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.you can Download Windows XP SP3 iso Setup from here.
It began being automatically pushed out to Automatic Update users on July 10, 2008.
A feature set overview which details new features available separately as stand-alone updates to Windows XP, as well as backported features from Windows Vista, has been posted by Microsoft.
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
Previously released updates
Windows xp sp3 iso also incorporated several previously released key updates for Windows XP, which were not included up to SP2, including:
- Windows Imaging Component
- IPSec Simple Policy Update for simplified creation and maintenance of IPSec filters
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.5
- MSXML 6.0 SP2 and XMLLite
- Microsoft Management Console 3.0
- Credential Roaming service (Digital Identity Management Service) update
- Remote Desktop Protocol 6.1 including support for ClearType and 32-bit color depth over RDP
- RemoteApp server which is used for Windows XP Mode
- Credential Security Support Provider which provides Network Level Authentication and Single Sign-On for RDP
- Peer Name Resolution Protocol 2.1
- Network Diagnostics update
- WPA2 Update (KB893357)
- Windows Script 5.7
- Windows Installer 3.1 v2
- Wireless LAN API (KB918997)
Improvements made to Windows Management Instrumentation in Windows Vista to reduce the possibility of corruption of the WMI repository.All you have to do is just click on the link below to Download Windows XP SP3 iso Setup from here.
Windows xp SP3 iso contains updates to the operating system components of Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, and security updates for
.NET Framework version 1.0, which is included in these editions. However, it does not include update rollups for the Windows Media Center application in Windows XP MCE 2005.
Windows xp SP3 iso also omits security updates for Windows Media Player 10, although the player is included in Windows XP MCE 2005. The Address Bar DeskBand on the Taskbar is no longer included due to legal restrictions.It is easy to Download Windows XP SP3 iso Setup from here.
