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By ZDNet France Staff
Posted on ZDNet News: Sep 30, 2005 3:22:00 PM

Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system.

"There will be a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft's OS is set for another major update.

Windows XP's Service Pack 2, which came out last September, deeply modified the operating system by updating its security.

Windows XP SP3 will be available sometime next year--after the launch of Windows Vista, which "is the priority for the development teams," according to Microsoft France.

Microsoft has yet to reveal details about the contents of the service pack. Laurent Delaporte of Microsoft France said: "Historically, certain functions of new versions of Windows are integrated in the service packs of previous versions."

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Please step back from the pipe, sir..
As Yagotta B. Kidding said, put the pipe down and step away.... either the crack pipe that an oth... (Read the rest)
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Indigo, Avalon and WinFS?  james_elliott | 09/30/05
XP would have them first then...  rtkeeling | 09/30/05
Can you wait that long for SP3?, maybe with LOTS of Windows updates  educateme@... | 09/30/05
Put the pipe down, slowly  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/30/05
Sorry to burst your bubble  Otto_Delete | 09/30/05
Confused  tic swayback | 09/30/05
No Apple's OSXI will be ...  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
New Service Pack 3....  PhoenixStorm26 | 09/30/05
Microsoft promised some features of Vista...  Anton Philidor | 09/30/05
Yes  marksashton | 09/30/05
SP3..  redtrain65 | 09/30/05
Microsoft confirms next XP service pack  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/05
i tend to commend  Monkey_MCSE | 09/30/05
Me too  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/05
Gurantee it will have security improvements?  Real World | 09/30/05
Either way  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/05
... and I look forward to  cygnusx1 | 09/30/05
Easy fix  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/05
Yah, we all have a test box  sykandtyed | 10/01/05
Why wouldn't you  Loverock Davidson | 10/01/05
That's a 10.0; too funny Mike...  jacarter3 | 09/30/05
Easily  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/05
too funny and yet so sad  stormdoor | 09/30/05
Unwanted...  jacarter3 | 09/30/05
...and who doesn't want them?  sykandtyed | 10/01/05
So I find a compatibility problem  georgep_z | 10/02/05
Meh, Says you...  nucrash | 09/30/05
Don't spend it then and go back to your Mac ...  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
Imagined, hardly  nucrash | 10/01/05
Why are the only ones complaining ...  ShadeTree | 10/03/05
Perhaps because everyone gets hit by a Windows backwash...  MacCanuck | 10/03/05
and thats good news for everyone  sykandtyed | 10/01/05
Whats the problem?  Loverock Davidson | 10/01/05
We are still awaitng the fixes  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 10/02/05
Yes  Loverock Davidson | 10/02/05
Please step back from the pipe, sir..  jeffdickey | 11/02/05
I love Service Packs  voice_of_all_reason | 09/30/05
Not terribly surprising ...  mwagner@... | 09/30/05
true: but  drew1313 | 09/30/05
You missed this one on all counts.  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
SO XP3 Won'y Be Avaiable Free -- Must Be An Apple Collaboration (NT)  PMC-CON | 09/30/05
cheap shot  mustang221@... | 09/30/05
If 10.1 and 10.2 were major releases why ...  ShadeTree | 10/03/05
To keep using "X" as long as possible...  MacCanuck | 10/03/05
Major upgrade...  Mike Cox | 09/30/05
Worried about your future  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Oh but Mikey...  Michael Kelly | 09/30/05
I need to start a tally  nucrash | 09/30/05
For the humor-deficient  tshinnic | 09/30/05
tshinnic I wondered how long someone notice that  Squawkbox | 09/30/05
I did a few times.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
OMG I don't even play C & W forward  Squawkbox | 09/30/05
I figured you from Texas would get a kick out of it along with Tater Salad.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
I quit rding team because of "that" music  Squawkbox | 09/30/05
Don't you wish programmable radios were back then?  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Ear plugs would have been nice too.  Squawkbox | 10/01/05
Eject seat would be better.  osreinstall | 10/02/05
You have more patience than I do.  Squawkbox | 10/02/05
The Secret IS OUT!  jacarter3 | 09/30/05
OX 10 (better have cash to upgrade...)  314 | 09/30/05
Think it was $125 each.  Anton Philidor | 09/30/05
What time is worth  Harry Bardal | 09/30/05
How many times $125?  Anton Philidor | 09/30/05
Message has been deleted.  b.d.hi | 09/30/05
Being rude doesn't make you smarter  sykandtyed | 10/01/05
OS's  st494@... | 09/30/05
not exactly  doh123 | 09/30/05
it cost $129  joethemacfan | 10/01/05
Not true, unless yo'ure using OS9 apps  vince@... | 10/03/05
Narrow Minded  trustory | 11/02/05
Message has been deleted.  realitycheck101 | 09/30/05
Message has been deleted.  SantiagoCrespo | 09/30/05
Message has been deleted.  nucrash | 09/30/05
Still Nervous About SP2...  tbbrickster_z | 09/30/05
SP2  kcrannie | 09/30/05
Nutty  PMC-CON | 09/30/05
Don't be nervous...  doctormoriarty | 10/03/05
Thought Vista was SP3  DarthRidiculous | 09/30/05
Stop poaching my material!  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Message has been deleted.  VONDRASHEK@... | 09/30/05
XP SP3?? I don't think so  loudenkl | 10/01/05
Windows Vista??  vcooper1 | 10/01/05
64 bit...  sykandtyed | 10/01/05
Really?  cubmiester | 10/03/05
good  spiderhole_dauin@... | 10/03/05
What is missing from SP2/Windows Update  clasys@... | 10/06/05

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