It looks like you are wrong Alan, 10th June is the day.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/7740/print
"Microsoft Corp. will release Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to computer
makers and some IT professionals next week, and it will offer it to all
users via Windows Update April 29, two weeks from today, according to an
internal schedule obtained by the Neowin.net Web site ... the service pack
will debut April 21, when it's shipped to computer manufacturers, offered to
volume licensing customers and posted for download on TechNet and the
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), which are subscription services for IT
staff and developers, respectively. Most users, however, will first be able
to obtain SP3 on April 29, when Microsoft lists it on Windows Update (WU)
for download. However, Microsoft won't turn on the automatic download and
installation of SP3 until June 10."
The autoupdate will only download the required updates and evidently if you
are up to date with patches the actual SP wil only download 70Mb as opposed
to the full 346Mb.
Tough luck if you have SP1 and a dial up connection then!
Dave Crozier
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From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe DOT com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf
Of Alan Bourke
Sent: 30 April 2008 16:51
To: profox .AT. leafe DOT com
Subject: Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out.
I would think due to it's size, the time it takes to download and
install and so on, no.
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Alan Bourke
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