My assistant found the ISO image on Microsoft site yesterday afternoon. I think in the TechNet section. He downloaded it and I have started testing it on one machine today. I plan on testing it on 3-4 more by the end of the week if there are no problems on the first.
Unfortunately my assistant is not in the rest of the week to ask him exactly where he got it. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: XP SP3 Available for DL Of course, all Jeff could do is play solitaire and pinball, but the properties did read Service Pack 3... Joe Heaton ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: XP SP3 Available for DL I tested that download last night in a virtual machine. The install went smoothly and the properties read "Service Pack 3" after installation. Jeff "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/28/2008 11:29 PM Please respond to "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> To "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> cc Subject Re: XP SP3 Available for DL On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, windowsupdate.com is registered to Microsoft. And the front part of > the name looks legit, but what's with the guid-like number tacked onto the > end? They never did that before. It's because the update link posted to is from the Windows Update automatic system, rather than the manual updates one gets from the http://www.microsoft.com/downloads sub-site. WU uses a separate server farm, and the files often (usually? always?) have funky download names. I also wouldn't be surprised if the linked file is a different packaging of Win XP SP3, one designed for WU. Maybe needing separate downloads, or lacking certain files, or whatever. Or maybe not. Either way, I'm waiting for the "regular" release via MS Download Center. :) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
