nekrosoft13
10-08-07, 09:15 PM
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. Contrary to popular belief, Windows XP SP3 does ship with all-new features - not just patches and hotfixes, most of them backported from Windows Vista:
New Windows Product Activation model: no need to enter product key during setup. Thank God for that!
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 here.
New Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module - the Windows XP SP3 kernel now includes an entire module that provides easy access to multiple cryptographic algorithms and is available for use in kernel-mode drivers and services.
New “Black Hole Router” detection - Windows XP SP3 can detect and protect against rogue routers that are discarding data.
Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs. Of the 1,073 included updates, 114 are for security-related issues. The remainder are updates to performance & reliability, bugfixes, improvements to kernel-mode driver modules, and many BSOD fixes.
http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/windows-xp-sp3-beta-build-3205-released-analysis-included/#more-485
New Windows Product Activation model: no need to enter product key during setup. Thank God for that!
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 here.
New Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module - the Windows XP SP3 kernel now includes an entire module that provides easy access to multiple cryptographic algorithms and is available for use in kernel-mode drivers and services.
New “Black Hole Router” detection - Windows XP SP3 can detect and protect against rogue routers that are discarding data.
Windows XP SP3 now contains 1,073 patches/hotfixes, not including those in previous service packs. Of the 1,073 included updates, 114 are for security-related issues. The remainder are updates to performance & reliability, bugfixes, improvements to kernel-mode driver modules, and many BSOD fixes.
http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/windows-xp-sp3-beta-build-3205-released-analysis-included/#more-485