Default Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate build is live. Microsoft is hammering away at the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and is making consistent headway in the matter. Truth be told, since the 2004 availability of XP SP2, and after the numerous delays of SP3 across 2006 and At the same time, Microsoft promised that it will broaden the beta testing of XP SP3 in the future but failed to provide the actual date when it plans to do so. Unlike the latest testing build of Windows Vista SP1, the latest version of XP SP3 is not a preview, but the actual release Candidate. The final version of XP SP3 is planned for the first half of 2008. 2007, Service Pack 3 is long overdue. But at the same time, the refresh is getting closer and closer at a fast pace. Microsoft has in fact synchronized the development milestones of Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3.   read more »