Regular readers of this blog must have already got there hands on Microsoft Windows XP SP3 RC1 using this SP3 Download hack, if not Microsoft has now officially released the Windows XP SP3 RC1 for public downloading.

This near-final release candidate version of XP service pack 3 is sized 336 MB's and can be downloaded directly from Microsoft's website here, Please note that Microsoft does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical systems as this is a near-final version but not final.