The “endless reboot” cropped up immediately after Microsoft made XP SP3 available to the general Windows-using public by posting the service pack to Windows Update last week.

News. UPDATE: XP SP3 Available Via Windows Update . Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.

Note on the current status of Service Pack 3: As of May 2, 2008, Microsoft has released Windows XP Service Pack 3 to PC manufacturers, but due to a last minute bug discovery which has to do with ...

"If you are currently running IE7 on XP SP2, Windows Update will offer you XP SP3 as a high-priority update," wrote Maliouta on Monday. "If you choose to install XP SP3, IE7 will remain on your ...

However, some users have had success using a Windows XP SP2 upgrade disc by attaching an external optical drive and placing the old (Windows 2000, NT, or other) disc in it.

The official position out of Microsoft on Windows XP Service Pack 3 is, Yes we're working on SP3, and stop asking about it. "We will be releasing another service pack for XP over the course of the ...

Companies resisting a migration to Windows Vista may want to carefully examine the latest service pack for Windows XP. After you look at XP SP3, says Steven Vaughan-Nichols, you won't even ...