Questions about the contents of Windows XP SP3

[Ken Springer]

Does anyone know where I can find a list of the current contents of XP
SP3 on Microsoft's site(s)?

I found this page on MS pages, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480
but I'm sure it's out of date.

I found these webpages,
http://xable.net/xp-sp3-update-pack-contents.html and
http://xable.net/xp-sp3-update-pack-changelog.html and would like to
know if it is truly accurate and current.

Thanks.


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Ken

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[Mayayana]

What you found is someone's private-issue
update pack. I don't think service packs are
ever updated. The next one just adds in all
the intervening updates. Corporate IT often spends
months testing them. They don't want the contents
changing with every patch Tuesday.

If it matters to you
for some reason, you can just open it up and
see. The installer is just an SFX CAB. There are
tools that can extract the CAB section, like one
can do with an SFX ZIP. (7-Zip, for one.) The
file names are obvious. Most have _ at the end
but it's clear what the last letter should be.
DL_ is DLL. EX_ is EXE. Etc.

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| Does anyone know where I can find a list of the current contents of XP
| SP3 on Microsoft's site(s)?
|
| I found this page on MS pages, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480
| but I'm sure it's out of date.
|
| I found these webpages,
| http://xable.net/xp-sp3-update-pack-contents.html and
| http://xable.net/xp-sp3-update-pack-changelog.html and would like to
| know if it is truly accurate and current.
|
| Thanks.
|
|
| --
| Ken
|
| Mac OS X 10.6.8
| Firefox 6.0.2
| Thunderbird 6.0.2
| LibreOffice 3.3.3

 

[Ken Springer]

What you found is someone's private-issue
update pack.

That I figured, which is why I'm wondering if there's something newer on
MS's site.

I don't think service packs are
ever updated.

Until recently, as within the last month, I would have agreed. But I'm
having trouble getting a computer with XP Home to correctly update. The
problem even has the MS tech support people stumped at the moment.

Before I contacted MS tech support, I tried different ideas on solving
the above update problem. All the testing involved starting from
scratch with an XP Home installation. What made me change my mind was
when the copy of SP3 I'd downloaded sometime back installed 102 updates.
When the problem wasn't solved, I did another start from scratch
install, and let MS update install SP3, and 103 updates were installed.
Ergo, the SP3 package apparently had changed.

The next one just adds in all
the intervening updates. Corporate IT often spends
months testing them. They don't want the contents
changing with every patch Tuesday.

If it matters to you
for some reason, you can just open it up and
see. The installer is just an SFX CAB. There are
tools that can extract the CAB section, like one
can do with an SFX ZIP. (7-Zip, for one.) The
file names are obvious. Most have _ at the end
but it's clear what the last letter should be.
DL_ is DLL. EX_ is EXE. Etc.

WinRAR will also open CAB files.

So, for fun and to alleviate boredom and avoid house cleaning, I
downloaded SP3 on my primary XP computer. Only to discover a problem
with the computer. Somehow, some way, it munges the download every
time. LOL Downloading SP3 using another XP machine and my Mac works fine.

Always seems to be something, doesn't it? LOL

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Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 6.0.2
Thunderbird 6.0.2
LibreOffice 3.3.3