which service pack

[annakat]

i am having trouble figuring out which service pack to install on my
computer. i have already tried serveral and they where all wrong. how do i
figure this and where do i go?

 

[1PW]

i am having trouble figuring out which service pack to install on my
computer. i have already tried serveral and they where all wrong. how do i
figure this and where do i go?

You may start by telling us exactly what version of OS you have:

Type: Depress the "Windows Key" then "R" the enter "winver".

Reply to this thread with the information given in the window that opens.

 

[Jim]

i am having trouble figuring out which service pack to install on my
computer. i have already tried serveral and they where all wrong. how do i
figure this and where do i go?

For WindowsXP ?

 

[Jose]

i am having trouble figuring out which service pack to install on my
computer.  i have already tried serveral and they where all wrong. how do i
figure this and where do i go?

If you are running come kind of XP, let's see what you have right now.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste
back here.

There would be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name) or whatever appears to
be only your business that you can delete from the paste.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Right-click on My Computer | select Properties: Your current WinXP version
will be displayed on the resulting General tan. With that information in
hand, see...

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

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical
security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows
Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until and unless
SP3 is installed.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

i am having trouble figuring out which service pack to install on my
computer. i have already tried serveral and they where all wrong.
how do i figure this and where do i go?

Tell us what you have.

Operating system (edition and service pack level, more detail better.)
Start button --> RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R
on your keyboard) --> type in:
winver
--> Click OK.

The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general
(Operating System name) while the line starting with the word "version" will
give you the rest of the story. Post both in response to this message
verbatim. ;-)