The latest service pack for Windows XP is out, well officially you can get it now using the Online Windows Update option. If you rather download the standalone sp3 package
get it directly here.For a list of what Service Pack 3 fixes
read it here. Among the updates a feature called Network Access Protection that's borrowed from the newer Windows Vista operating system. NAP automatically validates a computer's health, ensuring that it's free of bugs and viruses before allowing it access to a network.
Prior to installing SP3,
Microsoft recommends that you do the following:
| Start your computer, and then log on as an administrator.
Note Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the operating system and to its settings. You can use the Administrator user name to log on, or you can use another account that is a member of the Administrators group. To determine the groups to which you belong, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts. |
| 2. | If your computer is running on battery power, plug it in so that your computer does not lose power during the installation. |
| 3. | If you use Fast User Switching, make sure all other users are logged off. For more information, see "Fast User Switching" in Windows XP Help and Support Center on your computer. |
| 4. | We recommend that you perform a full backup of the files that you have on your computer to an external location, such as an external hard disk, DVD, CD, USB flash drive, or network folder. You can use the Backup and Restore Wizard to back up documents, pictures, and other files. For more information, see "Backing up files and folders" in Help and Support Center. |
| 5. | If your computer is running Windows XP Professional, we recommend that you create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) set before you begin the installation. This will help you repair your setup if the installation fails. For more information, see "To create an Automated System Recovery set using Backup" and "To recover from a system failure using Automated System Recovery" in Help and Support Center.
Note If your computer is running Windows XP Home Edition, ignore this step. ASR is not available for Windows XP Home Edition. |
| 6. | Exit all open programs. |
| 7. | Install Windows XP SP3. For more information about how to obtain Windows XP Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322389 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/) How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack NOTE: SP3 will not be shrink-wrapped for store shelves. "Windows XP SP3 is available to OEMs as an option for some of their product lines [and] for Volume License customers to simplify maintenance of their Windows XP machines," Microsoft said. Other Tips Users have watched |
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One of our readers Vimal reported us a problem saying: “windows not genuine , this comes when I start my Windows XP“.
This is one of the most common problem which is faced by lot of windows users these days as they don’t have the legit copy of windows XP.
This message as shown in the image above appears every time the user logged in windows, with a timer of some seconds before the Resolve Later button got enabled, all this delayed the entire windows logon process.
Let’s see how can we resolve this issue
The most simplest way now a days is by using Remove WGA Notification tool, which runs silently and check it the WGA notification tool is already active on your system.
What is Remove WGA ?
A small utility that enables you to remove the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool, which is calling home and connect to MS servers every time you boot.
Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is very much different than Windows Genuine Advantage Validation.
NOTE: Remove WGA will only removes the notification part, phoning home, and does not touch the Validation part.
Download Remove WGA
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Have a Nokia S60 phone? Have a Vista laptop? Here’s three ways to make them talk to each other!
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How do you manage a Windows Server 2008 Server Core? It has no GUI, so you normally would have to use the command line. You can, however, use Remote Server Administration Tools, as described in this article, from your Vista SP1 machine so you can enjoy a GUI interface.
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We’ve been exposed to UAC for a while now, but here’s a new Knowledge Base Article from Microsoft that describes in detail what it’s about, how it works, and how to control it.
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Wireless networking, or wi-fi, has become a popular means of connecting to the Internet, but it can be problematical. There are all manner of things that can go wrong but there is a quick way to deal with many of the problems that do occur.
Locate the wireless icon (as pictured left) in the
systray (the collection of icons by the time) and right click on it. This will open a menu. Click on 'Repair' - or 'Diagnose' if you are using Vista.
If you cannot see this icon go to 'My Network Places' and click on 'View Network Connections' in the 'Network Tasks' section.
This will take you to a list of your network devices. Right-click on the wireless connection icon and select 'Repair' from the menu.
Vista users will be able to diagnose their connections by clicking on 'Networks' in the Start Menu and then clicking on 'Diagnose Internet connection'.
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Life Hacker points to a ‘How-to-Geek’ article describing how to customize your Vista theme. The comments mention other options you have as well.
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Ed continues his series on fixing Vista by demonstrating how to use tools built into Vista to help track down and fix performance problems.
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It is easy to upgrade your operating system if you think about it. Many people are shifting to the new Microsoft Vista operating systems today, mostly due to the new features and of course the eventual demise of the traditional Windows XP that has been use for some years now. But while this is a welcome development for most people today, it just remains that some computer users are still apprehensive due to potential bugs that are still present in the newly released operating system by Microsoft Corporation.
Such is a trend that is followed by previous releases dating back towards the ancient days of the Windows 98 operating system. They have had their share of issues and it took them some time to become stable. Service packs and some patches were released and mind you, it did not all take a single day to address these problems.
For what it is worth, the Windows XP has stabilized already and most users are having less problems to date. Now comes this new installment by Microsoft Corporation called the Windows Vista series which seems to be another journey towards trying to determine if the OS is stable or not. If not, expect another wave of patches to be released to ensure that people do not get irritated by it.
So if you gather some information on why some people are apprehensive about the new Windows Vista operating system, do not be surprised. They are veterans of the Microsoft operating system circus. People are tired of becoming crash test dummies!
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A week after holding off on public release of Windows XP's last service pack, the company has at least a short-term solution to a last minute glitch.
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The latest service pack for Windows XP is out, well officially you can get it now using the Online Windows Update option. If you rather download the standalone sp3 package get it directly here.
