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images/news/windows.jpgAfter repeatedly ostracizing the third service pack for Windows XP over a period of three years, Microsoft might actually deliver the refresh by the end of 2007. Officially, the Redmond company's plans as far as Windows XP Service pack 3 is concerned, remain unchanged from the end of the past year. Initially, Microsoft was planning to deliver SP3 in early 2006. Windows Vista managed to interfere with those plans, and as a result, the service pack was pushed to 2007. Then, as it was closing on the finalization of Windows Vista, Microsoft delayed Windows XP SP3 even further all the way to the first half of 2008.
The repeated delays prompted speculations that the Redmond company was only postponing SP3 to the point where it would cancel it completely. Microsoft always denied such a scenario, but thanks to Steve Sinofsky's Windows Omerta, further details were gagged. "SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008," is all the info that Microsoft is offering for Windows XP SP3.
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The repeated delays prompted speculations that the Redmond company was only postponing SP3 to the point where it would cancel it completely. Microsoft always denied such a scenario, but thanks to Steve Sinofsky's Windows Omerta, further details were gagged. "SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008," is all the info that Microsoft is offering for Windows XP SP3.
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