XP

I was always curious what issue came up at the last minute that would cause the delay of XP SP3. I had wondered if they were pulling it due to aspects of the XP SP3 release still referring to itself as a beta in spots. I also had wondered if it was somehow related to the NTFS.sys/filter bug that affected Home Server and if it had become a blocking issue in the other operating systems.

Overall, it isn't a terribly interesting bug to me, but I don't deal with CRM a lot. I'm curious if it could affect other SQL/MDAC applications, but it sounds pretty isolated. If anyone bumps into a new issue, please leave a comment. If I am reading the article correctly, it looks like it might be isolated to the msadce.dll file shipped with XP SP3.

I am just happy overall that XP SP3 is finally out and I don't have to carry around a USB stick of hotfixes for people. I'm also curious to hear if you have any issues installing XP SP3 and I'll make sure your comments get to the Windows Client team in Redmond.