Microsoft: XP SP3 won't arrive until 2007

Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update so it can keep its focus on Windows Vista.

Microsoft set a preliminary date of the second half of next year for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 for both home and professional editions.

The release is scheduled well past the arrival of Vista, which is slated for the second half of this year and later than both outsiders and some insiders had originally predicted.