The third service pack of Windows XP has been officially released according to various tech sites.

There is also a “slipstream build” version that is available to Microsoft Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers. This version contains the complete operating system plus SP3 in one image file which is available in nine languages.

Internet Explorer 7 should be uninstalled by users before applying the patch since they cannot uninstall it later if they want to if they apply the patch first. This is the same issue for IE 8 Beta 1.

Users can download the service pack via Windows Update if it is not yet available through Automatic Updates.

Source: Redmond Developer