The latest Service Pack for XP is finally here and it includes some minor but important updates for Windows users.

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. However, this particular update only includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly enhance the operating system. Amongst these updates are features such as an updated Microsoft Management Console 3.0 (which already appears in Windows Server 2008 and Vista) and an update to Wifi protected access to make wireless surfing more secure.

There has also been added a “health checking” component that’s already used by Windows Server 2008 which can check to make sure that certain upgrades and security features are in place for XP-based clients before they are allowed to log onto a network.

Note that this Service Pack is valid for updates across the XP range including Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Home Edition N, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP Professional N, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Starter Edition and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Download Service Pack 3 now to ensure that your version of XP is updated with the latest fixes and features for maximum functionality.

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The Absolute Time Server is a great supplementary application for our flagship product Absolute Time Corrector. It targets a more technical audience with the need to implement an efficient network level time synchronization solution on Windows 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000, and XP platforms.

Absolute Time Server is a full-featured time server, which works as WinNT service and is fully RFC-868 and RFC-2030 compatible. Absolute Time Server acts as a background process, has low system resources consumption, and can be started before user logon.

Benefits:

• Supports RFC-868 (TIME) and RFC-2030 (SNTP) time synchronization protocols
• Optimized for performance as NT service
• Low overhead minimizes impact on server resources
• Supports NT4.0 with SP3 and up, all versions of Win2K, and all versions of Windows XP
• Small download size and easy installation

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Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office XP. SP3 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. This service pack applies to any level of Office XP. It contains all updates included in Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and updates released after SP2.

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