Windows XP SP3 on CD?

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Gerry said:
Nepatsfan

I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would
have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many
free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive
one.

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Gerry
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That free distribution was in the fall of 2004, and was done by mail order
only. The really expensive free distribution was done in Feb 2004. It
was a security update which included SP1a and all subsequent updates
to the late fall of 2003. It was distributed by mail, and by the millions
to
be available at computer and software outlets. Places like BestBuy and
Staples had boxes of them at the checkouts. This was to address security
issues compounded by the fact that many XP users had not installed SP1
or any security updates. It was sort of like a mass innoculation.
 
It's a pretty safe prediction considering the fact that Microsoft is charging
around $10 for the Vista SP1 DVD here in the US. Kind of bad PR to charge for
the Vista SP1 DVD and give away an XP SP3 CD.

Nepatsfan
 
Ian

Nevertheless it must have been a very expensive exercise. Of course XP
Microsoft was getting a very bad press at the time over the collossal
number of security vulnerabilities built into the operating system.


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Gerry
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On Fri, 9 May 2008 05:44:10 -0700, "Don Schmidt" <Don
Ken,

Many thanks for sharing your knowledge, again.
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You're welcome, Don. Glad to help.

Seems there's always more to learn. School is never out. :-)
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Yep, for all of us. And that's great. Life would be boring if there
weren't always something new to learn.



 
Nepatsfan

True especially when there is reluctance by many to upgrade to Vista.

I thought sales of XP were to stop on 30 June 2008. Today I was told by
computer outlet that they thought Microsoft had changed their mind on
this. Certainly their supplier of generic OEM copies had not told them
they would be stopping supplies. Have Microsoft done another U turn?

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Gerry
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I haven't seen anything to make me think they've reversed direction. That said,
I wouldn't be shocked if they decided to extend the availability of XP again.

Nepatsfan
 
Ken answered the question perfectly. If you are interested in creating a
slipstreamed XP CD with SP 3 here are a couple of resources which are
immensely valuable:

Below is a link to Paul Thurrott's website. He's been around for years, and
IIRC, he is, or was an MS MVP.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstream.asp

Here's a link to Autostreamer. I used this to slipstream the XP CD with SP
2 when SP 2 was released.

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Autostreamer-Download-13918.html

BTW, I have Retail versions of XP Pro. I assume Autostreamer works with OEM
versions of XP, but I have no personal experience with slipstreaming OEM
versions.

Slipstreamed XP CDs save huge amounts of time if you have to reinstall XP,
or perform a recovery through the XP installation interface in order to boot
your PC.

Joe
 
It was worth every penny. I had neighbors running XP who had no idea what
SP 2 was. I was able to take that SP 2 CD to their homes and upgrade their
PCs, which had legal versions of XP on them.

Some didn't even have anti-virus programs or firewalls installed. I took
care of that for them as well.

Joe
 
Thanks to everyone who responded to this post.. I must have hit a good
nerve!! :) I'm downloading it now.. thanks again.. Rainy
I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of
charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs
Rainy
 
Not true. Use the burn to disc function of your burning software. The
resulting cd autoruns when it is inserted in a drive and puts up a splash
screen on which you click to install.
 
Just a note to say I tried this twice, both with MS downloader and
another. MS connection broke several times and had to restart. Guess
there is no Resume feature.
I then tried another d/ler pgm and got to 99& twice, then it froze both
times.
Is this a constant problem?
Regards
buddy b
 
On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:16:26 -0700, "Don Schmidt" <Don
I just downloaded the file again without any problems. 'Didn't use anything
other than downloaded while in Internet Explorer.

I downloaded to my hard drive.

Would you like I burn the file to a CD and mail it to you?

If you wish a private conversation, my email address is

dschmidt AT iinet DOT com
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very kind of you Don. I got up at 5AM EDT and finally got the d/l to
finish. Their server was probably tired out.:>)

Thanks a lot!

Regards
buddy b
 
Go to KB322389. There is a section on how to get a CD for your region.
Unfortunately it is not free this time. $3.99 + $5.99 shipping. Or you can
use one of the download suggestions mentioned already.
 
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