Ever the curious sort, I’ve just finished downloading and installing Windows XP Service Pack 3. I’d hoped to find some dramatic new features – or in fact any noticeable changes – however based on what I’ve seen so far this isn’t going to prove the case.
First off, there seems to be a fair amount of confusion as to whether SP3 has been formally released yet, and near as I can tell it hasn’t.
As covered in ZDNet (“UPDATED – XP SP3 available for download from Microsoft“) the release …

Here’s something to add to my to-do list.  I just ran across this demo clip on YouTube depicting how to get a virtual instance of Windows XP running on Ubuntu using an open source app called VirtualBox.
One reason I’m keen to try this option is the WINE installations I’ve used for some of my RPG games have run into trouble when switching from one disc to another.  Theoretically by running the game within a virtual instance of Windows XP, the game software wouldn’t run into the same problems.
Please note that …