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Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2 improves networking


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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 08:36 PM

images/news/windows.jpgAlthough news of this release is already a couple of days old, new features in Service Pack 3 RC2 for Windows XP that users can expect from this package includes: stronger networking protocols with black hole router detection, and Network Access Protection, with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) that was provided for in Windows Vista. But as this isn’t a final version, if your system has been stable and running fine, I would suggest you not to upgrade for a while and let the bugs and kinks be fully worked out. Take my word for it; it’ll definitely be worth the wait.

Service Pack 3 adds several networking and security improvements, and compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 security credential providers. It also incorporates features previously available individually as separate updates, such as Micorsoft Windows Imaging Component (WIC), Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0, and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2. To view a full list of the new features available in this pack, click here. You can also download Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update. Previous release candidates of SP3 must be removed before making the update.

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#2 TheBearLT

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:26 PM

Waiting scara, we waiting :cc_surrender:

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:29 PM

well... this is nice news... i like XP a lot... but i do like vista.. and if you can see... they are trying to put xp up par with vista and everyone is liking it I'm sure... Which means... Vista is really THAT GOOD.

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:39 PM

Geez, you are a true Vista Fanboy :lol:

Scara you heard.. Vista is really THAT GOOD. :g: Maybe it's time to.... obey... ? :lust:
hehe :cc_surrender:

Edited by TheBearLT, 22 February 2008 - 09:43 PM.


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Posted 22 February 2008 - 10:14 PM

No reason to change. XP just keeps on getting better :g:

:cc_surrender: :lol:

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 11:16 PM

well.. the only reason i have vista is because of technet otherwise I wouldn't have shelled the money for ultimate which is what i wanted.

Thing is... i can't go back to xp... i can't use my laptop anymore because of it.. I use it at work because there is no choice... and in all honesty... I just can see without mud in my eyes... Its not a matter of being a fanboy or not (maybe I am) but... its because of these vista haters that i have become an advocate.

Really.. If you get to use vista to its fullest you will see that it really works MUCH better than XP ever did.. maybe with sp3 xp and the updates on the network, it will run...

For instance.. I was never able to transfer faster than 10mb/s with xp.. with vista i can transfer to 12mb/s over the network and... I can have 2 different networks w/o it getting all SCREWED.

Edited by highlander, 22 February 2008 - 11:18 PM.


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Posted 23 February 2008 - 03:53 AM

i'm with ya there highL! yo, solid!

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 06:47 PM

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well... this is nice news... i like XP a lot... but i do like vista.. and if you can see... they are trying to put xp up par with vista and everyone is liking it I'm sure... Which means... Vista is really THAT GOOD.

I like Vista a lot too ! :cc_surrender:

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XP just keeps on getting better

... THAT'S GREAT !

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:26 PM

You like it only because it looks good..

Seriously, besides DX10, nothing to get excited about.
For the Extra money you spend on Ultimate, you can get lots of tools that will make your XP more ultimate than you can possibly imagine.. :lol: :g: :cc_surrender:

Edited by TheBearLT, 23 February 2008 - 07:26 PM.


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Posted 25 February 2008 - 02:34 PM

View PostTheBearLT, on Feb 23 2008, 07:26 PM, said:

Seriously, besides DX10, nothing to get excited about.

DX10 doesn't even excite me anymore. I've played DX9 & DX10 games and saw little to no difference.

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Posted 29 February 2008 - 05:31 AM

Oh Man!, I downloaded the latest tonight and planned to install it after putting it off for so long. And now I have another reason to procrastinate.
geez, Thanx, I think. hehe, geez. :)

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Posted 29 February 2008 - 05:53 AM

i'd just stick w/ xpx64, sans the latest "sp"...

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 06:19 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on Feb 28 2008, 09:53 PM, said:

i'd just stick w/ xpx64, sans the latest "sp"...

ya, this would be for the 2nd PC. I rebuilt an old area 51, circa 2001, AMD thunderbird that my brother-in-law trashed. And I put my old XP Hm on it.
As for my main sweeze, hehe, I'm not touching the XP 64-bit. It works great. Got no complaints there. :rofl_mini:




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