 Latest Service Pack. 2 or 3?, no SP3 for XP x64? |
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 Apr 7 2008, 04:22 AM
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so is the latest SP for XP x64 SP2 or SP3? no SP3 for XP x64? any1 knows it it will be out soon?
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Apr 7 2008, 04:27 AM
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current one is SP2, it came out roughly a year ago (maybe two)
Windows 2003 and 64bit have the same service pack (more or less), so they get released at the same time SP2 for 32bit xp is very old, and SP3 is out soon for that |
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Apr 29 2008, 05:36 AM
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MSFN Expert Group: Members Posts: 1011 Joined: 16-April 04 From: bedroom @ home Member No.: 17928
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to follow on from this.
We all know that 32bit SP3 is now available. However, is SP3 64bit available as yet? |
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Apr 29 2008, 07:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 23-April 07 Member No.: 136800 OS: XP Home 
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QUOTE (oioldman @ Apr 29 2008, 05:36 AM)  We all know that 32bit SP3 is now available. However, is SP3 64bit available as yet? http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8...%20Pack%203.pdf QUOTE (Page 10 of the Overview @ Apr 01 2008) Windows XP SP3 is for x86 editions of Windows XP only. The x64 editions of Windows XP were serviced by
Windows Server 2003 SP2. For additional information, go to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. |
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Apr 29 2008, 08:38 AM
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MSFN Expert Group: Members Posts: 1011 Joined: 16-April 04 From: bedroom @ home Member No.: 17928
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cheers glen,
that be a no then really as nothing specific about x64 other than the quote you took from it. |
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Apr 29 2008, 01:23 PM
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Gustatus Similis Pullus  Group: Supervisor Posts: 6277 Joined: 9-September 01 From: United States Member No.: 311 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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Windows XP x86 is built from the Windows XP x86 OS tree, and is serviced up to Service Pack 3 currently. Windows XP x64, while keeping the "XP" name, is really built from the Windows Server 2003 tree and as such is serviced with Server 2003, not XP. Server 2003 is at Service Pack 2, so XP x64 is at Service Pack 2 as well. When Server 2003 gets a Service Pack 3, XP x64 will get the same service pack.
Even though they're both called "Windows XP", they are not built from the same OS build tree, and as such will have different service packs that are not compatible with each other (you can't install XP x86 SP3 on XP x64, and you cannot install XP x64 SP2 on XP x86, for example). |
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Apr 30 2008, 05:59 AM
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MCP Group: Members Posts: 1055 Joined: 28-October 05 From: uk Member No.: 78007 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 
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Following on from Cluberti's comment, XP X86 is technically windows NT 5.1 whereas Windows Server 2003 (X86) + XP (X64) are technically Windows NT 5.2.
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