[Ham-Computers] Installing sp2 and sp3 using the Microsoft InstallCD's

[Jim Hill]

Thanks, Jonathan, but I just found more info while writing some notes 
to help a friend reformat and reinstall XP.
I put the sp3 CD in the drive, and there was a "what to know" 
link.  Running it gave varied results depending upon the computer 
used, but in one case it brought up:

<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/sp3/default.mspx>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/sp3/default.mspx 
which says

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is a free update for Windows XP. SP3 
includes all previously released Windows XP updates, including 
security updates, hotfixes, and select out-of-band releases. To 
install SP3, either Windows XP Service Pack 1a (SP1a) or Windows XP 
Service Pack 2 (SP2) must already be installed.

Jim



At 09:26 AM 12/23/2009, you wrote:
>Just use SP3
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>I have the Microsoft sp2 and sp3 installation disks, which I obtained
>from Microsoft.  Does the sp3 upgrade include sp2, or must the sp2
>disk be used, followed by the sp3 disk?
>
>Jim
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