Microsoft has made available for download the first public version of Windows XP Service Pack 3. you have to be advised that Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate is still in beta stage Replied on February 24, 2020. Report abuse. It is getting harder and harder to activate XP. When Microsoft ended support for XP, they were quick to say we will continue to re-activate XP if you have to reinstall, etc.. But over the last few years they seem to have dodged the issue and deleted the links about this. The Windows XP Service Pack 3 can still be downloaded though from the Windows Update Catalog, see the link below: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929) The media for Windows XP itself is not available for download from Microsoft anymore as it is not supported. Best regards, Leon. Blog: Windows XP is a version in the Windows family of operating systems produced by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 2001, as the successor to Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000. It was considered "the best" by many users as Windows ME was considered a "bad" version. Windows XP was eventully succeeded by Windows Vista, although XP was more widely used. Windows XP introduced April 12, 2016. April 13, 2021. . *Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) is not being extended. MED-V runs a Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) virtual machine using Microsoft Virtual PC technology. Microsoft Virtual PC ended extended support on July 11, 2017, and Windows XP SP3 ended extended support on April 8, 2014 Microsoft’s Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 designed for client PCs reached end-of-life on April 8, 2014. it is safe to say that Windows XP will still be in limited use after whopping According to Microsoft, the goals of SP3 are: Provide a new baseline for customers still deploying Windows XP, to help them avoid the inconvenience of applying individual updates. Fill gaps in the The link that @exile360 provided is for version 3.5.1.2522, which is the final version Malwarebytes made that supports Windows XP and Windows Vista. Database updates and maintenance upgrades that are provided now are still valid on that version of Malwarebytes as well, but there will be no further updates for the program as a whole as far as XP Windows XP Professional fresh install with SP3 OEM CD applied but updates from Microsoft web site not working - 2011. August 22, 2011 I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Professional formatting the hard drive. I then applied SP3 from a OEM CD I purchased from Microsoft several years ago (part number X14-60166-02). Out-of-band fix for Internet Explorer zero-day flaw now available -- for XP, too. That was fast: Microsoft today released an emergency patch for a previously unknown Internet Explorer vulnerability revealed over the weekend that was discovered being exploited by a cyber espionage group out of China. DB4acfN.