what was the site to order xp service pak 3 cd

[Robinb]

I cannot find the post and i cannot find the site to order the cd from
microsost
please post it again

thanks
robin


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[Engel]

Hello Robinb,

Sorry can not find any info on XP SP3.


Microsoft is now offering a Vista Service Pack 1 {English} DVD in North
America.

A link to order is available here:

<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/sp1.mspx>



For XP SP3 maybe you take this route

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CE-B5FB-4488-8C50-FE22559D164E&displaylang=en>

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086>


Good luck
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[Robinb]

thanks engel but i need xp3 not vista
also i downloaded this

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en
I was wondering if I could just burn it to a cd as a exe file that it is and
just take it off the cd and put it on the hd and run it from the hd.

I need to put it on a bunch of my clients computers and would rather do it
this way then burn it as a iso

would that be ok?

robin

 

[Bill Sanderson]

There's a .ISO version designed to be written to a CD here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CE-B5FB-4488-8C50-FE22559D164E&displaylang=en

But you can also use what you have just the way you propose, I believe.

 

[Robinb]

i know there is an iso version but sometimes it can burn wrong and i was
wondering if i could do it this way instead
robin

 

[Engel]

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP3

<http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm>


;-)

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[Bill Sanderson]

This is a useful thing for someone like Robin to have, but not what she's
looking for now. A slipstreamed CD is an original source CD--to use for
reloading XP from scratch, for example.

You can't use it to add the Service Pack to an existing machine, though.

Slipstreamed CD's should be made from the original media associated with a
given kind of machine--there are a number of different kinds of source
media: Retail, OEM, and Volume Licensed, as well as full and upgrade-only
versions.

So--it's quite a useful thing to have--if you originally bought XP Gold, and
your disk drive dies, you would normally have to install XP, then SP1, then
SP3. A slipstreamed CD would save the two SP installs. However, there are
complexities to it that the average user is probably not aware of.

 

[Littlem129]

I found this info on XP SP3 CD.

The Windows Xp SP3 CDs are currently on back order, but there should be more
available around May 22, 2008.

The SP3 CDs cost $3.99, plus $5.99 shipping.

Telephone MSFT at 1-800-360-7561, and choose the prompt for help/info about
service packs.

 

[me]

I burned the .exe to a CD and have installed it to several PC's
without any problems.

 

[Alan]

Hi Robin,

Yes, you CAN burn the downloaded *.exe file onto a CD.

And then you can copy the *.exe file from the CD onto each customer's PC and
install SP3.

Alan

 

[Robinb]

ahh i finally found the same number
and same info was given to me
you can give them your name address and telephone number and when they get
sp3 in they will call you.

also if you want to call for sp1 for vista this is the number
1888218-5617

I just ordered that one
thanks
robin

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks! I've done this via network shares many times, but I hadn't needed
to do it from a CD.

 

[Engel]

Better late than never FWIW

Order the Windows XP SP3 CD
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/sp3/default.mspx>
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[Dave M]

Thanks for the link, Engel. The charges with shipping and tax were
slightly less than US $11.