Which service Pack to Install

[Dave]

I have just had to re build my PC's version Windows XP from the original
CD... Very frustrating. This was due to MSI & Windows Update not working any
more.....

So... my version of XP is from 2002 and has no service packs.
Therefore should I go straight in and load SP3?

 

[Guest]

Dave,

Why did you rebuild your machine just because of the services weren't
running?

SP3 is more memory hungry than SP2.

How come you have an original disc without service packs? You must have got
in within a few weeks of XP coming out as SP1 then SP1a (what users think is
SP1) was released very soon after

Of course SP3 has better stability & security fixes whereas SP2 could have
102 Windows Updates to download, one of which is SP3

 

[John]

Install XP SP2. Reboot. Then install SP3.

 

[Steve Winograd [MS-MVP]]

I have just had to re build my PC's version Windows XP from the original
CD... Very frustrating. This was due to MSI & Windows Update not working any
more.....

So... my version of XP is from 2002 and has no service packs.
Therefore should I go straight in and load SP3?

SP3 won't install over the original version of XP. Install SP1 or SP2
first.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have just had to re build my PC's version Windows XP from the
original CD... Very frustrating. This was due to MSI & Windows
Update not working any more.....

So... my version of XP is from 2002 and has no service packs.
Therefore should I go straight in and load SP3?

After installing Windows XP RTM, instaal SP2 then SP3.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Dave,
As "Steve Winograd [MS-MVP]" wrote in his reply - if no service packs were
installed - to install SP3 the minimum requirement is to have SP1 or above.

But, double-check on this first, by right-clicking on "My Computer" and clicking
'Properties' to bring up the 'system' control panel, and the XP version number will
be displayed on the first 'General' page, under he top heading of 'System'.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c

 

[Dave]

I rebuilt the machine because for some reason MIS or Window Update would not
work. I finally figured it out to be a problem with secedit.sdb I followed
someone's instructions on rebuilding secedit.sdb and when I rebooted the
machine Windows would not run... bless it....!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Why the new Alias PA Bear for Bleeping computers?

I have noticed that you're an MVP-IE but in that newgroup or the Windows
Update one you seem to be no help whatsoever. How did you get the MVP for
IE?

--
SPAMCOP User

 

[ANONYMOUS]

I would slipstream SP3 to my Gold Windows XP before installing. There is no
requirement to have any SPs if you slipstream SP3 and then install it on your
newly built PCs.

Try this link:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm

Hope this helps.
PS: MVPs are members of the Pig Society who are spreading H1N1. YOU HAVE
BEEN WARNED!

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Why the new Alias PA Bear for Bleeping computers?

Perhaps he is fed up of being called a Pig-Bear!

I have noticed that you're an MVP-IE but in that newgroup or the Windows
Update one you seem to be no help whatsoever. How did you get the MVP for
IE?

Actually anyone can call themselves MVP because the title is not protected
in any way. MVP could means anything; Most Valuable Pirate; Most Valuable
Pervert, Mosdt Valuable Pig; Most Valuable Provocateaur;

PCButts, MSFT, MVP knows a lot about this.

Why do you ask, do you want to assume yourself to be a Pig?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

:

After installing Windows XP RTM, instaal SP2 then SP3.

Are you sure antipodean? I would slipstream my gold version with SP3
before installing. Why would anyone take all the trouble of installing XP,
then install SP2 then install SP3. It will take a whole day!

Slipstream your original XP with SP3 (10 minutes) and then install it on
your new system (39 min).

You didn't think of this right? It could be those bottles of 4x you have
been drinking lately!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have just had to re build my PC's version Windows XP from the
original CD... Very frustrating. This was due to MSI & Windows
Update not working any more.....

So... my version of XP is from 2002 and has no service packs.
Therefore should I go straight in and load SP3?

After installing Windows XP RTM, install SP2 then SP3.

Are you sure antipodean? I would slipstream my gold version with
SP3 before installing. Why would anyone take all the trouble of
installing XP, then install SP2 then install SP3. It will take a
whole day!

Slipstream your original XP with SP3 (10 minutes) and then install
it on your new system (39 min).

You didn't think of this right? It could be those bottles of 4x
you have been drinking lately!

SAQless, good to see you. I see you still have no clue where I am located.
But enough of the greetings...

I am positive. The OP already installed Windows XP RTM... They could
install SP2 and SP3 on most machines in under 2 hours - including
downloading - both of them, with high speed Internet.

To download/integrate and create a new CD would make sense if they planned
on doing this more often - but given their current state - just
download/install SP2 followed by downloading/installing SP3 is the easiest
course of action, straight-forward, complete. They need SP1a or SP2 in
order to install SP3. Might as well just get SP2 (which has a bunch of
enhancements beyond just patches) on there and then SP3.

BTW - downloading SP3 and integrating it into a Windows CD and burning a new
CD - 10 minutes, really? Even if you have SP3 already downloaded, 10
minutes to integrate into the installation media and burn a new CD - really?

The 39 minutes for a Windows XP installation - you've gone through quite a
bit of time before you ever see that first 39 minute timer start, you do
realize that, right? And it's not really all that accurate to begin with -
I compare it to Apples "about a minute"...

Have a good day, SAQless. It's good to see you posting strong. Don't let
the man get you down.

 

[Guest]

Shenan,

What you say about XP in 39 mins... I was installing Server 2003 R2 Standard
on a a Poweredge 2900 RAID 5 15k SAS drives with a Intel Quad Core
Processor, just 4 Gb of RAM & it installed in just under 14 minutes. That
started off as 39 minutes too. On SATA II's 39 minutes is approximately
that. Therefore the Microsoft time depends on the speed of the hardware.

As for the XP with SP intergrated. I have this already downloaded from
Microsoft. Just a pity the OP doesn't but again depending on the RAM
installed... depends if it kills (runs out of memory) the machine or not