Microsoft delays Windows XP Service Pack 3 from 2006 to 2007!

calidan · Jan 16, 2006, 10:27 PM

2 weeks ago I posted my annual list of what we can expect for this year. WinXP SP3 was also mentioned in the list, I put it in summer 2006 as I had several sources for this, including this official list.

Now it seems Microsoft silently changed the release date to 2007, while the publishing date of the list remains unchanged. Maybe I checked the list before that date, but I'm quite sure I didn't.

Last year in April, Ballmer said windows XP sp3 would ship before "Longhorn" comes out. Now it will be a year later: 2nd half or 2007!!

Anyway this sucks of course, in my opinion Windows should get a SP every year until the general support is dropped. Now home users, admins and OEMs who deploy XP have to download a lot of fixes when a new PC is installed. admins can slipstream the fixes but it is a hassle. A SP is very convenient in that way. No wonder techies build there own SP's and release the to the web. Waiting 3 years for a SP is too long!

I hate it when MS does this, and let me predict this Bink.nu headline somewhere in 2007:

"Microsoft cancels Windows XP SP3, instead comes with roll-up-fix"

Strangely SP2 for Windows Server 2003 is scheduled for 2nd half of 2006 (as in my list)
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nForcer · Jan 17, 2006, 12:19 AM

Hell if SP3 results in the over-hyped drama of security issues, maybe spending a year to work out those bugs would be worth it. Then again, delaying a service pack isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you run Windows Update you've got all the updates contained therein. However, by holding off SIMPLY because they're affraid of how the public will react to it is rather silly. If you don't know what you're doing, then you have NO, absolutely NO right to complain.

Jan 16, 2006, 10:27 PM	#1
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Microsoft delays Windows XP Service Pack 3 from 2006 to 2007! 2 weeks ago I posted my annual list of what we can expect for this year. WinXP SP3 was also mentioned in the list, I put it in summer 2006 as I had several sources for this, including this official list. Now it seems Microsoft silently changed the release date to 2007, while the publishing date of the list remains unchanged. Maybe I checked the list before that date, but I'm quite sure I didn't. Last year in April, Ballmer said windows XP sp3 would ship before "Longhorn" comes out. Now it will be a year later: 2nd half or 2007!! Anyway this sucks of course, in my opinion Windows should get a SP every year until the general support is dropped. Now home users, admins and OEMs who deploy XP have to download a lot of fixes when a new PC is installed. admins can slipstream the fixes but it is a hassle. A SP is very convenient in that way. No wonder techies build there own SP's and release the to the web. Waiting 3 years for a SP is too long! I hate it when MS does this, and let me predict this Bink.nu headline somewhere in 2007: "Microsoft cancels Windows XP SP3, instead comes with roll-up-fix" Strangely SP2 for Windows Server 2003 is scheduled for 2nd half of 2006 (as in my list) _______ Source: Bink.nu __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

Jan 17, 2006, 12:19 AM	#2
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Hell if SP3 results in the over-hyped drama of security issues, maybe spending a year to work out those bugs would be worth it. Then again, delaying a service pack isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you run Windows Update you've got all the updates contained therein. However, by holding off SIMPLY because they're affraid of how the public will react to it is rather silly. If you don't know what you're doing, then you have NO, absolutely NO right to complain.