Xp sp3 is faster than the previous releases of Xp and runs smoother than Vista.
OK… “faster” in which way ?
Accessing files, copying files, transferring over network, simple opening windows… what is actually that is noticeable faster than previous SPs ?
i have installed SP3, and is fast as SP2.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has benchmarked the performance differences on his blog (and found “nothing to write home about”.
Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance.
Speed improvement is only one of the reasons for updating your system.
Security improvements to me are much more important and should be your main reason
for updating Windows XP to the latest version.
Exactly! But even if SP3 makes XP running a bit slower than with SP2 installed, it will still be faster than Vista. XP runs lightning fast on my laptop (ditched Vista finally), and I am looking forward to SP3 just because of all security add-ons. I am aware that it won’t bring us any cosmetic or significant performance changes, but at least running XP will be more secure than before.
http://techtoday.110mb.com/2008/04/28/windows-xp-sp3-now-available-via-windows-update/
final can now be downloaded from here 
doing it now 8)
just downloaded it and installed it and doing fine
it is the final version 8)
it took only 25 minutes for the complete process on my end 8)
where is the xp service pack 3 on windows updates-suppose to be today-april 29th-anybody 8) seen it yet ??? ???
FWF-that link is the same thread as this one
On FF 2.0.0.14 if I follow this link it alerts me this site is dangerous! :o
Not for me it doesn’t probably because I don’t have any extensions/add ons that check the links.
They’ve delayed the release to web.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3262170&SiteID=17
Hi Marc57,
Think we all have to wait until June 10th 2008, or maybe somewhat later even,
polonus
got the warning also with WOT-was using the good ol’ IE yesterday when i used it :
good news damian they didn’t release it today with having some issues
I checked that link with Dr. Web Link Checker in Opera, it is “Clean”.
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/29/xp-sp3-download-not-coming-today
more news on it not coming for a while
Since the conflict doesn’t concern me, my system has already been updated.
The same for me