WinXP SP3 patches

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Hi,
Can anyone suggest where I can find a list of all patches to XP since SP3?
Thanks in advance
Eddie
 
Original Subject: WinXP SP3 patches
Hi,
Can anyone suggest where I can find a list of all patches to XP since SP3?
Thanks in advance
Eddie
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Hi Eddie, and All,

First, not all patches since SP3 apply to all editions or configurations.
Since the date/time of your message, there have been more patches, so the
process is still ongoing. Check Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, (with
a checkmark at the top in the "Show Updates" box,) to see what KB* updates
have been added to your computer. You can go to Windows Updates and choose
Custom, to see what new patches your computer needs, and on the left, there
is an item to Review your Update History. Updates since SP3 are in the SP4
folder in your Registry. Start> Run> regedit

Here's the SP4 registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP\SP4

I have 53 KB* subfolders under SP4, and 1 under SP3.

See "Service Pack 4 Messages" RESource file at:
%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp4res.dll

(Got tons of time? Search the Knowledge Base for Windows XP articles. :)

Get Windows Updates
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/

Knowledge Base (more than 20,000,000 winXP search results :)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?&query=kb+xp&res=100

The first result I got was this:
• Information about Windows XP Service Pack 3
(936929) - Provides a link to an overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
This article discusses the information about Windows XP Service Pack 3...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929

Tip: Hold SHIFT key when clicking search result to open in new browser
window, so you don't have to keep clicking Back to return to results page.

FWIW. (For What It's Worth. :)
--Richard
 
Original Subject: WinXP SP3 patches
Hi Eddie, and All,

First, not all patches since SP3 apply to all editions or configurations.
Since the date/time of your message, there have been more patches, so the
process is still ongoing. Check Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, (with
a checkmark at the top in the "Show Updates" box,) to see what KB* updates
have been added to your computer. You can go to Windows Updates and choose
Custom, to see what new patches your computer needs, and on the left, there
is an item to Review your Update History. Updates since SP3 are in the SP4
folder in your Registry. Start> Run> regedit

Here's the SP4 registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP\SP4

I have 53 KB* subfolders under SP4, and 1 under SP3.

See "Service Pack 4 Messages" RESource file at:
%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp4res.dll

(Got tons of time? Search the Knowledge Base for Windows XP articles. :)

Get Windows Updates
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/

Knowledge Base (more than 20,000,000 winXP search results :)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?&query=kb+xp&res=100

The first result I got was this:
• Information about Windows XP Service Pack 3
(936929) - Provides a link to an overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
This article discusses the information about Windows XP Service Pack 3...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929

Tip: Hold SHIFT key when clicking search result to open in new browser
window, so you don't have to keep clicking Back to return to results page.

FWIW. (For What It's Worth. :)
--Richard
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You may not realize this but there have been a few HUNDRED post-SP3
patches/hotfixes since SP3 was released, NOT 54. Those are the one's
pushed out via Windows Update.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
 
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