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anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by Shiny Rabbit on 08-21-2008 at 05:49 PM
ok, i've just reformatted my PC against a virus, i can't instal WLM because i don't have any service packs (yes this is an old disc) and i can't install SP3 because i need SP1
any help?
edit: i found SP2, do i need SP1 for this?
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by Nathan on 08-21-2008 at 05:59 PM
No you don't need sp1 for sp2.
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by Shiny Rabbit on 08-21-2008 at 06:08 PM
OH THANK GOD
thank you, Nathan, you have saved me a lot of sweating, i would hate to waste my time downloading SP2 when i can jump from SP1 to SP3
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by bigb88 on 08-21-2008 at 06:22 PM
and u dont need sp2 for sp3 lol
always rem sp2 has sp1 crap and sp3 has sp2 crap lol
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by Oxy on 08-21-2008 at 06:51 PM
quote:So in theory, if you already had the 'SP2 crap' installed on your machine, you wouldn't have to waste time with the same stuff from sp2 that feature on sp3?
Originally posted by bigb88
always rem sp2 has sp1 crap and sp3 has sp2 crap lol
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by bigb88 on 08-21-2008 at 07:08 PM
lol if u have sp2 and u install sp3 u will have all the updates from sp2 and a few more that u can only get in sp3
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by Oxy on 08-21-2008 at 07:13 PM
quote:Yes, I was just wondering if sp3 takes the time to install some updates from SP2 over itself or just check if they're installed and skip the ones that are already on the machine...
Originally posted by bigb88
lol if u have sp2 and u install sp3 u will have all the updates from sp2 and a few more that u can only get in sp3
RE: anyone know where i can get winXP SP1? by andrewdodd13 on 08-21-2008 at 07:59 PM
No, it only has one copy of each file which it overwrites, and then marks the security updates between the two releases as installed.
You can actually extract the contents of a Service Pack and be left with an almost complete Windows install folder (but not quite, I'm afraid).