What's the status of post SP3 hotfixres (SP4 ?)

[Dave and Rosanna]

Hi all,
not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?

Any worth persuing and instaling ?
(I'm talking about non-security fixes)

Thanks for any info.

 

[Tom Willett]

How would anyone here know?

"Dave and Rosanna" <davexnett05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsIDqyi29KHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
: Hi all,
: not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
: Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
:
: Any worth persuing and instaling ?
: (I'm talking about non-security fixes)
:
: Thanks for any info.
:
:

 

[Dave and Rosanna]

Isn't this an XP group? Don't MVP's hang out in here?
Don't regular users of the group keep abreast of rumors and
items of note ?

Is my question that unreasonable ?

"Tom Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message
news:%237Ny8r29KHA.2248@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> How would anyone here know?
>
> "Dave and Rosanna" <davexnett05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> newsIDqyi29KHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> : Hi all,
> : not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
> : Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
> :
> : Any worth persuing and instaling ?
> : (I'm talking about non-security fixes)
> :
> : Thanks for any info.
> :
> :
>
>

 

[Peter Foldes]

Dave and Rosanna

Whatever post SP3 fixes is what you download in parts from Windows Update. As Tom
answered. Also I do not know either. One thing I can guarantee that there will be
no SP4 since support for XP (certain versions) has expired or retired as you wish

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Dave and Rosanna" <davexnett05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23i33y829KHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Isn't this an XP group? Don't MVP's hang out in here?
> Don't regular users of the group keep abreast of rumors and
> items of note ?
>
> Is my question that unreasonable ?
>
> "Tom Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message
> news:%237Ny8r29KHA.2248@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> How would anyone here know?
>>
>> "Dave and Rosanna" <davexnett05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> newsIDqyi29KHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> : Hi all,
>> : not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
>> : Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
>> :
>> : Any worth persuing and instaling ?
>> : (I'm talking about non-security fixes)
>> :
>> : Thanks for any info.
>> :
>> :
>>
>>
>
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

No SP4.

The post-SP3 "hotfixes" are available at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

No, there is not an SP3 rollup.

Every update released since 21 April 2008 is a "post-SP3 fix."

Dave and Rosanna wrote:
> Hi all,
> not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
> Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
>
> Any worth persuing and instaling ?
> (I'm talking about non-security fixes)
>
> Thanks for any info.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]]

>Hi all,
>not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
>Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
>
>Any worth persuing and instaling ?
>(I'm talking about non-security fixes)
>
>Thanks for any info.

There have been well over 275 hotfixes (non Windows Update) released
post-SP3. There's no definitive list published. You'd have to do
research on a site http://kbupdate.info and look at everything that
was released after SP3's RTM date. That is the most accurate site I
know if. Also check:
http://www.mskbarticles.com/index.php?product=3223

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

 

[Chuck]

On 5/19/2010 3:48 PM, PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> No SP4.
>
> The post-SP3 "hotfixes" are available at
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
>
> No, there is not an SP3 rollup.
>
> Every update released since 21 April 2008 is a "post-SP3 fix."
>
> Dave and Rosanna wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> not sure if there's going to be an SP4. What about SP3 rollup ?
>> Have there been many post-SP3 fixes of note?
>>
>> Any worth persuing and instaling ?
>> (I'm talking about non-security fixes)
>>
>> Thanks for any info.
>

At this point, and likely for some time to come, XP is being installed
by OEMs on new "small footprint" computers, such as "netbooks".
Future support of XP may be pushed off to the OEMS.
Microsoft may or may not make the equivalent of "SP4" available to them.
If so, I would guess that it might also be made public.

No customer likes to fire up a brand new computer, and then spend a
significant amount of time updating the brand new computer.

 

[Doum]

Chuck <cdkuder@msn.com> écrivait news:ebRt9LD#KHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

<snip>
>
> At this point, and likely for some time to come, XP is being installed
> by OEMs on new "small footprint" computers, such as "netbooks".
<snip>

It was like this in the "Vista era" but now, most netbooks come with
Windows 7 Starter edition.

I've upgraded my "XP netbook"(ASUS) to Win7 Home and it runs as well, if
not better than with XP.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:51:58 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:

> Chuck <cdkuder@msn.com> ?crivait news:ebRt9LD#KHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > At this point, and likely for some time to come, XP is being installed
> > by OEMs on new "small footprint" computers, such as "netbooks".
> <snip>
>
> It was like this in the "Vista era" but now, most netbooks come with
> Windows 7 Starter edition.


True.


> I've upgraded my "XP netbook"(ASUS) to Win7 Home and it runs as well, if
> not better than with XP.


My EEE came with XP too. Because you can't directly get from XP to
Windows 7 without doing a clean installation, I first upgraded to
Vista, then to Windows 7 Ultimate. Performance isn't great, but it's
adequate for my uses.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup