Is Microsoft Going to release Service Pack 3

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I presume you're referring to Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. Microsoft has previously announced last year that it will be releasing SP3 before Windows Vista ships out. Well, we know by now that is not the case since Vista is already out and still no release of SP3 for XP. Microsoft has published an update to its release of SP3 for XP. It's tentatively slated for the 1st half of 2008. Here is the link if you want to read more about it. The page includes info for service packs and updates to other Windows operating systems as well. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx