Those eagerly awaiting the next (and last) service pack for Windows XP will have noticed that it’s conspicuous by it’s absence! So what happened?

The latest fixes and features introduced by SP3 are causing a problem with the corporate Microsoft Dynamics’ RMS. The bug, which was noticed with the release of SP1 for Windows Vista, will be fixed, but only once they’ve tweaked the Windows Update system. Your system will be inspected first to see if you have RMS installed and if it’s found, you won’t be offered SP3. This surely can’t be a huge change to Windows Update, so I would expect the service pack to be available within the next few days. Watch this space!