The third and last service pack for the 32-bit version of Windows XP has debuted on the path to automatic distribution today, July 10, 2008. Initially, Microsoft was shy about pinpointing the actual deadline for XP SP3's availability through Automatic Updates, and only referenced an abstract "early summer" in order to give users a clue as to when they should get ready.
Windows XP SP3 was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008. But just as it was the case with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft delayed the availability of the gold bits for over a week, especially when incompatibility problems regarding Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) were involved.
At the beginning of May 2008,
XP SP3 RTM went live on Windows Update and on the Microsoft Download Center. Now, over two months later, Microsoft is releasing the service pack through AU. This means that XP users that haven't implemented the service pack as of yet, and with the AU settings configured to "automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them" will receive the final bits of SP3 without lifting a finger.
Still, the Redmond giant informed that not all XP users will be able to see the final version of XP SP3 through AU on June 10. According to Microsoft SP3 distribution through AU will take some time, as the rollout will be performed in stages. The Microsoft Service Pack blocker toolkit is available to block the delivery of SP3 for users with AU enabled that want to postpone the deployment of the service pack.
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While Microsoft is still hammering away at Internet Explore 8 in order to produce the second Beta, currently planned for August 2008, Mozilla is gearing up to release the first update to Firefox 3.0. The successor of Firefox 2.0 was released to the general public on June 17, 2008, and climbed to a record 8 million downloads in just the first day. Firefox 3.0.1 is the first security and stability update for Firefox 3.0, and Mozilla is targeting July 16 for the release date. Firefox 3.0.1 code freeze status was available at the end of June, and the Beta versions of the first update to version 3.0 are already live and up for grabs.
“Candidate builds of Firefox 3.0.1 are now available for testing. You can get the builds here. If you have previously downloaded a beta version of Firefox 3.0 or have manually set your copy to be using the ‘beta’ release channel for updates, you can update yourself to Firefox 3.0.1 by selecting ‘Help > Check for Updates’,” revealed Samuel Sidler, Quality Assurance Engineer at Mozilla.
But Firefox 3.0.1 is not the only version of the open source browser under development. Mozilla is also building Firefox 2.0.0.16, one of the last security and stability updates for Firefox 2.0 which will not live to see 2009. At this point in time, Mozilla plans to kill support for Firefox 2.0 in mid-December 2008, just half a year after the launch of Firefox 3.0. But by that time, Firefox 3.0 could have already all but wiped out its predecessor since Mozilla is considering version 3.0.1 as a candidate for a major update roll out of its open source browser.
“Candidate builds of Firefox 2.0.0.16 are now available for testing. You can get the builds here. If you have previously downloaded a beta version of Firefox 2.0.0.x or have manually set your copy to be using the ‘beta’ release channel for updates, you can update yourself to Firefox 2.0.0.16 by selecting ‘Help > Check for Updates’,” Sidler added.
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Hotfixes are commonly released to patch issues with an OS, and I have links to over 700 Vista hotfixes on this site. Most hotfixes deal with some sort of ‘bug’, but Microsoft has now released a hotfix related to presidential candidates, supermodels, and NBA stars.
Anyone that’s used a word-processor has probably used, and loved, the built in dictionary. Windows Vista has a built in dictionary used by some of it’s programs, like Windows Mail. It’s obvious to most that every word, especially proper nouns like peoples names, can’t be in the dictionary, and will be listed as misspelled since the dictionary can’t confirm it’s an existing word. I get this constantly with my last name. Until today, a few famous people had the same issue, but no more! Microsoft has released a hotfix that simply inserts five additional words into it’s Windows Vista dictionary.
Here is a list of the five words, and my best guess as to what they mean, based off a Google search on each:
- Friendster: A social networking site
- Klum: Heidi Klum, a German supermodel
- Nazr: Nazr Mohammad, an NBA player
- Obama: Barack Obama, U.S. presidential candidate
- Racicot: Marc Racicot, U.S. politician
The knowledgebase article points to a different article, over a year old, that noted this same issue with Microsoft Office 2003. For kicks I typed all these terms into Microsoft Word 2007 and the spelling checker was aware of them. This has to make you ask, what are the qualifications for getting added to these dictionaries?
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We saw last time that you can specify a separator in a menu item template
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even though technically you're supposed to pass MFT_SEPARATOR for the flags.
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Some business customers will want to download a blocking toolkit that lets them delay deployment until they're ready.
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Developers ready iPhone 2.0 software.
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