Windows XP Service Pack 3 officially avaiable to all

So my 04 Dell came with a SP1 install disc. I've never tried slipstreaming. Can I download the ISO version and use it to slipstream or make a new CD and then just delete without ever installing it? Or just how would you go about making an install disc? Thank You!

 

its seems to be 2 version file size of this sp3..... one is 316 mega and the other u post the link nick is 544....whats the differ?

 

thanks for the clarification Nick

 

lol nick u mean the "Service Pack 3 officially " is the difference?

 

The 544 is the cd iso image download.

 

yes we know that... but why the *.exe is 316 and the *.iso is 544?? look very wierd

 

wat NICK pointed to is probably 316MB, so the other icons/files u see around it will contribute the other MBs that'll add up to the 544MB total.

 

Thanks Nick !

I have a question however:
In your posting # 5 you were saying:

However I tried last night to get it on my XP-home SP2 Dutch by using Windows Update and when I clicked on the link for more info, I saw that it is Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate.

So, is this a Release Candidate or a Final?

Maybe I was too quick, maybe some Dutch MS site was not yet updated; I don't know...

Has any of the Dutchies here got it in the meanwhile?

Thanks !

 

Hi Ron and Nick,

Thanks very much guys !

 

Hi Jan,

Maybe late but scroll a bit down that page (link from Nick) until:

I had only one problem with installing because I had changed my ntoskrnl some time ago. After editing boot.ini all went well.
Cheers,

Gerard

 

I tried to get SP3 yesterday from the microsoft update site..must have been 15 times, I tried exiting the AV then the firewall. I remembered how Outpost Pro blocked the update site a while back. Oh I got it alright but the first 4 options on the left side of the screen were grayed out and the site wouldn't scan my computer or anything else, the update site started working again after I switched to comodo firewall Pro 3. As I started off saying I tryed to download SP3..I clicked download and the progress indicator right away jumped to halfway then went to the end of the progress bar and said-Failed. Then I saw this thread https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=208494. I use Tune-up so I tried what it said in the thread and it worked, although I got a different numbered error message.

 

Hi Gerard,

Thanks !

(sorry, I was trying to reply to you but had connection problems).

I have had not yet the time to install it.

I just saw that the Dutch division of MS updated their site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929

The following is partly in Dutch:

1.
Last night when I was looking at it, it said:
(unfortunately I didn't make a screenshot, but I have the printed page right here next to me)

2.
That site says now:

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They (MS) might think in the US that all is fine and updated, but that doesn't have to mean that the same goes for other countries....
Anyhow that puzzle is now solved....

 

Does anyone try installing the checked build?

What's the difference?