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Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, and to the public via both the Microsoft Download Center and Windows Update on May 6, 2008.

A total of 1,174 fixes have been included in SP3. Service Pack 3 can be installed on systems with Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, or 8. Internet Explorer 7 and 8 are not included as part of SP3. Service Pack 3 is not available for the 64 bit version of Windows XP, which is based on Windows Server 2003 kernel.

New features in Service Pack 3

  • NX APIs for application developers to enable Data Execution Prevention for their code, independent of system-wide compatibility enforcement settings
  • Turns black hole router detection on by default
  • Support for SHA-2 signatures in X.509 certificates
  • Network Access Protection client
  • Group Policy support for IEEE 802.1X authentication for wired network adapters.
  • Credential Security Support Provider
  • Descriptive Security options in Group Policy/Local Security Policy user interface
  • An updated version of the Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Module (RSAENH) that is FIPS 140-2 certified (SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 algorithms)
  • Installing without requiring a product key during setup for retail and OEM versions
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Is there an Windows API routine for getting the timezone name in English?

The Windows GetTimeZoneInformation function returns StandardName and DaylightName members of the resultant TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure localized according to the current user default UI language. I thought I saw somewhere a means of getting the…
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ManagementObjectSearcher throws FileNotFoundException when iterating its objects in foreach loop

I try to obtain some system information with several classes from System.Management namespace but any attempt to use ManagementObjectSearcher or ManagementObjectCollection collection items results in FileNotFoundException. Below I present the…
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Running Windows Update through wuapi.dll

I've added a reference to Interop.WUApiLib in my project, a console application. I'm trying to test out silently running updates on virtual machines but its not going so well. When I try to run the console app, it immediately crashed with the…
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CHM file unreadble if saved to hdd

I've just downloaded JSon.Net for framework 4.0 as a zip file. Opening zip (using WinRar) I'm able to open Documentation.chm file by double-clicking over the name listed and the help file is well done. Anyway if I extract this file to hdd and I…
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How to solve build errors using VS 2010 Ultimate on 32bit XP Sp3

Installed VS2010 Ultimate on my desktop workstation - Dell Precision T3500 (Windows 7 64bit OS), and on my IBM ThinkPad R51 (Windows XP Sp3 32bit). I am having problems building solutions on the StinkPad, and cannot figure out why. As listed below,…
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the type initializer for 'System.Data.Entity.Internal.AppConfig' threw an exception for Windows XP

My WPF application works fine on Windows 7, but throws the above error when running on Windows XP. I am using ENtity Framework 6.1.1 App.xaml is
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Check the installation date of Windows XP

Is it possible to check, using Python programming languque, the time on which the operating system is installed ? Mainly, I am interested in Windows XP platform. I wonder if there is such an API in python or any trick to do it.
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Is it possible to have advertised shortcuts and ProgId for a per user MSI?

I have a permachine MSI installer that I'm converting to a per user installer that is installing files to the LocalAppDataFolder. To get rid of ICE38 warnings I added a registry as the keypath. The problem is in one of my components I have a…
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IE8 on Windows XP is very slow compared to IE8 on Windows 7 and using YUI 3.9

I'm experiencing a very weird problem related to executing JS in IE8 on Windows XP being very slow. We are using YUI 3.9 as our JS library. We load a form with 315 fields. I used dynaTrace Ajax Edition to identify where is the time being spent.…
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Targetting Windows XP from Visual Studio 2012

Good day everyone, I recently upgraded to Visual Studio 2012 and I'm loving the improved C++11 support and the dark theme. However, I'm trying to write a program that runs on Windows XP and higher, and I'm running into some strange issue. The first…
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How to get the enable / disable a scheduled task using C#?

Using C# (.net Framework 4.0) and Windows XP is it possible to enable/disable a Schedulled Task programatically?
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Error during building/compiling "Hello World" for Android

I have a compiling problem. I followed tutorial about "Hello world" program for Android and I've managed to compile and run the program successfuly a couple of times. But the next day when I turned on computer, I tried to run the program again and…
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DllRegisterServer in MSCOMCT2.OCX failed

I tried to register MSCOMCT2.OCX at MS Win XP Prof 2002 SP 3. I got this error message - DllRegisterServer in MSCOMCT2.OCX failed. I checked it under C:\WINDOWS\system32. It's already there. But still got this error.
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Getting "Capability matching failed at NIC." error while trying to set a custom profile - NativeWiFi + WinXP SP3

I am trying to create an ZeroConfig client to connect my Atheros WiFi device to an AP (for learning purpose). I am using NativeWiFi (WinXP SP3) to query my device & set a profile against the device so that it can connect to an AP. The steps I have…
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.Net & Crystal Reports lost pdf file

I'm working on an application developed in C # with VS 2003 (Framework 1.1), and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET. This application make invoices and prints them in PDF format. By doing this there is no exception, but in the development…
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