p2p news / p2pnet:- “Microsoft has just recently announced 26 new fixes to go into Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3),” says ethanwa on The Hotfix.

But in an October 6 Google Group post, SP3 is, “just a collection of hotfixes and other updates we have released,” warns Microsoft’s Mike Brannigan.

“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.”

But The Hotfix’s Ethan Allen maintains the SP3 on his site is a "reasonable preview of what will appear when the official service pack is released," says PC World, which goes on:

"In an interview Wednesday, Allen said that Microsoft has not contacted him directly about the hotfixes he has posted, but his Microsoft source told him the company was conducting an internal investigation to find out who was leaking the hotfixes to his site.

"Though published reports claimed several weeks ago that there would be a third service pack for Windows XP, Microsoft shrugged off its existence until last Thursday, when the company abruptly acknowledged that SP3 would be available after Windows Vista ships next year."

It’s a good thing Allen isn’t writing about Apple Computer. Steve Jobs starts suing people when he’s upset by leaks – unless the leakees are members of the lamescream media, of course.

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See:-
The Hotfix – Microsoft released 26 new hotfixes for Windows XP SP3!, October 13, 2005
PC World – Microsoft Exec Warns of ‘Fake’ XP Update, October 14, 2005
suing people – New Apple Asteroid trouble, September 13, 2005

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