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**imkidd57** · 23-04-2008

As far as I can see, the release candidate (RC) doesn't introduce more DRM than already present in SP2. Haven't checked the hardware disable behaviour, but I was under the impression that this was a function of the OEM versions of XP, rather than service packs.

Remember that there are a lot of corporate networks running XP, who are not even dreaming of moving to Vista; and for them an SP3 would be a long-awaited addition. It would be unbelievably stupid of MS to suddenly hit them with a ton of protection layers and changes that would need to be overcome.

23-04-2008	#9 (permalink)
imkidd57 Senior Moderator & Editor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Fajara Posts: 7,635	Re: It's a wrap: Microsoft finishes XP SP3 As far as I can see, the release candidate (RC) doesn't introduce more DRM than already present in SP2. Haven't checked the hardware disable behaviour, but I was under the impression that this was a function of the OEM versions of XP, rather than service packs. Remember that there are a lot of corporate networks running XP, who are not even dreaming of moving to Vista; and for them an SP3 would be a long-awaited addition. It would be unbelievably stupid of MS to suddenly hit them with a ton of protection layers and changes that would need to be overcome.