I downloaded the service pack from M$ at < http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en>. I keep a copy of SP2 and SP3 burned on a disk for when I am forced to reinstall windows. It goes pretty fast that way.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you can get a disk with XP Service Pack 3 as an upgrade my experience > was that that works with less problems. As always back up everything before > beginning this update. > On the three occasions I had trouble I was using the windows update. In > all three cases the problem was with access to the internet using the > browser (email still worked). These were home machines attached to a > router. At work, of 40 some stations that updated none had any problems. > However, about 25 of those updates were done using a disk we obtained via > our university license. > > Before I undertook the upgrade I investigated the complaints about it and > decided to wait about six months before upgrading. By that time I did not > see many complaints although, as noted, I experienced problems on my home > machines. > > JL > > > jsutter wrote: > >> hi >> >> ms just sent me service pack 3 as part of updates for xp. >> do i want to install it?? >> i'm sorry, i don't know anything about it. >> thanks for any advice. >> john >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
