This is not the first example of the developer community pulling together Microsoft updates into a collective package, and it probably won't be the last. We've seen many times before how even small glitches can create huge problems when installing Windows updates and patches - sometimes requiring Microsoft to temporarily pull them to investigate the issues further. Needless to say, Microsoft won't be supporting Unofficial Service Pack 4 in any capacity, and users who choose to install it on their systems will be doing so at their own risk.
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Most Windows XP components, including Media Center Edition and Tablet PC.It can be applied to a live Windows XP system with SP1, at minimum, installed or it can be slipstreamed (integrated) in any Windows XP installation media." The package includes: In a forum post, harkaz explained that Unofficial SP4 is "a cumulative update rollup for Windows XP (x86).
"For this reason, I started working on a Service Pack 4 package." "Many users - including me - who won't be able to upgrade their old machines to a new OS would like to easily install all Windows updates in one convenient package," harkaz said.
It is already available in its third beta but, as ZDNet reports, a Release Candidate will soon be available, ahead of its full release. Harkaz has been working since September 2013 on the project, which aims to bring together all of Microsoft's official XP updates and patches into a single unified release. It's a problem that a developer known as 'harkaz' is addressing, with the upcoming release of what he calls 'Unofficial Service Pack 4'. With around 25% of PCs still running Windows XP, that's a big issue for the millions of users whose systems are no longer receiving regular updates. The company has since issued critical patches for XP - including one to address issues that prevented PCs from booting up, and a security patch for IE - but it has also stressed that these are the exceptions rather than the rule, and that routine support for the OS is no longer provided. Back in April, Microsoft finally pulled the plug on Windows XP, bringing an end to its support for the elderly OS.
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