The steady (RC) version of it Unofficial Service Pack 4 of Windows XP is now available. Contains new security and stability improvements and displays increased performance. This version will become final if the testing of the users who download it does not reveal any problems.
SP4 RC contains all updates for Windows XP up to May 2014 (IE8, WMP11, MCE2005 with Update Rollup 2, MSN Explorer 10.5), .NET Frameworks 1.0, 1.1, 3.5, 4.0 (το τελευταίο δεν εγκαθίσταται από προεπιλογή), το XPS Viewer EP, το MSXML4.0, το Windows Search 4.0 (ανενεργό από προεπιλογή), τον Bitlocker τo Go Reader και το Windows Powershell 2.0 (ανενεργό από προεπιλογή) ενώ έχει αφαιρεθεί ο Windows Messenger.
Also included are security improvements against DLL injection (using references to the full path in the register, so that it is clear which files are being referenced each time) and fewer catalogs are used – which increases performance.
Some Customizations have also been made that automatically solve some problems in special KBs articles – for example in Windows Firewall – and digitally signed patched files that allow XP to be used on more than 4GB of RAM (these files are available separately and must be used together with SP4).
With regard to Beta 3, the new version is clearly improved, since it supports all planned installation scenarios and solves many glitches.
You can download the files here.
Install the files at your own risk. Do not forget that files are not from Microsoft after they have stopped XP support.
