It's been a long wait for SP3. So long that it's arrival would have been after the last sale date of XP, if Microsoft didn't keep changing their mind. But it's here at last. Well, sort of anyway. It's not available from Microsoft themselves just yet, but Softpedia are distributing it now. Take a risk or wait till MS pump it out themselves next week? The choice is yours, as is the risk. But I've always found Softpedia to be a reliable site.