what's in XP SP 3 Source: APC Mag _______________ After four years in the making, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is almost ready for release. We've taken an in-depth look at it -- and one aspect of it jumps out as being particularly interesting: the ability to install XP without a serial number. But first, a little background: Windows XP SP3 was recently released for public beta testing -- “public” being Microsoft Connect and MSDN subscribers. As we’ve already seen, SP3 is really more of a Windows rollup, rather than a massive feature-enhancing package like SP2 was. However, it seems that SP3 does contain some new functionality: __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here