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There are unconfirmed reports that the microsoft windows XP service pack 3 is now available in many of the Torrent networks. These are hacked by some experts and are supposed to be able to bypass the windows genuine check. It seems we still have some smart asses around.

Users who are downloading service packs from torrent sites should check for malware before they install it. Most hacked things have some sorts or spyware or malware with it.

The genuine windows XP service pack 3 will be available for download from April 29 onwards.

Now vista users will get the service pack 1 auto delivered to their machines via windows update utility. Microsoft servers are getting loaded heavily, so they are doing it in different phases. If you want to install it urgently you can go to windows update utility and turn it on manually.

SP1 is expected to have around 600 bugs fixed. Im still unsure whether to install vista SP1 or not cos a friend of mine said, his PC is restarting continuously after he installed vista service pack 1.

Microsoft will release its third service pack for windows xp on april 29th, says trusted sources. The schedule is going to be something like this.

• April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP;
• April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers;
• April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center;
• June 10, 2008: Automatic Updates.

The service pack is expected to contain all the previous updates and can be used with a fresh installation also. After SP2 microsoft had released many updates time to time for windows XP. SP3 is expected to be a collection of all these updates.

SQL server 2005 is one very important product for many of the data centers out there. So it becomes a necessity to keep the product up to date with the latest bug fixes and feature additions.

The latest in the SQL line, the SQL server 2008 is expected to be out in the market by the end of this year. Officially its expected to be out in the third quarter of 2008, but given the track record of Microsoft, its highly unlikely that the release will happen in time.

Meanwhile, the service pack 3 for SQL server 2005 is being readied by Microsoft. The pack is expected to hit the users this summer. The pack is designed after taking lots of feedback from the users.

After having fixed the initial troubles with the first service packs of windows vista, Microsoft released the all other language version of it also. The additional languages that now has vista service packs are Danish, Finnish, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.), Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Estonian, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian (Latin), Thai, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

The standalone all language pack for 32bits is 545 MB and for 64 bit, it is 874 MB. This has not prerequisite problems and will install without any driver problems. The first versions of the service pack had issues with various users, complaining that there are some driver compatibility problems with the service pack.