Kicking XP SP3's tires; Available to MSDN and TechNet subscr
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft released a release candidate of the long delayed Windows XP SP3 to Microsoft MSDN and TechNet subscribers on Dec. 3. The release comes about a month after a beta release of SP3 was made available to about 15,000 users.
With customers still showing no eagerness to move to Vista, interest has been building in XP SP3. While there's little when it comes to new features in SP3, it does include a roll-up of the several hundred fixes that Microsoft has published for XP since XP SP2 arrived in August 2004, significant security and stability fixes, and a handful of new features.