real deal or RC beta???????????

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news8EA4252-64A5-47D7-B429-744463E67620@microsoft.com...

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Well it is real but it only an overview of the Service Pack, not the service pack itself.

Regards
Mark Dormer

How to do a good posting
http://www.dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

dated 3/6 so sounds like the real thing.




mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com



"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news8EA4252-64A5-47D7-B429-744463E67620@microsoft.com...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Thank you Mark. I guess the actualy final download will be forthcoming.

"Mark Dormer" wrote:

> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news8EA4252-64A5-47D7-B429-744463E67620@microsoft.com...

>
> Well it is real but it only an overview of the Service Pack, not the service pack itself.
>
> Regards
> Mark Dormer
>
> How to do a good posting
> http://www.dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
>

Greg wrote:

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

That "white paper" is a legitimate document. Yes.
Why do you ask?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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Greg wrote:

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> That "white paper" is a legitimate document. Yes.
> Why do you ask?

Being a pre-release product (Windows XP SP3 RC2) - there really
is not a direct support option available. You have a few options,
however:

Start here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7c953a761.aspx

Which can lead you:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=103822

and the forums set up specifically for the pre-release product:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...2010&SiteID=17

And of course:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...ng=en#filelist

Where you can download it in different languages OR download a script that
sets a registry key on your system so you can get Windows XP SP3 Release
Candidate 2 from the Windows Update web page directly.

I do not recommend installing the pre-release (release candidate 2) on any
machine you are not willing to rebuild from scratch.

Hope that helps!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html