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Thread ID: 134990 2013-09-11 10:12:00 win XP update question. jupiter1 (2578) Press F1
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1353311 2013-09-12 12:53:00 can anyone share the link where you read or get it that MS will be withdrawing support for XP operating system sometime in April 2014 because i searched it and didn't get any authentic source.windows.microsoft.com pcuser42 (130)
1353312 2013-09-12 22:35:00 and another link with other desktop OSes
windows.microsoft.com
autechre (266)
1353313 2013-09-16 00:13:00 Thanks for all the alerts etc in this thread. My understanding is that each Service Pack contains the contents of any previous ones, so if that is correct then XP SP3 should include SPs 1 and 2 and therefore only SP3 plus anything since is all that is necessary to fully update a reinstallation of XP. Is that right?

TIA.
Robin S_ (86)
1353314 2013-09-16 00:16:00 Thanks for all the alerts etc in this thread. My understanding is that each Service Pack contains the contents of any previous ones, so if that is correct then XP SP3 should include SPs 1 and 2 and therefore only SP3 plus anything since is all that is necessary to fully update a reinstallation of XP. Is that right?

TIA.

SP3 requires SP1 or SP2 to install. :)

Although you can slipstream SP3 into a vanilla XP install... :illogical
pcuser42 (130)
1353315 2013-09-16 00:18:00 I'm pretty sure if you install XP as is (with no service packs), off cd, you HAVE to install SP1 first, before updating it to SP3. You don't have to install SP2 after installing SP1 tho Speedy Gonzales (78)
1353316 2013-09-16 00:37:00 Isn't sp1a the jump off point for sp3? linw (53)
1353317 2013-09-16 00:52:00 SP1 or SP1a if you can find them. Looks like SP1a is on the MS download site, but only the express installer. You have to stay online to get the rest of it. Only diff between that and SP1 is a doesnt have Java in it

I went to other sites to find SP1 and a. So I could get the full install files. SP1a is 128097 mb, SP1 is 137,149. SP2 is 272,391 and SP3 is 324,030
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1353318 2013-09-16 01:08:00 SP1a is 128097 mb,

That's a bloody big service pack... :p
pcuser42 (130)
1353319 2013-09-16 04:42:00 Holy moly. I am impressed with the compression of mine as I have both sp1a and sp3 on one CD!! linw (53)
1353320 2013-09-16 06:20:00 I think those figures should have been KB's ;)

The ISO's -- XP x86 Service Packs:

SP1 = 288,550 KB
SP2 = 486,762 KB
SP3 = 557,932 KB


The Application downloads are slightly different:

SP2 = 272,391 KB
SP3 = 324,030 KB
wainuitech (129)
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