{"id":485,"date":"2007-10-07T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T13:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2007\/windows-xp-sp3-beta-build-3205-released-analysis-included\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:17:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:17:04","slug":"windows-xp-sp3-beta-build-3205-released-analysis-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/windows-xp-sp3-beta-build-3205-released-analysis-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows XP SP3 Beta (Build 3205) Released &#8211; Analysis Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following our coverage of the Windows XP SP3 beta leak <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/windows-vista-sp1-and-windows-xp-sp3-betas-leaked-a-bad-week-for-microsoft\/\" rel=\"follow\">almost a month ago<\/a>&nbsp;in August, here&#8217;s some more info on the <em>official<\/em> beta, which just had its first authorized distributable released earlier today. Say hello to Windows XP SP3, <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/windows\/Downloads\/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=8704&amp;wa=wsignin1.0\" rel=\"follow\">build 3205<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>While Microsoft&#8217;s [[MSFT]] newly-released build and the one <a href=\"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/forums\/showthread.php?t=775\" rel=\"follow\">leaked a month ago<\/a>&nbsp;(Build 3180) may share the same name, we can exclusively reveal that they <strong>are not <\/strong>identical releases. This release, also shipped as windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe, is 334.2 megabytes and has been made available to tier-one Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 beta testers. Hashes are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><code>CRC: 56e08837 <br \/>MD5: c8c24ec004332198c47b9ac2b3d400f7<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Along with the standalone installer redistributables (in English, Japanese, and German), Microsoft also provided the usual release notes and a list of all the hotfixes included in this release. <strong>Contrary to popular belief, Windows XP SP3 <em>does<\/em> ship with <em>all-new<\/em> features <\/strong>&#8211; not just patches and hotfixes, most of them backported from Windows Vista:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Windows Product Activation model: no need to enter product key during setup. Thank God for that!\n<\/li>\n<li>Network Access Protection modules and policies have been brought to XP after being one of the more-well-received features in Windows Vista. You can read more about NAP <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/network\/cc983841.aspx\" rel=\"follow\">here<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>New Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module &#8211; the Windows XP SP3 kernel now includes an entire module that provides easy access to multiple cryptographic algorithms and is <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/library\/cc750356.aspx\" rel=\"follow\">available for use<\/a> in kernel-mode drivers and services.\n<\/li>\n<li>New &#8220;Black Hole Router&#8221; detection &#8211; Windows XP SP3 can detect and protect against rogue routers that are discarding data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Windows XP SP3 is compatible with all versions of Windows x86, included Embedded, Fundamentals, Start, Professional, Media Center, and Home Editions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches\/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs.<\/strong> Of the 1,073 included updates, 114 are for security-related issues. The remainder are updates to performance&nbsp;&amp; reliability, bugfixes, improvements to kernel-mode driver modules, and many BSOD fixes.<\/p>\n<p>As with Service Pack 2, these include both previously <em>publicly-<\/em>available updates (whether through support.microsoft.com or via Windows Update) as well as any and all privately-redistributed updates for select customers or partners with specific problems\/scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>The first included update: <a title=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/123456\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/123456\" rel=\"follow\">KB123456<\/a>&nbsp;(April 7, 2006). The last: <a title=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/942367\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/942367\" rel=\"follow\">KB942367<\/a>&nbsp;(September 29, 2007).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re checking with our MS contacts if we can provide you with the actual comprehensive list of updates included in Windows XP SP3, along with their descriptions and KB article links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our coverage of the Windows XP SP3 beta leak almost a month ago&nbsp;in August, here&#8217;s some more info on the official beta, which just had its first authorized distributable released earlier today. 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