Help files for installing SP3

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Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

someone *point me to*

(1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

(2) information to follow when things don't go right.



Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready to

install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.



I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not familiar

with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.



5tulips
 
"5tulips" wrote in message

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> Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

> someone *point me to*

> (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

> (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

>

> Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready to

> install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

>

> I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

> familiar

> with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

>

> 5tulips

>

>





Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is in

and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn of the

Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running.



Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:

http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717



WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldro...requisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx



Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm



Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en



Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service Pack 3:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP [Mail]

Imperial Beach, CA
 
Bruce Hagen wrote:



> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

> Pack 3:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr



Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues is

over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:



http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance



If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for XP

SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact method.

:-(
 
"Daave" wrote in message

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> Bruce Hagen wrote:

>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

>> Pack 3:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>

> Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues is

> over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance

>

> If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for XP

> SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact method.

> :-(

>





Thanks, & removed. I got about 200 CRs that need updating.

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP [Mail]

Imperial Beach, CA
 
Bruce Hagen wrote:

> "Daave" wrote in message

> news:O3QZeLhpKHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Bruce Hagen wrote:

>>

>>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

>>> Pack 3:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>>

>> Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues

>> is over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance

>>

>> If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for

>> XP SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact

>> method. :-(

>>

>

>

> Thanks, & removed. I got about 200 CRs that need updating.



YW.
 
Thanks, Bruce. I've looked it all over and need to sit down and make a few

notes, and read everything again. This is a much better collection of help

files than the ones I read during the first panic phase When SP3 first came

out.



5tulips





"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message

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:

: "5tulips" wrote in message

: news:O2Snc%23gpKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

: > Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

: > someone *point me to*

: > (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

: > (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

: >

: > Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready to

: > install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

: >

: > I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

: > familiar

: > with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

: >

: > 5tulips

: >

: >

:

:

: Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

: Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

: Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is in

: and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn of the

: Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running.

:

: Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:

: http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717

:

: WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

:

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldro...requisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

:

: Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

:

: Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here:

:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

:

: Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service Pack 3:

: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

: --

: Bruce Hagen

: MS-MVP [Mail]

: Imperial Beach, CA

:
 
[I hate when that happens...]



Bruce Hagen wrote:

> "Daave" wrote in message

> news:O3QZeLhpKHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Bruce Hagen wrote:

>>

>>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

>>> Pack 3:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>>

>> Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues is

>> over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance

>>

>> If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for XP

>> SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact method.

>> :-(

>>

>

>

> Thanks, & removed. I got about 200 CRs that need updating.
 
One more reference for you: Extended Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 10 July

2010. After that date, computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any

further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will not work, and

Windows Update website will not be accessible until SP3 is installed.



5tulips wrote:

> Thanks, Bruce. I've looked it all over and need to sit down and make a

> few

> notes, and read everything again. This is a much better collection of help

> files than the ones I read during the first panic phase When SP3 first

> came

> out.

>

> 5tulips

>

>

> "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message

> news:OmVH7AhpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "5tulips" wrote in message

>> news:O2Snc%23gpKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

>>> someone *point me to*

>>> (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

>>> (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

>>>

>>> Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready to

>>> install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

>>>

>>> I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

>>> familiar

>>> with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

>>>

>>> 5tulips

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>> Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

>> Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

>> Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is

>> in

>> and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn of the

>> Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running.

>>

>> Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:

>> http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717

>>

>> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

>>

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldro...requisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

>>

>> Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

>>

> http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

>>

>> Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here:

>>

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

>>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service Pack 3:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>> --

>> Bruce Hagen

>> MS-MVP [Mail]

>> Imperial Beach, CA
 
Yes, I had read that and was looking for that date yesterday and hadn't

found it. I know it is an extended date, but thought it was a little later

than that, so Thanks. I was all ready to do SP3 from the beginning, but

there was that bugaboo about the AMD processor (which I have) but by the

time I found it only had to do with a couple of OEM computers, the support

time had run out. This time, I notice most of the help material to install

SP3 is more organized - less cluttered.



Maybe by the time XP, itself runs out, Windows 7 and all our peripherals and

drivers will all match.



You folks who spend your time helping us are to be commended.





"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message

news:OwiJWtipKHA.3912@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

: One more reference for you: Extended Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 10 July

: 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any

: further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will not work, and

: Windows Update website will not be accessible until SP3 is installed.

:

: 5tulips wrote:

: > Thanks, Bruce. I've looked it all over and need to sit down and make a

: > few

: > notes, and read everything again. This is a much better collection of

help

: > files than the ones I read during the first panic phase When SP3 first

: > came

: > out.

: >

: > 5tulips

: >

: >

: > "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message

: > news:OmVH7AhpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

: >>

: >> "5tulips" wrote in message

: >> news:O2Snc%23gpKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

: >>> Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

: >>> someone *point me to*

: >>> (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

: >>> (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

: >>>

: >>> Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready

to

: >>> install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

: >>>

: >>> I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

: >>> familiar

: >>> with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

: >>>

: >>> 5tulips

: >>>

: >>>

: >>

: >>

: >> Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

: >> Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

: >> Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is

: >> in

: >> and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn of the

: >> Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running.

: >>

: >> Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:

: >> http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717

: >>

: >> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

: >>

: >

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldro...requisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

: >>

: >> Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

: >>

: >

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

: >>

: >> Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here:

: >>

: >

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

: >>

: >> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service Pack

3:

: >> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

: >> --

: >> Bruce Hagen

: >> MS-MVP [Mail]

: >> Imperial Beach, CA

:
 
I can quite authoritatively tell you that you don't need a doctorate to

install SP3. You don't also need to read any documents to install it.



SP3 contains mainly hotfixes and security patches that were released since

the SP2 date.



Go ahead and install SP3 because it is always uninstllable if you don't like

it.



hth







"5tulips" wrote in message

news:O2Snc%23gpKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

> someone *point me to*

> (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

> (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

>

> Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready to

> install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

>

> I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

> familiar

> with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

>

> 5tulips

>

>
 
Now that you have corrected a pig, you will be branded a TROLL by Pig-Bear.



Nobody is allowed to correct a pig. Pigs are members of the Society of

Pigs, an elite group specialising in insulting, abusing and ridiculing

Microsoft customers.



hth



"Daave" wrote in message

news:O3QZeLhpKHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Bruce Hagen wrote:

>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

>> Pack 3:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>

> Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues is

> over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance

>

> If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for XP

> SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact method.

> :-(

>
 
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message

news:OmVH7AhpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...



>

> Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

> Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

> Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation.



Baloney. I do neither and still I have no problems. the only thing one

needs to do is to make sure they are not online and this can be achieved by

unplugging the cable from the computer or switching off the wireless

connection.



Apart from that DON'T DO ANYTHING AS SUGGESTED ABOVE. It is a recipe for

disaster.
 
> ...I was all ready to do SP3 from the beginning, but

> there was that bugaboo about the AMD processor...



Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than

an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service

Pack 3: "STOP: 0x0000007E"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953356



5tulips wrote:

> Yes, I had read that and was looking for that date yesterday and hadn't

> found it. I know it is an extended date, but thought it was a little

> later

> than that, so Thanks. I was all ready to do SP3 from the beginning, but

> there was that bugaboo about the AMD processor (which I have) but by the

> time I found it only had to do with a couple of OEM computers, the support

> time had run out. This time, I notice most of the help material to

> install

> SP3 is more organized - less cluttered.

>

> Maybe by the time XP, itself runs out, Windows 7 and all our peripherals

> and

> drivers will all match.

>

> You folks who spend your time helping us are to be commended.

>

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message

> news:OwiJWtipKHA.3912@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> One more reference for you: Extended Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 10

>> July

>> 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered

>> any

>> further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will not work, and

>> Windows Update website will not be accessible until SP3 is installed.

>>

>> 5tulips wrote:

>>> Thanks, Bruce. I've looked it all over and need to sit down and make a

>>> few

>>> notes, and read everything again. This is a much better collection of

>>> help

>>> files than the ones I read during the first panic phase When SP3 first

>>> came

>>> out.

>>>

>>> 5tulips

>>>

>>>

>>> "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message

>>> news:OmVH7AhpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>> "5tulips" wrote in message

>>>> news:O2Snc%23gpKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Since there have been lots of things learned about installing SP3, can

>>>>> someone *point me to*

>>>>> (1) the best information for getting ready for the install.

>>>>> (2) information to follow when things don't go right.

>>>>>

>>>>> Not sure if I have the correct Microsoft instructions (getting ready

>>>>> to

>>>>> install) (what not to do) (how to get out of a jam) etc.

>>>>>

>>>>> I could be described as a power user of software apps, but I'm not

>>>>> familiar

>>>>> with hardware-drivers, etc. I may have to do my own install.

>>>>>

>>>>> 5tulips

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Turn off your anti-virus and any anti-spyware programs such as Windows

>>>> Defender. If you use a third party firewall, disable it and turn on the

>>>> Windows Firewall in the Control Panel for the installation. Once SP3 is

>>>> in

>>>> and working, you can enable the third party firewall and turn of the

>>>> Windows Firewall. Do not keep both running.

>>>>

>>>> Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3:

>>>> http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/950717

>>>>

>>>> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

>>>>

>>>

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldro...requisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

>>>>

>>>> Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3

>>>>

>>>

> http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

>>>>

>>>> Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 here:

>>>>

>>>

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en

>>>>

>>>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service Pack

>>>> 3:

>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>>>> --

>>>> Bruce Hagen

>>>> MS-MVP [Mail]

>>>> Imperial Beach, CA
 
ANONYMOUS, that is precisely what you specialize in-----insults, abuse and

ridiculing.

Go back to your dorm and grow up.

"20100206" wrote in message

news:uiInSJvpKHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Now that you have corrected a pig, you will be branded a TROLL by

> Pig-Bear.

>

> Nobody is allowed to correct a pig. Pigs are members of the Society of

> Pigs, an elite group specialising in insulting, abusing and ridiculing

> Microsoft customers.

>

> hth

>

> "Daave" wrote in message

> news:O3QZeLhpKHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Bruce Hagen wrote:

>>

>>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support for Service

>>> Pack 3:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gpr

>>

>> Bruce, I'm pretty sure the period for free support for XP SP3 issues is

>> over. If you click on the above link, it resolves to this one:

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/select/Default.aspx?target=assistance

>>

>> If you drill down, eventually the only "free" support available (for XP

>> SP3 installation issues) is via the "Community Answers" contact method.

>> :-(

>>

>

>
 
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