It appears that Microsoft’s promised April 29′th date for public release has not been fulfilled; in fact there is an announcement on its delay. Dynamics RMS is having some issues with XP SP3 and Vista SP1. The following link is to the same TechNet XP SP3 forum where the initial release announcement originated:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3262170&SiteID=17
“In the last few days, we have uncovered a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to the web.
To help protect customers, we plan to put filtering in place shortly to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS. Once filtering is in place, we expect to release Windows XP SP3 to the web.
We are also testing a fix, and will make it available once that process is complete. Once they have installed the fix, Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers should be able to run both service packs.
Until then, we advise Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers to not install either service pack. Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers running Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 should contact Microsoft Customer Support Services for additional information.”
Also a quick search of the Microsoft Update Catalog and/or Microsoft.com for “XP SP3 download” comes up expectedly empty.
