Windows XP SP3 final trudges into the torrent
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Apr 25th 2008 1:43AM
posted Apr 25th 2008 1:43AM
[Thanks, Chris]
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After the Vista SP1 troubles Microsoft had and the troubles caused by early downloads such as these.. I'm standing clear of this until the final is up.
Plus I'm busy downloading/installing the new Ubuntu. Whoo!
Let me know if you need any support, I've been using Ubuntu exclusively for a year now.
ubuntu is crap.
In Ubuntu's defense, giving it to most Windows bashers usually shuts them up pretty quickly as they come screaming back for their Microsoft fix.
i installed it it's real... hers a pic...
http://i28.tinypic.com/2n6xmcm.png
Photoshopped.
Uhh, yeah he photoshopped it to hide his CD key and system information, the rest looks legit. I hate how everyone always screams PHOTOSHOPPED!!!!11!!1!!
Loser.
It might have been a little more believable if it didn't have Kennii in graphics....
Put only a little more believable....
Yeah, today's news made me feel better about my chances to skip Vista.
hugs XP
i just installed ... works like charm
I installed it yesterday, it works fine and is the real thing. But honestly I don't notice any improvement over SP2. Maybe I just need to give it some time.
I don't think there will be many performance improvements in SP3; in fact there might not be any performance improvements at all since this is a re-bundle of all the patches since SP2 and a few other patches. If you keep your XP machine patched there probably won't be much change.
Best...............image.......ever.
The coolest thing since sliced velcro?
Come on! That image is an obvious fake!
Windows logos never associate with hobbits in the wild!
Ya...their with those damn ogre's and that stupid mage!
I hate WGA
Obtaining your copy of Windows legally might alleviate that anger.
@Pochi
I have a bought version, I've never installed WGA, it is evil Microsoft Spyware that invalidates legitimate window XP users. I always check what utter crap Microsoft tries to slide in along side their security patches: automatic downloads, manual installs. Microsoft isn't paying for my and Internet and they aren't paying for my hardware and they have no right to invade my privacy.
I for one will continue using XP until Microsoft streamlines their next OS.
Microsoft will be asking for a swift kick in the pants if they pull XP in June.
"...it is evil Microsoft Spyware that invalidates legitimate window XP users."
lol, dear god...
You make all of your calls from payphones, don't you?
I know it's a late reply, but Pochi, I see where CosterMonger is coming from somewhat. I have all legit copies and MSFT still makes me feel like I did something wrong with that WGA crap!! They should have given us that license key built in to begin with so we don't feel like criminals every time we need to update!!
@homeuser
no its mot photoshopped.
Who is homeuser?
Are you speaking to yourself?
i believe he/she was talking with hellouser.
I've got it installed also. The only difference I noticed is that my laptop seems to connect faster out of standby..
http://i30.tinypic.com/33zfjq1.jpg
It's cool to have a pirated version of XP.
Everybody's doing it.
I sent your comment to Balmer.
He's gonna dance all over your face, bitch.
someone needs to post a link to the torrent.
Someone needs to learn how to use the internets!
google is your friend....
also so is isohunt....
I'm not your friend, buddy!
Yeah I'll just wait.
This reminded me to check for updates on my old XP computer and I couldn't find the update thing in the Control Panel, guess I've been using Vista too long. :D
P.S. I saw the Automatic Update settings, it's not the same.
it was out on Wed, available from MSDN.
Yeah, I got it off of MSDN and installed it yesterday. So far, so good
Do all the Microsoft logos in Middle Earth have Snoopy feet?
I can't believe you picked up on that!
Nevertheless it's true, Charles Schulz is Morgoth.
thomas
No, those are totally Smurf's.
Go on UseNext and search:
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 RTM Build 5512
Have you installed subinacl.exe? If not download and install subinacl.exe.
Run:
cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose
Start the installation of SP3
is all of that really necessary? wouldn't Microsoft be smart enough to make the pack..you know, self installing without all of that reg hacking?
That is NOT SP3. The file is a .exe containing WinXP-Ultimate.iso dated 06/10/2007.
Yea, I think this guy just wants you to F*** up your PC. I installed it without any reg hacking.
C:\> erase *.*
All of those false values make me cringe.
Please ban this guy, he is trying to make you set ACL permissions on your registry at HKEY_LOCAL, HKEY_USER and HKEY_ROOT = basically making you and the administrator account from being able to access, read or write to the entire windows registry. He also does this to the windows and windows system directory. This will kill your ability to boot windows.
Um, that means grant FULL access, not grant FALSE access. This is the procedure for fixing issues stemming from the system not having sufficient access to system files and registry keys. Here, if you don't believe me, this is part of the procedure for fixing an AVG installation issue I was once having and I followed similar instructions to fix it. Did not forfeit my ability to boot or work with registry keys or system files.
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?2,118110,page=2,backpage=2,sv=
And here's some more examples:
subinacl /subkeyreg "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-shockwave-flash" /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4304BCF-B8E9-4B35-BEA0-DC5B522670C2} /grant=system=f
That's just a snippet from the reset_minimal.cmd file found at:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=fb1634cb
Along with instructions for fixing flash player installation instructions. In the above examples, the first line is granting administrators full access and the second one is granting the system full control. test's instructions just grant full control to both the system and administrators and it does it to a much broader set of keys than the adobe instructions. This is because adobe is being specific, and is proving a .cmd file to handle it and people like test and the poster on Grisoft's forums are just being simplistic. No malice anywhere here, really there's no reason why administrators and the system shouldn't have full access control to the registry branches and folders specified above.
Those of you who voted test down based solely on the erroneous statements regarding the malicious intent of his subinacl commands should do just a few seconds of research before clicking the vote down button.
I Updated vista to SP1 and it has not much improvement,
so I'm going to install the new Ubuntu first and let SP3 wait a few days.
@tjken33
Beast Edition is the best version I have used. Use it under Parallels with Leopard and it's not bad.
All the love to eXPerience, you da Man!
I almost for got F%ck M$
is a way of life.
Yes fuck MS...yet you still use their wares...oh the irony.
"Fuck MS. (Except not too much because where would I be without their software?)"
Ass.
this here is the final build or some beta version ?
Thanks.
"Windows XP SP3 final trudges into the torrent"
"XP SP3 final trudges into"
"SP3 final trudges"
"SP3 final"
"SP3 FINAL"
Read.
So it's still in beta. Thanks ssuk!
Yeah i'm going to wait for everyone else to jump in the pool first. :)
I think in the picture above Microsoft is Gollum
Striving for the ring of power?
It is Gollum! LOL
Sam and Frodo are soooo cute!!
MS Windows XP SP3 FTW. I'll wait for the early downloaders to find any problems (which there shouldn't be many) and then I'll download. I've got a couple of VM partitions to install it on. I have my fingers crossed that it will be as good as promised.
downloaded sp3 from torrent 2 days ago. no problems since and actually i've noticed a bit of a performance boost from this old rig.
Isn't this only a package consisting of 3 years of security patches/updates so that ppl who reinstall XP don't have to download ~130 files via WindowsUpdate?
Its installed on my machine and its really fast. Also my XP is not randomly crashing anymore. I used to get x000000F4 and x00000077 Bluescreen errors.
You may have bad caps. Check your motherboard.
"You'll likely have until 2012 to perform the update."
Um... You'll have as long as you want. You just won't get any tech support after 2012.
I've had the beta installed for months now and nothing at all has gone wrong. I'm an intensive gamer and haven't experienced any crashes or anything like that while I've had it. Microsoft may have actually looked for the bugs in there code this time!
I assure you doubters that this really is SP3. I integrated it into my SP2 image, reinstalled, and it is working perfectly.
Here's a pic from my system properties if you don't believe me.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/Chris122990/XP.png
Yes, it is Professional, I just like Royale Noir.
Also, I can't believe I was actually the first person to send this in.
How is that budget level celeron.........
Running RC2 flawlessly. The RTM will be released to everyone on April 29th. Don't take the chance on a 'copy'.
This is SO relevant. I think you should leave. NOW.
Works perfect, I downloaded the version with all the extraneous crap removed already and I am running it in Parrallels on a Macbook w/ the 2ghz core duo and 2gb of ram.
I wanted to see how the graphics were for some of my games that run great in XP so I tried Vista, tried Vista w/SP1, tried Vista with SP1 and just about every feature turned off. WOW - VISTA IS SLOW and I'm not talking about gaming, I'm talking about booting up, shutting down, copying files on the hard drive, opening apps, copying files to the network, ANYTHING. My goodness it is bad.
So I read a lot of web pages about Windows 2008 running well which surprised me since 2008 has a lot of the same code ad Vista SP1. Since I like learning things and since I might have to support some 2008 servers I decided to give it a try. WOW- 2008 is PEPPY - seems to do everything as fast as XP (outook even opens and closes faster which is great as I have more than one profile). I went ahead and installed sidebar gadgets, the aero interface - everything I threw at it didn't phase it. It uses up a lot of memory like Vista but I'm not seeing my processor going crazy like Vista and my hard drive isn't being thrashed.
I would probably have upgraded over 1000 clients to Vista if Vista ran even remotely as fast as Windows 2008 as a workstion OS. It is a shame MS won't make a "2008" edition of Vista that runs as fast as 2008 Server.
I downloaded my copy from TechNet. The only difference I've noticed since installing it was a warning message when I tried to open a remote connection to one of my servers. Other than that, there's been no difference in performance.
John @ Apr 25th 2008 8:56AM
C:\> erase *.*
No no no; its :
C:\> rmdir . /s /q
Much more effective.
Waiting til 4/29.
- WGA is nothing to complain about.
- If you've been running XP this long and don't own a legit copy, you need a swift kick in the junk.
- Props to MS, I hear they may keep selling XP after the june cut off date, good move.
Microsoft is one of the most hated companies among computer users, yet it is the most widely used. But the story of updates/ new software being out on torrents/ warez sites has become a very common story. Microsoft can try as hard as they like, but there will still be some IT guy out there who will crack it. Abhishek www.dibugs.com
Sweet. I'll probably have to roll this out at work soon.
Did SP3 fix the 4GB RAM limit? If you have two 768MB video cards and 4GB of RAM, that's 1,536MB missing. I have 8GB of RAM, so my choices are either Vista or XP64 unfortunately.
I think this is great personally, maybe it does have some issues that need to be ironed out but that said, I am running Leopard on my iMac at work... which to be frank is a peice of shit.
For me, Windows XP is the best OS and its nice to see them making an effort to improve it :)
I just installed rc2 and it installed with absolutely no problems. Seems to be slightly faster, however this is probably the placebo effect. On the other hand, my pc now does start up alot faster (timed before and after) which is nice.