Seperti yang dinyatakan NeoSmart Technologies kepada ComputerWorld, Windows XP3 3205 yang telah dirilis ke dalam versi beta tester pada hari Minggu, memasukkan empat fitur diantara seribu macam perbaikan yang telah banyak diberitakan semenjak debut Windows XP SP2 tiga tahun yang lalu.
Menurut NeoSmart, salah satu fitur Windows Vista yang akan dimasukkan adalah fitur backported di mana di dalamnya termasuk Network Access Protection (NAP), sebuah kebijakan teknologi yang menginspeksi komputer terlebih dahulu sebelum terhubung dengan suatu jaringan besar, kemudian juga akan mengupdate secara otomatis ataupun melakukan pengeblokan jikalau ada yang tidak memenuhi kriteria keamanan.
Tambahan lainnya berasal dari modul kernel yang memuat beberapa algoritma enkripsi yang dapat diakses oleh 3rd party developer. Model aktivasi Windows yang terbaru tidak akan membuat user menginputkan nomor seri produk (product key) lagi.
Microsoft akan mengumumkan Windows XP SP3 didukung NAP dari Windows Vista dan yang juga akan termasuk dalam penyelesaian Windows Server 2008. Direncanakan Microsoft akan merilis Windows XP SP3 ini pada awal tahun 2008, dan sekaligus akan menjadikan XP sebagai Sistem Operasi berumur enam tahun.
Latest Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3244 RC1 (Updated to 3264 now)From Microsoft Connect...Beta testers have received access to a release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3, but general consumers still have a long wait until they'll see SP3 available for download. Microsoft has scheduled the last major update to its six-year-old OS for the first half of 2008 - likely after Windows Vista SP1.
Around 15,000 testers now have access to XP SP3, and Microsoft says it plans one last public beta release before releasing the final bits next year. The same individuals are testing Vista SP1 RC Preview, although Microsoft has also promised a public SP1 build. Although XP SP3 is more of a roll-up of existing hotfixes and should be completed before Vista's first upgrade, Microsoft will likely delay its release and use SP1 to encourage holdout XP users to upgrade to Vista.
Microsoft periodically combines updates, fixes, and other improvements into a single package - Service Pack
Microsoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company’s customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers.
These packages are called service packs", Microsoft revealed in the introduction of the Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3. With the Release Candidates of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 heading to increased testing pools the past week, and with Microsoft cooking the first public build of the first refresh for its latest Windows client, the official overview for XP SP3 is the only crumb from the service pack fiesta over at the Redmond company. The Release Candidate of XP SP3 in a pre-final stage has already shipped to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
Microsoft periodically combines updates, fixes, and other improvements into a single package - Service Pack
Microsoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company’s customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers.
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