sp3 Windows XP Pro install CD?

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will sp3 Windows XP Pro install CD/DVDs be available?

(to install the whole OS, not just the service pack. I'm reluctant to try
creating a slipstream one; I tried last month and killed my OS.)

I'd love one, so I can do Repair Installs.
 
Daave said:
But that won't help the OP, who is looking for XP *Pro*.
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He or she isn't the only person reading this news group and someone
might have the same question about Home.

P
 
: I'm surprised there are any WinXP with SP3 disks MS have stopped producing
: retail XP.
: Neil

But, XP is still in support.
 
Yep I realise that, I was just surprised there were disks for sale with SP3
when I thought they announced "end of sale" June 30th on or around the time
SP3 was released. I think mainstream support is until 2009, with security
updates until 2014.
Neil
 
P said:
NewEgg has them:
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thanks very much...I wonder why the Microsoft Order Desk told me this
morning that these didn't exist. plus...

I already have a licensed copy of XP Pro, I just want an sp3 install *DISK*.
when sp2 came out, Microsoft mailed them out for free...and now I can't
figure out how to buy one without buying a new license. aargh!

J
 
j said:
thanks very much...I wonder why the Microsoft Order Desk told me this
morning that these didn't exist. plus...

I already have a licensed copy of XP Pro, I just want an sp3 install *DISK*.
when sp2 came out, Microsoft mailed them out for free...and now I can't
figure out how to buy one without buying a new license. aargh!

J
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They mailed out SP2 CDs for free, not XP SP2. You can download and burn
an SP3 .iso and burn it to a CD.

P
 
Lot of those notable naysayers, who frequent this newsgroup, that said the
same thing a few months ago are awfully quiet regarding precisely that.

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Dave

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paying a sum to get the accused
out of jail until court is ready to proceed.

Bailout: U.S. taxpayers paying a sum of
money for some critical business failure
that was fleecing the taxpayer to begin
with.
Somehow, the word "bailout" seems
very different.
neil said:
Yep I realise that, I was just surprised there were disks for sale with
SP3 when I thought they announced "end of sale" June 30th on or around the
time SP3 was released. I think mainstream support is until 2009, with
security updates until 2014.
Neil
Tom [Pepper] Willett said:
: I'm surprised there are any WinXP with SP3 disks MS have stopped
producing
: retail XP.
: Neil

But, XP is still in support.
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P said:
They mailed out SP2 CDs for free, not XP SP2.
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oops, I see you're RIGHT!
You can download and burn an SP3 .iso and burn it to a CD.
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done that. but I want the whole thing not just the service pack. I guess I
gotta wait 'til my OEM has it.
 
| "P" wrote:
| > They mailed out SP2 CDs for free, not XP SP2.
|
| oops, I see you're RIGHT!
|
| > You can download and burn an SP3 .iso and burn it to a CD.
|
| done that. but I want the whole thing not just the service pack. I guess I
| gotta wait 'til my OEM has it.

Don't hold your breath while you wait.
Read up on "Slipstreaming" and you can make a System Disk with XP-SP3 for use as a repair or
re-installation disk.
 
We weren't in a worldwide recession and MS was still making money,
hand-over-fist, in 2004.


P wrote:
 
Richard in AZ said:
Read up on "Slipstreaming" and you can make a System Disk with XP-SP3 > for use as a repair or re-installation disk.
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thanks, I'll do just that today. I hosed an OS when doing that for the
first time last month , but it turms out that was because the PC had bad RAM.
 

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