There are several benefits, depending on your environment. Support for Windows 2003 A new Universal Print Driver that supports colour and 600dpi SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration for better JPG performance in IE and Outlook. Improvements to the CMC More info can be obtained from the MetaFrame XP Application Server for Windows with Feature Release 3 Administrator's Guide in document ID CTX16879 at http://knowledgebase.citrix.com If none of these benefits are applicable to you then maybe just install the Service Pack rather than the feature release. However, if you have the chance to rebuild everything cleanly then why not take the opportunity to upgrade? Jay Jukes *********************************************** Systems Specialist MCSE MCP+I CCEA CSM Technology Ph: 61 8 8984 2400 Fax: 61 8 8941 1657 Email: jay.jukes@xxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.csm.com.au *********************************************** "jc lamb" <jc_lamb@hotmail. com> To Sent by: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thin-bounce@freel cc ists.org Subject [THIN] fr3 vs fr2 07/11/2003 08:12 AM Please respond to thin@xxxxxxxxxxxx g hey guys we are currently running w2k sp4 with xp fr2 / sp2. as an ASP we deliver a single app through a web interface. we need to rebuild our farm (for various reasons) so my manager has tasked me with investigating a move to fr3 at the time of our farm rebuild. (even though there are no functional problems) i have read the propoganda and still cant build a case to go to fr3 / sp3. can anyone tell me of their experiences (good or bad) off line if you wish! for the short time i have subscribed to this list, you guys have helped resolve so many previously unresolveable problems! thanks jeff ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm New! Online Thin Computing Magazine Site http://www.OnDemandAccess.com For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm