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18 Jun 2008
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Platform: Windows XP
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Size: 545MB
Number of Downloads: 15463
Price: Free
It’s not particularly easy installing some of the official Service Packs on your computer. For instance, installing the Vista SP1 on one of our PCs took an age, after downloading, rebooting, fixing our drive and so on. It’s frustrating. Try doing this across multiple computers and the process can take longer than you may anticipate.
The answer is to install from a disc. Burn the Service Pack to a disc, then insert the disc on your computers and then update each one individually.
Microsoft have released the XP SP3 as an ISO image, which enables you to download, burn to a disc with your regular burning software and then install from your CD, from than from an installer package. This CD contains all the fixes, updates and security hotfixes released previously, so it’s a large file at around 540MB. If you’re installing on one computer, you’d be more wise installing from the Windows Update which will find and install the Service Pack most relevant to your system.
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xpsp3
you need to use nlite to intergrqte sp3 into the installation
Posted by: adam ferrol 17 Jan 2009
xp sp3 cd fresh install
if i wish to make a fresh install of sp3 can i use this xp sp3 iso to burn it to a cd, and when i burn it to a cd do i have to extract its content from the iso file first or just burn it to a cd as it is a single iso file
Posted by: det 28 Dec 2008
Windows XP SP 3 CD
I just downloaded and burned a CD and tried to put it in my laptop. I can't find a program to open it on the laptop which is current through SP 2. What have I missed? vnunet.com comment: just about any modern disc burning package will import and enable you to burn a disc from an ISO image.
Posted by: Jim Weatherly 24 Aug 2008
Not Enough Info In Article
Is this the standard key, or volume license key release of XP? And for politeness, you should link to their download page, not to the file. vnunet.com comment: if we linked to the 'download page' of every site, there would be little point having a downloads section.
Posted by: Rick 24 Jun 2008
XP SP3
if my PC has been running automatic updates (for the last 2 yrs), would this have installed everything found in SP3?
Posted by: Andy Ashton 23 Jun 2008
CD and Installation Guidelines
You're right, installing SP3 from CD is much faster than downloading individual copies from Windows Update. It will also save you a download if you need to reinstall the OS. This set of installation guidelines should minimize problems with the SP3 update.
Posted by: Donald French 23 Jun 2008