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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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Hosting XP 32bit as an Azure Virtual Machine

We want to replicate a clients environment on Azure for test/debugging reasons. The only issue is it's a 32 bit XP. Does anyone know if I can host this on Azure? Ta Ross
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Windows XP - Configure static IP address with netsh

I am having trouble executing the following command on Windows XP SP3. netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static 192.168.100.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1 I am fairly confident that this command is correct, however I am…
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Prefetching information in windows XP fails and abort the launching of my application

I compile my application on a windows XP SP3 machine. When it compiles, I try to lauch it, and windows replies me back with : Unable to start program 'xx'. This application has failed to start because the application configuration is…
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Application done in Windows XP SP3 not working in Windows 7

I have done a WPF appliction using VS 2008 SP1 in Windows XP SP3. I copy the exe and dlls to my Windows 7 RC build 7100 machine. But the exe is not working. When I doubleclick on the exe, a message comes like 'Application stop working. windows is…
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VBScript FileCopy but dont overwrite 1 file

I have a question (obviously hahah)... This code below finally works for me with the help from stackoverflow.com and various sites... all I want to do now is to make sure one file doesn't get updated\overwritten ? How do I achieve this ? In the…
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sound once lost doesn't come back

Am developing a windows application that produces sound. But sometimes the sound, once muted and unmuted, doesn't come back. I raise the volume in the volume control but still nothing. I read a solution about application related keys that are added…
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Connecting PHP script to remote Oracle Database Proplem

i am trying to connect a php script to remote oracle DB but after following this article, I got this error message: A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Warning Message: oci_connect(): ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier…
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PInvoke works with Windows 7 but fails in Windows XP

I have an application that uses a third party native C dll. Everything works well on a Windows 7 machine with .Net 4 but fails on Windows XP (SP3) with .Net 4. I get the following exception on Windows XP machine. Unhandled Exception:…
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how to create batch file to copy files to a shared folder with full access then logs all result & errors to a file?

I have created the below batch file but no success. @ECHO OFF @ECHO "Backup process started." @SET TARGET_FILES = "\\pc1\temp\*.mdb" @ECHO "TARGET_FILES:%TARGET_FILES%" @SET DESTINATION_FOLDER = "\\pc1\temp\Backups" @ECHO…
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Installing PySerial 2.6 on Windows XP SP3

Ok, I am trying to install PySerial 2.6 on my windows XP SP3 machine. After having unpacked the PySerial download and running the setup.py file I get this error. C:\PYSERIAL\dist\pyserial-2.6\setup.py Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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Can't copy image file with larg size in flash memory

I want copy image file with large size(4G) to flash memory in Windows XP os and capacity of flash memory is 8G and free, but windows shows error dialog : "The disk in the destination drive is full".
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Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

In my external usb harddisk when I click on only the folder names "MISC" I get the error Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Program: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please…
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WlanSetProfile from wlanapi.dll in Windows XP fails

I am creating a program which will be able to connect automatically to a wireless network. For doing that, I am using a library called ManagedWifi, which uses the library "wlanapi.dll". When I try to use the code on Windows Vista, everything is…
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Unable to develop WCF RIA Services on Windows XP computer

I have created a simple Silverlight Plugin that makes a call to a WCF RIA Service to retrieve data. This works fine when developing on a Windows 7 machine and running it in the VS2010 Cassini environment. However, running my application on my…
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move file windows xp

Im trying to move file in Windows xp using CMD move C:\Test.pdf %userprofile%\Desktop It says the syntax of the command is incorrect.
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