http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/ Engadget Comments for Windows XP SP3 release just around the bend? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
Well I think I know exactly what happened to your computer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta]]>Apr 16th 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
Except for the moments of power outages, I have had my pc running non-stop since fall 2001. XP is so stable I have never felt the need to reinstall.
]]>Apr 16th 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/ive had SP3 since like Mid-March.....]]>Apr 15th 2008 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
http://dailyapps.net/2007/11/hack-attack-get-windows-xp-sp3-through-windows-update/
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The website you linked to specifically says this hack will allow you to "download Windows XP SP3 RC1". RC1 means "release candidate 1", that is, not the final version. Furthermore they state that this is the "way Microsoft expects its beta testers to try Windows XP SP3 out".

You have a beta version of the service pack sir. Sorry to burst your bubble.]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 17th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
Is there shrapnel of memory modules rattling around in your case? ;)]]>Apr 15th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
At most it'll start nagging via the stupid notifications thing.]]>Apr 15th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/

I say red!]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Are you an interior decorator?]]>Apr 15th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/]]>Apr 16th 2008 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
They could make it red and black and call it Win XP Pro Emo edition.]]>Apr 16th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
As far as their concerned, you are a happy "owner" of Vista, and that makes their shareholders happy.]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 16th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Apr 15th 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Starts with "B" ends with "eta"
Now do you understand?]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/Zune = Shit
Windows = Shit
XBOX 360 = Shit]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
When i installed a Microsoft product, my dog ended up needing surgery to repair his hip, and my grandmother died. Ill never install a Microsoft product again.

But for some reason, your story of a software program corrupting a hardware device like your pro duo CPU and inexplicably destroying your USB devices (no doubt SP3 caused them to actually explode into pieces) actually makes me laugh, and brings me joy. I hope your memory is good, so you can describe those videos and pictures to your kids.]]>Apr 15th 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
lol

oh god...]]>Apr 15th 2008 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/I think it is safe to assume he was talking about Sony's Memory Stick Pro Duos, and not the Intel Core 2 Duo line of CPUs. Which you somehow got mixed up with Pro Duo.

Just saying...]]>Apr 15th 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
Pwnt.]]>Apr 16th 2008 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
And that boys and girls is the reason we BACKUP!!!

All my important data (work files, school work, photos) are backed up in 3 different places (their original place on my computer, an extrenal HD i have connected to my computer, and an external HD I have that i only hook up to my computer one a week and thats to copy any new files over to it.) Backin up everything is stupid, but important things...very important!]]>Apr 16th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/15/windows-xp-sp3-release-just-around-the-bend/
Somehow I find it very hard to believe. I have my fair share of USB peripherals - printers, memory sticks, external HDD, digital camera - and I must have installed some 5 or 6 different builds of Vista beta. Not a single one corrupted ANY of my files. The first were relatively unstable and laggy, but the last couple were really usable. So much so that I ran RC1 until the beta activation expired and I had to go back to XP. And I'm not talking monster-super-gaming-rig here: I had a plain Pentium4 3Ghz, 1Gb RAM and an ATI Radeon X300, which were enough to run Vista with Aero.

Did you have all those decades' worth of films on USB sticks? Did you perchance yank them from the computer when they were being used? I don't want to say you're making it up but really - you'd have to be a very unlucky guy to have that happen.

By the way - always back up important files on non-rewritable media... And stash them away so they don't get broken/scratched/whatever.]]>Apr 16th 2008 5:57AM