sp3 Windows XP Pro install CD?

[j]

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.

 

[P]

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.

NewEgg has them:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511

P

 

[Daave]

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.

What do you currently have? Retail? Generic OEM? Branded OEM?

If generic OEM, see:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515

 

[Daave]

NewEgg has them:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511

Actually, that second link is for XP *Home*.

 

[P]

Actually, that second link is for XP *Home*.

I know.

P

 

[Daave]

I know.

But that won't help the OP, who is looking for XP *Pro*.

 

[P]

But that won't help the OP, who is looking for XP *Pro*.

He or she isn't the only person reading this news group and someone
might have the same question about Home.

P

 

[neil]

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

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

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

But, XP is still in support.

 

[neil]

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

 

[j]

NewEgg has them:

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

 

[P]

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

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

 

[Lil' Dave]

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

--
Dave

Bailout: Friend, relative, business acquaintance
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.

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

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

But, XP is still in support.

 

[j]

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.

 

[Richard in AZ]

| "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.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

We weren't in a worldwide recession and MS was still making money,
hand-over-fist, in 2004.


P wrote:

 

[j]

Read up on "Slipstreaming" and you can make a System Disk with XP-SP3 > for use as a repair or re-installation disk.

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.