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The third and final service pack for Windows XP will be released on 21st April, according to leaked reports.

Microsoft has refused to confirm the rumours, with a statement claiming: “We expect Windows XP SP3 to be available in the first half of 2008, provided it meets our quality bar for release.”

Service Pack 3 has reportedly been ready to roll for some time, but the company was waiting for Vista Service Pack 1 to take hold before giving people any further incentive to stick with XP.

However, the problems that have marred Vista SP1 may convince even more people to stay rooted to XP.

Reports of Vista’s demise were also given fresh impetus earlier this month when Bill Gates talked of Windows 7 arriving next year, although the company later stipulated that the release schedule for the new OS had not been brought forward.

Just over a week later on 29th April, the Service Pack will be made available on Microsoft Update, Windows Update and Download Centre.

Finally, the Pack will be issued through Microsoft’s Automatic Update service on 10th June. That’s just days before the company controversially plans to withdraw XP from sale across the world on 30th June.

I have updated my forum software to the new phpbb3 version and have changed the layout.

www.computer-repairs.110mb.com/phpBB3/index.php

I have a new links directory on my website: http://www.computer-repairs.110mb.com/phpLD/index.php 

Featured Link: $2

Regular Link: $1

Regular links with reciprocal: Free

Links with nofollow attribute: Free

All links are not time limited (not just for one year).

I have updated my blog software to Wordpress 2.5.

It does seem alot better and quicker. I will write a full report on this soon….

Microsoft have released Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

Downloads:

IE8 Beta 1 For XP: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=3&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d1a2e3ddd-b38b-439d-bba7-f179a5d3ecaf%26DisplayLang%3den

IE8 Beta 1 For Vista 32bit:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=20&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dc3c6e8c1-bd91-490b-86f5-f3652dd691de%26DisplayLang%3den

IE8 Beta 1 For Vista 64bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&p=18&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3dd399733e-d4a9-44fd-821b-1c52d3c677e3%26DisplayLang%3den

I have install XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2, this seems much smoother.

This update comes from the Microsoft Update service. To Activate this the following download must be installed: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f5%2f3%2f5%2f53519680-fcc0-4a00-86e0-e7d5cba84461%2fWindows+XP+SP3+Release+Candidate+2.exe

My Poll for Do you like Windows XP or Vista?

http://www.computer-repairs.110mb.com/content/e107_plugins/poll/poll.php

The results will be sent to Microsoft

My website over the last week or so has been up and down like a yoyo.

Hopefuly it is now back to normal.

Thank you to the admins at 110mb.com for sorting the problems out.

At last Microsoft are almost ready to release Vista SP1.

I have read online that Microsoft will make SP1 available to the public in the next week or two.

Edit: 4th Feb 2008

Possible Mon 4th Feb Release.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing today and will start being available to customers in March.

Sometimes I have people come to me who want their computer fixed from virus infection.

I have a look at the computer and find they have Norton Anti-Virus installed, but it is an old version that has not been updated for at least several years, and they wonder why they get infected.

My advice is ditch Norton and get either Avast or AVG.

AVG can be found in my download section at the following:

http://www.computer-repairs.110mb.com/content/download.php?list.1