While the Service Pack 3 for Windows
XP should have been officially launched yesterday on the
Download Center on
Microsoft and Windows Update, the publisher has
changed its plans because a last-minute problem was discovered. It
seems that the update, much anticipated, causing concern with
Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS). This problem is present
also in Vista Service Pack
1.
That’s why Service Pack 3 is on hold until further
notice, and that is why also the Service Pack 1 of Vista is no
longer automatically downloaded in
Windows
Update. A decision a little strange when we know
that this problem cannot be met in business, and that network
administrators have tools to block the installation of updates.
Microsoft does not wait for a fix for the bug is
available to offer two new service packs. The publisher will indeed
put up a filter to identify configurations affected by the problem,
to prevent them, and they alone, can download the SP as the patch
is not available. A spokesman has said that it was currently being
tested and finalized.