Esta versión, además de contar con una gran cantidad de controladores SATA y Wireless Lan, cuenta con una variedad de controladores de audio HDA y vídeo.

Además, se ha incluido al Sistema Operativo la capacidad de poder crear Imágenes ISO a partir de CDs, así como poder crear copias de los mismos o quemar la imagen en un CD con un simple click derecho del ratón, lo que significa que no necesitarás de software extra para gestionar las imágenes ISO a menos que necesites hacerlo de una forma más profesional.

En cuanto a su apariencia, es muy parecida a la versión 2, se ha cambiado la pantalla de bienvenida por una más vistosa, además de algunos iconos. Queda aclarado que no se instalan programas extra para cambiar la apariencia, se ha trabajado directamente sobre las DLLs que gestionan dichos iconos.

Ya que se ha respetado la opción de reparar el sistema y la consola de recuperación, se hace necesario aceptar el contrato de licencia en dos ocasiones, en el primer paso de la preparación de la instalación y faltando 37 minutos para que finalice la misma; por lo que no se considera totalmente desatendida.

También respetado la libre opción de elegir tu propio nombre de usuario, así como la existencia de la correspondiente cuenta de administrador auxiliar.

Si quieres instalar las Versiones de .NET Framework, puedes instalarlas de la forma tradicional ejecutando el autorun del CD, en donde encontrarás hasta la versión 3 con SP1 del mismo.
Versiones de NET Framework en el mismo instalador….NET Framework 2 Service Pack 2
.NET Framework 3 Service Pack 2
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

En cuanto a los elementos eliminados, son casi los mismos de la versión 2, procurando que sea lo menos posible para no afectar la estabilidad del Sistema. Los elementos eliminados se detallan más abajo.

Nota: La única manera de instalar el Sistema Operativo es Booteando desde la unidad CD/DVD.

All Update Pack:

• KB281981 – Disconnected sessions retain the original variable
• KB887606 – FIX: The Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) uses cached credentials incorrectly
• KB889320 v2 – When you disable the Windows Firewall service on your Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer, the Computer Browser service stops after five minutes and Event ID 7023 is logged in the Event Viewer
• KB898461 – Software update 898461 installs a permanent copy of the Package Installer for Windows version 6.1.22.4
• KB909520 v1 – Description of the software update for Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider
• KB915800 v4 – A hotfix is available for Windows Desktop Search document IFilters in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
• KB917275 – How to obtain Windows Rights Management Services with Service Pack 2
• KB922120 v6 – Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XP
• KB927436 v2 – Error message when you attach a device that loads the Serscan.sys driver to a computer that is running Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, or Windows Server 2003: “DRIVER_VERIFIER_IOMANAGER_VIOLATION (c9)”
• KB932521 – A Windows XP-based client computer uses an archived certificate for network authentication after a new certificate is auto-enrolled in a wireless Active Directory domain
• KB932578 – Event ID 55 may be logged in the System log when you create many files on an NTFS partition on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows XP-based computer
• KB932716 v2 – Description of the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package that is dated June 26, 2007
• KB934401 – When you run the “Ipconfig /displaydns” command in Windows Server 2003, the results are incomplete
• KB938759 – You cannot distribute or install a software package in Windows Server 2003 if the software package contains a very large signed file
• KB940648 – Error message when you try to open the My Documents folder on a Windows XP-based computer after you resume the computer from hibernation: “You might not have permission to use this network resource”
• KB942288 v3 – Windows Installer 4.5 is available
• KB943232 v2 – An application that uses the Sxs.dll file crashes when you run the application on a Windows XP SP 2-based computer
• KB943729 – Information about new Group Policy preferences in Windows Server 2008
• KB944043 v3 – Description of the Windows Server 2008 read-only domain controller compatibility pack for Windows Server 2003 clients and for Windows XP clients
• KB945060 v3 – There may be inconsistencies in the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) and Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) values for an image file in Windows Vista and in Windows XP
• KB945436 – Error message when you try to uninstall or unload the driver for a multifunction USB device on a Windows XP-based computer: “STOP: 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL”
• KB946648 – MS08-050: Description of the update for Windows Messenger 4.7 for Windows XP: August 12, 2008
• KB947460 v3 – Error message when you try to open a mapped DFS folder after the computer comes out of standby in Windows XP Service Pack 2: “:\ is not accessible”
• KB948101 v3 – A USB keyboard does not work after you restart a Windows XP-based computer that has an NVIDIA 680i motherboard installed
• KB948277 – A blank desktop may appear when you log on to a Windows XP-based computer
• KB948720 – You cannot install device drivers in a Windows Server 2008 cluster environment if the drivers contain LZ-compressed files
• KB948877 v2 – After you copy multiple files from a computer that is running Windows XP to a PCMCIA SRAM card, one or more files on the card are corrupted
• KB949033 – You may experience severe video degradation and a Stop error when you connect a USB Webcam to a Windows XP-based computer
• KB949127 v2 – You cannot establish a wireless connection by using EAP authentication on a Windows XP-based client computer if the Service Set Identifier (SSID) includes a comma
• KB949764 – A USB device no longer works after you resume a Windows XP-based computer from hibernation (S4)
• KB949900 – The RunOnce.exe process may stop responding during the driver installation process on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB950234 – Error message when you try to open a shared file in Windows Explorer on a Windows XP-based computer: “ is not accessible. Access is denied”
• KB950312 – Error message when you try to start a console-based application, such as Cmd.exe, on a Windows XP-based computer: “The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142)”
• KB950616 – An audio application that uses the Portcls.sys file may stop responding when you run the audio application on a computer that is running Windows XP
• KB950760 – MS08-032: Critical security update of ActiveX kill bits
• KB950762 – MS08-036: Vulnerabilities in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) could allow denial of service
• KB950820 – The system stops responding during the logoff, shutdown, or restart process on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP and that has the Japanese IME installed
• KB950974 – MS08-049: Vulnerability in Event System could allow remote code execution
• KB950982 – A list of ODBC system DSNs is truncated when the total number of characters that are used in all the DSN names is more than 7,500 on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB951066 – MS08-048: Security update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail
• KB951163 – When you try to use the MSTSC command from Terminal Services Client 6.0 to connect to the local Windows XP-based computer, a black screen may appear for several minutes
• KB951312 – When you run an application that uses a timer queue on a Windows XP-based computer, the application may stop responding
• KB951347 – A memory leak occurs when you use the IFaxIncomingMessageIterator interface to query incoming fax messages on a fax server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
• KB951376 v2 – MS08-030: Vulnerability in Bluetooth stack could allow remote code execution
• KB951531 v2 – The W32Time service does not synchronize the CMOS clock time to the Internet time on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003-based computer after the W32Time service stops
• KB951618 v2 – A black screen issue occurs on a Windows Vista-based computer or a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer that has Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed when you upgrade the operating system
• KB951624 – A 30-second delay occurs during the initialization of some network-based applications when Windows XP Service Pack 2 starts
• KB951698 – MS08-033: Vulnerabilities in DirectX could allow remote code execution
• KB951709 – Event ID 26 when you attach two IDE ATA/ATAPI devices as master and subordinate IDE devices on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB951822 v2 – You receive an error message, the print operation fails, or partial pages are printed when you try to print to a Citizen printer or to an Alps printer in Windows XP Service Pack 3
• KB951978 – Script output is not displayed as expected when you run VBScript or JScript scripts in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows XP Service Pack 3
• KB952117 v2 – When you try to put a Windows XP-based computer into hibernation or into standby, the computer stops responding
• KB952206 – A printer-driver upgrade operation fails on printer clients that are running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP when multiple printer queues are upgraded at the same time
• KB952909 v2 – When you try to print a document to a PostScript printer in an application, the application exits unexpectedly, or you find that an invalid PDF file is created from the incorrect data in the PostScript file
• KB952954 – MS08-046: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Image Color Management could allow remote code execution
• KB953024 – Rich Text Format (.rtf) files may not print correctly in Windows XP when you use an application that uses the RichEdit control
• KB953028 – On a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, an application experiences an access violation and then crashes if the computer has more than four cores or more than four logical processors
• KB953155 – MS08-062: Vulnerability in Windows Internet Printing service could allow remote code execution
• KB953609 – Error message when you try to add a wireless network to a Windows XP-based computer that has hotfix 917021 applied: “At least one of your changes was not applied successfully to the wireless configuration”
• KB953760 – When you enable SSO for a terminal server from a Windows XP SP3-based client computer, you are still prompted for user credentials when you log on to the terminal server
• KB953761 – Some DHCP Options are not recognized on a Windows XP SP3-based client computer when the DHCP server offer includes option 43
• KB953930 – The Fc.exe command does not work correctly on a Windows XP-based computer when the two files that you are comparing have the TAB or SPACE character around the 128th byte in a string of characters
• KB954193 – Description of the Jet 4.0 Database Engine cumulative hotfix package for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008: July 2, 2008
• KB954232 – The On-Screen Keyboard behavior on a Windows XP-based computer does not mimic the physical keyboard behavior in certain scenarios
• KB954430 – MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 4.0: November 11, 2008
• KB954434 – A multiprocessor computer that is running a Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista stops responding on a black screen after you resume the computer from hibernation
• KB954600 – MS08-076: Description of the security update for Windows Media Player 6.4: December 9, 2008
• KB954708 – An update to add support for the serialization of complex Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data types in the Windows Imaging Component
• KB954879 – The LSASS.exe process crashes and the computer restarts when you try to start the Network Access Protection Agent service on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 -based client computer
• KB954920 v2 – When an application requests a result set from new SQL Server 2008 collations, you may receive an “MSG 40242″ or “MSG 40205″ error when the ODBC driver for SQL Server is used or an “MSG 40234″ error when the SQL OLE DB provider is used
• KB955043 v2 – A memory leak may occur when you run an application that uses the DHTML Edit control on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB955069 – MS08-069: Description of the security update for XML Core Services 3.0: November 11, 2008
• KB955109 – Error message when you run an application that uses the Application Desktop Toolbar (AppBar) component on a computer that is running Windows XP SP2 or Windows XP SP3: “0xC0000005 (Access Violation)”
• KB955356 – When you try to start a Windows XP SP3-based computer that is connected to an external IEEE 1394 hard disk, the system may stop responding before the logon screen appears
• KB955417 – Protected storage (PStore) uses a lower-quality cryptographic function when the system locale is set to French (France) on a Microsoft Windows-based computer
• KB955567 – Memory usage gradually increases in the AntigenInternet.exe process, and e-mail messages remain in the SMTP outgoing-mail queues in Antigen 9.0 for Exchange with Service Pack 1
• KB955576 – TAPI-based applications stop responding, and you cannot disconnect telephone calls on a Windows XP-based telephony server
• KB955832 v2 – An SSL connection may fail when you use Internet Explorer to make an SSL connection to an HTTPS Web site that is certified by a Digital Signature Standards (DSS) certificate on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB955839 – December 2008 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems
• KB955843 v4 – An ADO-based application may stop responding when it uses the adAsyncExecute option to open a Recordset object in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
• KB955988 – The Win32_Environment WMI class does not return the value of the PATH environment variable if the variable consists of more than 1,024 characters on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB956072 – Windows XP-based terminal server does not allow RDP connections whose encryption level is set to Low
• KB956391 – Microsoft Security Advisory: Cumulative security update for ActiveX
• KB956588 – The job-level PrintTicket is associated with the document-level PrintTicket and with the page-level PrintTicket when you print a document to an XPS driver on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB956625 – After you run Internet Explorer 7 for a long time on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer becomes unstable or crashes
• KB956807 – The Unicode hyphen character (U+2010) is not drawn when you use an application that uses GDI+ API functions in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows XP
• KB956841 – MS08-064: Vulnerability in Virtual Address Descriptor manipulation could allow elevation of privilege
• KB957218 – A user name that contains Unicode characters is not handled correctly in Windows XP Service Pack 3 during the EAP authentication
• KB957263 – Changes to the custom properties of a program that supports custom properties may not be saved on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB957264 – Error message when you try to run an application that you developed by using the “return quickly” feature of the Windows COM port driver: “Error reading comm device”
• KB957495 – The action controls in Sound Recorder are missing or only partly visible if you set the font size to Large or to Extra Large in a non-English version of Windows XP
• KB957502 – Error message when you try to open some MMC 3.0 snap-ins in a localized version of Windows XP Service Pack 3: “MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in might not have been installed correctly.”
• KB957808 – After you start or stop the Network Access Protection Agent service on a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based client computer, the value of the IKEFlags registry entry may change
• KB958149 – Performance decreases when you stream isochronous data on a Windows-based computer that has a Texas Instruments (TI) IEEE 1394 host controller installed
• KB958071 – You receive error code 1206 when you run an application that uses the WLanSetProfile function on a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based compu
• KB958106 – Some components of an application may not be displayed correctly in a Terminal Services session if you connect to a terminal server by using RDC 6.1 from a client computer that is running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008
• KB958200 – The Defrag.exe tool stops responding when you run the Dfrgntfs.exe tool to defragment a hard disk on a Windows XP-based computer
• KB958244 – The system may stop responding when you restart a Windows XP-based multicore computer
• KB958282 v2 – Stop error message when an application calls the NtGdiRectInRegion function on a Windows XP-based computer: “Stop 0x00000050″
• KB958347 – After you hot unplug a device that is connected through a 1394 FireWire hub on a Windows XP-based computer, the device is still present in the system
• KB958644 – MS08-067: Vulnerability in Server service could allow remote code execution
• KB958655 v2 – Error message when you use Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 to install multiple MSI packages in Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: “API call rejected – No actions in Context”
• KB958687 – MS09-001: Vulnerabilities in SMB could allow remote code execution
• KB958752 – The version of AFD.SYS that is released together with security update 956189 (MS08-037) and security update 956803 (MS08-066) has an application compatibility issue
• KB958817 – The Automatic Update window may stop responding when you use a WSUS server to deploy Windows Internet Explorer 7 and cumulative security update 944533 on a Windows XP-based client computer
• KB959237 – FIX: Internet Explorer may crash when you browse a Web page that constantly fetches a recordset asynchronously and filters the recordset at the same time from an instance of SQL Server
• KB959267 – After you repeatedly dock and undock a Windows XP-based portable computer that is connected to a docking station, you may be unable to change the state of an attached network device
• KB959334 – Text that has the font set to Arial Black and the font style set to bold may change so that the font is set to Arial Black and the font style is set to talic when you open the document on a computer that is running Windows XP
• KB959439 – After you upload encrypted files from a Windows XP-based computer to a WebDAV share, the files remain encrypted
• KB959465 – Write protection does not always work on SD memory cards that are plugged into a computer that runs Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008
• KB959554 – Only the header and footer information in an XPS document are printed when you print the document on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008
• KB959682 – FIX: A Message Queuing 3.0 message is rejected on the receiver when you send the message by using an external certificate from a Windows XP Service Pack 3-based computer
• KB959873 – You cannot send Start TLS requests from a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition to a server that is running OpenLDAP Software
• KB960071 v2 – An access violation occurs when you use an application that calls the SQLExecDirect function of the SQL Server ODBC driver to run a long query in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP
• KB960139 – After a Windows XP-based multiprocessor computer or multicore processor computer resumes from Sleep mode, you may be unable to shut down or restart the computer if a smart card is left in the smart card reader
• KB960380 – A hyperlink control that is used to open a file or an e-mail message fails in an application that uses MSXML 6.0 on a Windows XP-based or Windows Vista-based computer
• KB960417 – When you run an application that uses the SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime function in certain Windows installations, the application performance is very poor
• KB960680 v2 – A hotfix is available to update the Slovak koruna currency symbol (Sk) to the Euro currency symbol (€) and to update the Turkish currency symbol from Yeni Türk Lirasi (YTL) to Türk Lirasi (TL)
• KB960763 – Severe system performance problems occur on a Windows Vista or Windows XP-based computer after you install HP printer software, version 11

Internet Explorer 7, included:

• KB889333-IE7 – Print queue shows incorrect number of pages when you print a Web page in Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 7
• KB928090-IE7 – MS07-016: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (corpol.dll)
• KB935560-IE7 – When you use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a terminal server, PNG images do not appear in Internet Explorer 7 during that RDP session
• KB938127-IE7 – MS07-050: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language could allow remote code execution
• KB958215-IE7 – MS08-073: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
• KB960714-IE7 – MS08-078: Security update for Internet Explorer

Windows Media Player 11, included:

• KB928788 – FIX: Windows Media Player 11 may not work correctly when you use the Media Sharing feature to stream Windows Media format video content across a home network
• KB929399 – You repeatedly receive a message to install update 929399 on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP
• KB929773 – FIX: You hear an unexpected noise or a problem in the audio playback when you play back a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file on certain hardware devices
• KB932390 – FIX: The encoder cannot use the Windows Media Audio 9 Voice codec after you install Windows Media Player 11 on a computer that uses Windows Media Encoder 9 Series
• KB933547 – FIX: Windows Media Player 11 may crash if you plug in certain flash memory devices while you use Windows Media Player in Windows XP
• KB935551 – FIX: Device connection is disconnected when you synchronize lots of files between Windows Media Player 11 and a Windows Mobile device
• KB935552 – FIX: Windows Media Player 11 may stop responding when you transfer media to a device that uses the Media Transfer Protocol and then you cancel the transfer process
• KB939209 – FIX: When you use an application to play DRM-protected video content in Windows XP, the application may fail
• KB939683 – FIX: Update for Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP
• KB941569 – MS07-068: Vulnerability in Windows Media file format could allow remote code execution
• KB944882 – FIX: The memory for an application increases for each file that you transfer when you transfer media from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP to a portable device
• KB952069-v2 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959807)
• KB954067 – FIX: You see lower quality video when you use Windows Media Encoder 9 Series or a similar Windows Media Format SDK-based encoder to encode a video
• KB954154 – MS08-054: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player could allow remote code execution
• KB959199 – FIX: Windows Media Player seems to crash when you click an Outlook 2007 link to a local file or a UNC path

DirectX for WinXP Post-SP3 November Update

• Microsoft & Windows Update v7.2.6001.788
• Microsoft Update Catalog Web Control v7.0.6000.569
• (KB892130) Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.31.9/(KB905474) Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications v1.8.31.9
• (KB890830) Malware Removal Tool v2.6
• Windows Search 4.0 (KB940157 & KB961184)
• Microsoft European Union Expansion Font Update 1.2
• (KB955305) Microsoft Silverlight v2.0.31005
• Adobe Flash Player v10.0.12.36
• (KB931125) Root Certificate Update – November 2008
• QFEcheck v6.2.29.0
• (KB873374) GDI+ Detection Tool

Antes de entrar en detalles, les diré a que debido a nuevas actualizaciones que publicó Microsoft, me vi obligado a pasar una barrera mucho más grande en cuanto a los pocos mb disponibles en el CD.

Por lo tanto, me encontré con 2 objetivos posibles a la hora de volver a actualizar el Win al 2009:
Tener un XP con sus últimas actualizaciones y 5 programas o 29 programas, y un XP seguro y 100% libre de problemas de crackeo (ya activado) y totalmente listo para actualizar.

Como actualmente no es problema actualizar el Windows a traves de Windows Update, me decidí por esta última opción: incrementar/mantener los programas con versiones más nuevas y no sacrificar aplicaciones por un puñado de actualizaciones que pueden ser bajadas tranquilamente luego de instalar el sistema.

Junto con la conocida actualización a las que ya los tengo acostumbrado de 29 programas desatendidos al día de la fecha (20 de enero de 2009), esta versión incorpora todos los parches de seguridad de XP hasta mediados del mes de Junio de 2008. Esto se debe a la incapacidad de espacio para colocar más actualizaciones. Pero esto NO QUITA QUE NO PUEDAN ACTUALIZARLO a través de Windows Update.