Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not available to install from Windows
Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885627
If you are not sure if you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, click Start, click Run,
type winver, and then click OK. Look for the words "Service Pack 2" at the end of the line
that begins with "Version 5.1."
BEFORE installing SP2, strongly suggest you read both of these articles:
Service Pack Installation Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
Preparing for installation
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Preparing_for_installation
There's a link on the above page for ordering the SP2 CD. You pay the
postage, ONLY. Or, if on broadband, you can download SP2 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
I have installed some but not all. Do I have to install all of these first before I can
upgrade to SP2?
Some of the updates may not be needed if SP2 is installed first. Hard to
say which ones should be installed and which ones should not be.
Recommend you first determine IF SP2 has been installed, which seems
HIGHLY unlikely since a Repair Installation was just done, and then get
SP2 installed prior to installing further updates.
* Be careful when surfing the web and opening email attachments,
regardless of what is installed or not *
MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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Never Forgotten
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Baxter''''s Mom said:
I have Windows XP Home Edition SP1. Recently had problems and had to repair
the OS using the OS CD. After that was done I went to Windows Update and it
tells me SP2 is already installed on this computer. However, it is not. It
did find 60 updates which were downloaded. I have installed some but not
all. Do I have to install all of these first before I can upgrade to SP2?
And how can I get SP2 if it says it is already installed. I tried
downloading it but the screen just hung. I need Help.