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[ Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3 ]

Abstract
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system, and a small number of new updates to ensure that Windows XP customers have the latest updates for their system. Windows XP SP3 will not significantly change the Windows XP experience. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XPSP3, and how to deploy the service pack.


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Contents
Introduction 3
What Is In Service Pack 3 4
Previously Released Functionality 5
New and Enhanced Functionality 6
Deploying Windows XP SP3 9
Summary 10
Introduction
Microsoftworks to continually improve the performance, security, and stability of the Windows operating system. As part of this effort, 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 thatpackage available for all Windows customers. These packages are called service packs.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released Windows XP updates, including security updates and hotfixes. It also includes select out-of-band releases, and a small number of new enhancements, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system.
Windows XP SP3provides a new baseline for customers still deploying Windows XP. For customers with existing Windows XP installations, Windows XP SP3 fills gaps in the updates they might have missed—for example, by declining individual updates when using Windows Update.
Windows Vista provides the most advanced security and management capability, but for PCs that cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista right now,Windows XP SP3 ensures these PCs have all available updates and allows these PCs to leverage some new Windows Server 2008 capabilities, such as Network Access Protection (NAP).
This white paper describes what is new in Windows XP SP3 and provides an overview of how customers can deploy the service pack.

What Is In Service Pack 3
Windows XP SP3 includes all previously released Windows XPupdates, including security updates and hotfixes, and select out-of-band releases. For example, the service pack includes functionality previously released as updates, such as the Microsoft® Management Console (MMC) 3.0 and the Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 (MSXML6).
Microsoft is not adding significant functionality from newer versions of Windows, such as Windows Vista, to Windows XP through XP SP3....