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Old 04-29-2008, 09:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Official windows update download link:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2300ebfde4.exe

In case you have custom windows themes:
Windows XP SP3 Patched UxTheme.dll [6.0.2900.5512] - WinMatrix

Enjoy! It improved my performance in some games and overall feels smoother. Microsoft really has made Vista look even worse with SP3. GG M$.
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Old 04-29-2008, 05:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow, they patched that uxtheme pretty quickly. Is it even worth installing this though?
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Old 04-29-2008, 06:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Wow, they patched that uxtheme pretty quickly. Is it even worth installing this though?
For the free 5-15% performance boost, I'd say yes.

In fact, I've installed it already, and it's pretty good.
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Old 04-29-2008, 06:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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it's spiffy :D
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Old 04-29-2008, 07:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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How come there's no news about it on microsoft.com or on Windows XP: Home Page

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I also did a windows update from my start menu and SP3 wasn't offered.
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Old 04-29-2008, 07:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Because Microsoft is delaying the public channel release for some odd reason (maybe because it makes Vista look even ****tier). The 29th was the date Microsoft was supposed to release to the public but instead its looking like they only released to the OEM channel.

This exact download (SP3 Final/RTM) has actually been out since the 26th for Corporate and MSDN/Technet users. I could have posted it then but i waited till i got verification that this was in fact the real deal and not a beta.

I also have upgraded to SP3 and i recommend everybody else does too. It definitely feels smoother and faster and i got a slight FPS improvement in a few games.
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:13 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Quick question.

With this re-enable all of the useless crap I have disabled that sp1 and sp2 added on?
I really don't feel like going through and disabling all that crap again.
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:16 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Quick question.

With this re-enable all of the useless crap I have disabled that sp1 and sp2 added on?
I really don't feel like going through and disabling all that crap again.
Such as? Just curious.
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:20 PM   #9 (permalink)
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To many things to list, pretty much anything useless that Windows had turned on, which was alot of stuff.
I've got my XP tweaked to hell and back, I don't wanna have to re-do all of that for some crappy little 5-15% boost in performance.
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Looking through my tweaks it looks like only a few things got reset (the stuff i had to modify windows components to do). All the services i disabled and stuff are still disabled and the tweaks i made still there other than that.
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Old 04-30-2008, 01:04 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm currently using the brisco transformer so that my computer looks like vista. Will SP3 affect it?
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Old 04-30-2008, 01:07 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Beautiful post darth. Dling now.
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Old 04-30-2008, 01:12 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Well, I upgraded, but I can't really tell if my comp performs better or not.
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Old 04-30-2008, 03:15 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Actually I typed SP3 into google news and apparently microsoft didn't release it today to the public because they think there are still lots of problems with it. At least that is their public statement.
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Old 04-30-2008, 06:44 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Same as Super, but thank you very much for the post
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