Windows XP SP3 RC2 available to download
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The only way i was able to ever see the SP3 in update: fresh install of sp3, run the reg before doing any updates!. Run your updates. reboot, more updates, reboot, wash rinse repeat. Make sure to set windows update site to show betas before beginning any of the updates. 90 billion updates and a good 90 minutes later, SP3 will show as available for download.
The first two time, I saw SP3, but it failed to install. 4 more tries resulted in no SP3 showing. 5th time it showed, and the entire interface for the SP3 on update site was different than the first two attempts. The window to select it was different, the download progress window was different, everything was different from the first two attempts. I think someone forgot a line of code or something when it was first announced and after a flood of forum posts, the download problem was fixed.
SP3 from this source is build 3311 .
Download the script and run it on a machine currently running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The script sets a registry key on your system. The registry key is required for Windows Update to recognize your machine as a valid target for Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2.
If you want to try just go here
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