Re: Curious about trying XP SP3?

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thee Chicago Wolf wrote:
For those brave enough to want to try it:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3/1197391546/1

VanguardLH wrote:
Since the official beta download size is 70.6MB, what is the other
266MB in that download for? I've seen several SP3 downloads that
include cracked or pirated versions of software totally unrelated to
SP3 and some that included spyware. The official download is only
100 MB. The betanews download is 336MB. You go figure what the
extra crap is inside that download file.

The download from MSDN is 336MB.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 1 (x86) - EXE (English)
Filename: en_windows_xp_service_pack_3_release_candidate_1_x86_60967.exe
Date/Time Posted: 2007-12-03 20:14:27 (UTC)
File Size: 336 MB

I don't recall the beta download unfortunately - although I seem to recall it being
larger than 70MB. Heck - I cannot download SP2 plus the 90+ updates released after
it that should be included in SP3 and imagine coming close to a number as low as
70MB. ;-)

In fact - it is interesting the size difference you give... 266MB? How big is
SP2?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

266.0MB!

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It also surfaced at :
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Microsoft_Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3_d4323.html today.

I clicked on *Author's Site*, just to see where the download would originate from, &
it shows From: download.windowsupdate.com .

~Gary



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