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Thread ID: 123480 2012-02-27 17:39:00 Slipstreaming XP Home with SP2 and SP3 - is SP2 needed? braindead (1685) Press F1
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1261739 2012-03-03 09:03:00 XP SP3 is 316mb. It may have been lower, if you got it from windowsupdate. Office 2007 SP3, is 351 mb Speedy Gonzales (78)
1261740 2012-03-03 21:44:00 Unless convinced otherwise, I'm going to "believe" the poster who has the highest number of posts :) To follow on from Agent posted -- And your comment above, my post count is higher :p

Try reading what microsoft actually state. windows.microsoft.com look at what they say about requirements for SP3.
The latest service pack for Windows XP is Service Pack 3 (SP3). To install Windows XP SP3, you must first have SP1a or SP2 installed. Then click on the Download SP3, under system requirements

Do it right the first time, other wise you could end up with all sorts of troubles.
wainuitech (129)
1261741 2012-03-03 23:17:00 Well that's just contradictory and confusing.

First they say you must have at least SP1a then they say "Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Home Edition , Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2" which implies that plain XP without any SP at all is also supported.

It has been a long time since I slipstreamed SP3 into my XP CD so I can't actually remember what version I based it from. Now I'm tempted to go and do a test install to see if it complains about a non-SP XP install!
Agent_24 (57)
1261742 2012-03-04 21:04:00 SP1a is required if you are installing SP3 onto an already running system.

Slipstreaming SP3 onto a plain XP disc works fine though.
autechre (266)
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