Windows XP Service Pack 3 Due for Release
For all Windows XP operating system users, a third and final patch for the common computer operating system is pegged to be released late this April. This will be the last patch update for the operating system as most Windows users are being egged to use the Windows Vista OS which has likewise released it first Vista Service Pack recently.
The service pack, when final, should offer a number of enhancements over the current version of the OS. It includes all updates issued since Windows XP Service Pack 2 was released in 2004, and some new elements.
Among them: A feature called Network Access Protection that’s borrowed from the newer Windows Vista operating system. NAP automatically validates a computer’s health, ensuring that it’s free of bugs and viruses before allowing it access to a network.
Windows XP SP3 also includes improved “black hole” router detection — a feature that automatically detects routers that are silently discarding packets. In XP SP3, the feature is turned on by default, according to Microsoft.
Windows XP SP3 also steals a page from Vista’s product activation model, meaning that product keys for each copy of the operating system don’t need to be entered during setup. The feature should prove popular with corporate IT managers, who often need to oversee hundreds, or even thousands, of operating system installations.
Microsoft is in a bit of a Catch-22 with XP. The more it strengthens the OS, the less reason users have to upgrade to Vista, which by many accounts has failed to catch on with computer users in both the home and office since it debuted last year.
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We have been witness to a lot of patch updates mainly because the initial releases of these Windows operating systems are not that full proof. Intrusions and system errors which are normally discovered during the duration of their use by the end-users have been the focal point of developing these service packs to help safeguard the continuous patronage of authentic Windows users today.
With that said, expect a better Windows XP system on your computer setting but at the same time open up your doors for the potential shift towards the new Windows Vista series. Being the final patch update, further problems that may be incurred will no longer be attended to as this is the last installment of the usual service packs being released by Bill Gates and company.
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