Mike Brannigan對Hotfix發布的Windows XP SP3 Preview的statement

From: "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikeb...@online.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows XP SP3 Preview download
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:16:08 +0100
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"Alceryes" <replytop...@thankyou.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3_Preview_d4754.html
>
> The GA download is quick (FL link was really slow).
> Note this is only a collection of .exe updates zipped together. There is
> no general installer from MS yet (there is one over at www.thehotfix.net
> though.)
> I would recommend installing this for *testing purposes only*.
> Many of these fixes are NOT available from Windows update but, by that
> same token, many have not been fully tested yet.
> --

You would be well advised to stay clear of this FAKE SP3 package.
It is NOT suitable for testing as it is NOT SP3.

If is just a collection of hotfixes and other updates we have released.  It
will not update your Windows XP system to SP3
It also contains a number of private " hotfixes that are usually only issued
to users with a specific identifiable problem.  The hotfixes are not as
rigorously tested at public released ones this is why we ask you to call PSS
to get them  so we can track you and provide further assistance such as new
versions of the fixes etc as they become available.  Just installing all the
"privates" on your PC may make you machine LESS stable and will also put you
out of support from Microsoft or an OEM as you are installing incorrectly
issued private hotfixes.

Frankly this "package" should be avoid and you should continue to use
Windows Update and the download site to get the most up-to-date and
correctly issued Microsoft fixes and patches.

Anyone who installs this thinking they are getting SP3 (even as a preview)
is being grossly mislead and is posing a significant potentially non
recoverable risk to their PC and data.
--

Regards,

Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

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"Alceryes" <replytop...@thankyou.com> wrote in message
news:8Xz0f.9622$q1.713@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3_Preview_d4754.html
>
> The GA download is quick (FL link was really slow).
> Note this is only a collection of .exe updates zipped together. There is
> no general installer from MS yet (there is one over at www.thehotfix.net
> though.)
> I would recommend installing this for *testing purposes only*.
> Many of these fixes are NOT available from Windows update but, by that
> same token, many have not been fully tested yet.
> --
>
>
> "I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"
> - Alceryes
>
微軟曆來喜歡先發產品後打補丁，從SP2出來後好長時間沒有動靜了，又做Server 2003的SP，又做Live.com，還在研發著Vista，搞的XP的使用者們實在是不習慣好久沒有XP SP的新版本了，MS稱這個SP3是fake的，thehotfix也沒有明說，新聞又報道XP SP3會比Vista來的更早，於是這個SP3是真是假還真不好說了;-)