Looks like a delay for XP users to get the long awaited SP3, which has been in the hands of ITs and some programmers for a little while now.

Gregg Keizer of Computer World reports that “Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it delayed the rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) because changes to the operating system can corrupt data in the company’s retail point-of-sale and store management software.”

Microsoft will not be auto-publishing (via Windows auto update) XP SP3 for a while.  Apparently Microsoft says that the main reason for the delay is due to compatibility issues but, as the norm, they wouldn’t elaborate on the specifics surrounding their problems.

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