Microsoft has now made available the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows XP SP3

Underlying Microsoft’s desire to push users away from XP towards Windows Vista , Microsoft said in a statement: “Windows XP SP3 does not bring significant portions of Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP.”

My understanding is that the latest XP update will come bundled with security fixes, some performance inprovements and will be compatible with the Network Access Protection (NAP) functionality of Windows Server 2008

Windows XP SP3 RC can be downloaded from here

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