Windows XP SP3?

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> John Doe

That's not what Microsoft says.

Cite?

 

[John Doe]

In message <[email protected]> John Doe


Cite?

Read?

But seriously.

 

[PeterC]

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Thanks. Apparently Service Pack 2 should be installed
before applying the SP3 update.

Yes, MS' site says so.

There's more info here:

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=536&pgno=0

 

[Dave]

The above file is not RTM.

Yes, MS' site says so.

Please point out the URL in which Microsoft suggests applying SP2 before
SP3.

 

[PeterC]

The above file is not RTM.


Please point out the URL in which Microsoft suggests applying SP2 before
SP3.

A couple of posts above

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/cc164204.aspx

 

[Michael Cecil]

Judging by the (redundant) replies,
apparently my post needs a citation.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/cc164204.aspx

The final information makes a point of saying SP3 is cumulative and can be
applied on top of SP0, SP1, or SP2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en

Furthermore, Service Packs from MS are designed to be cumulative.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx

 

[PeterC]

I agree MS is now saying SP1 MUST be installed before SP3, and they
are recommending that SP2 be installed. This is a change since SP2
since it wasn't necessary to have SP1 installed prior to that.

Do seem to be conflicting messages - I think I'll slipstream SP3 into the
already s/ XP+SP2 that I have.

But DON'T USE THE SP3 LINKED ON THIS PAGE!!! It's version 3.3.11,
which is a beta. It is NOT the final SP3! The version MS will
release this week is floating around, but I don't have a link for it
now.

Larc

§§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§

29th. it's due out. I'm going to get it from a trustworthy site - MS puts
enough 'malware' and holes into the OS without chancing a dodgy download.

 

[John Doe]

In message <[email protected]> John Doe


I haven't seen anything which specifically discusses this aspect
of XP SP3,

Doesn't matter. You're probably the only person reading this thread
who is stuck on this branch.

Good luck.

 

[John Doe]

The final version of SP3 (Build 5512) is available from here:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4323.html

Thanks.
I think maybe they were recommending SP1/SP2 to be preinstalled for the
prerelease versions only.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> John Doe

Doesn't matter. You're probably the only person reading this thread
who is stuck on this branch.

Which branch? At this point all of my own machines are running Vista,
and the servers will be going to 2008 one by one over the next few
weeks.

However, I provide support for all service pack levels that Microsoft
does. In practice, this means a fully patched Windows 2000 installation
(Pro and Server, but with IE 5.01 or the latest IE6, nothing in
between), XP Home and Pro (with only SP2 right now, that will expand to
XP2 and 3 for some time, IE6 and 7, latest fully patched version of
each), and Vista (RTM and SP1)

Part of that support includes at least a minimal level of how-to to
upgrade to a supported SP level.

As a result, this is more or less need-to-know for me, at least
eventually. On the other hand, once I have SP3 in my hands, I'll be
testing it out in VMs against our software packages.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> John Doe

Thanks.
I think maybe they were recommending SP1/SP2 to be preinstalled for the
prerelease versions only.

It does seem odd, usually whatever prerequisite components (like the
servicing stack in Vista SP1) will just get installed as part of the
service pack's installation process itself.

We'll be able to test for ourselves and read the official documentation
in a couple days.