

It is already downloadable from a few third-party sites, such as Major Geeks ( Service Pack 3 is an update for Windows XP Home, Professional, Tablet PC and Media Center Editions (but not Windows XP Professional 圆4), and at 316MB it will be a hefty download, so those with slower Internet connections will perhaps find it less stressful to wait for it to arrive on PC magazine freebie CD-ROMs. It was released to manufacturing on April 21st and downloadable via Windows Update () and Download Center ( from April 29th.

Are there any implications for the thousands of XP-using musicians out there?Īs I write this, Microsoft are poised to unleash the long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 3. The newly released Service Pack 3 will be the last one ever issued for Windows XP - and XP itself is due to go 'off the market' at the end of June.
