Solved Is there a way to?

[Carl Lawrence]

Hello guys,

Is there a way to get Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, without having to download it?

 

[pebbly]

Hi Carl , Can you borrow a disc off a friend , buy a new copy with sp3 , etc etc , It would be far easier to download from Microsofts' website

 

[Carl Lawrence]

Cant I buy/order it from the Microsoft Site?

 

[pebbly]

Cant I buy/order it from the Microsoft Site?

I dont think you can anymore Carl, Microsoft has stopped supporting Win xp I think , I will check for you

 

[pebbly]

Here you are Carl , https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/V...f7631fee660&LocaleCode=en-us&JavaScriptOn=yes hope that helps

 

[mitchell65]

Here you are Carl , https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/V...f7631fee660&LocaleCode=en-us&JavaScriptOn=yes hope that helps

Hi Pebbly
Sorry to jump in here but i thought this would be of use to me on my old machine but I get the message "Error Cookies must be enabled etc" but cookies are enabled on both my browsers. Any ideas?

 

[bigmck]

Here you are Carl , https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/V...f7631fee660&LocaleCode=en-us&JavaScriptOn=yes hope that helps

Hi Pebbly
Sorry to jump in here but i thought this would be of use to me on my old machine but I get the message "Error Cookies must be enabled etc" but cookies are enabled on both my browsers. Any ideas?

Cookies are enabled on my browser and I get that error also. As Sherlock Homes used to say, "It is a mystery to me".

 

[pebbly]

Here you are Carl , https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/V...f7631fee660&LocaleCode=en-us&JavaScriptOn=yes hope that helps

Hi Pebbly
Sorry to jump in here but i thought this would be of use to me on my old machine but I get the message "Error Cookies must be enabled etc" but cookies are enabled on both my browsers. Any ideas?

hi John, try here https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/P...-bd0a-487a-bc7e-df7631fee660&LocaleCode=en-us see if this helps ( £5.98 for the disc :huh: ) Don't know about the cookies mine are enabled and works OK

 

[pebbly]

Hi John and big mck, go here How to download Windows XP SP3 and scroll down to "How do I get windows XP SP3 " see if you can get there that way

 

[bigmck]

Hi John and big mck, go here How to download Windows XP SP3 and scroll down to "How do I get windows XP SP3 " see if you can get there that way

That way worked fine. Thanks,

 

[mitchell65]

Hi John and big mck, go here How to download Windows XP SP3 and scroll down to "How do I get windows XP SP3 " see if you can get there that way

Fine for me also, thanks! Though thinking about it wan't it SP3 that caused all the trouble some time go? Will have to look back an see what I can find. I seem to recall people had great problems with video editing software using SP3 but I may be wrong

 

[mitchell65]

Update. For what it's worth here's one of the accounts i was referring to. Don't know if it is still relevant, I would guess not!
Don’t let XP Service Pack 3 hose your system

 

[pebbly]

Good find and well remembered John, I personnally have not heard of any problems , a lot of my friends still use XP with SP3 and have not commented on having troubles but you never know , set yourself a restore point before you install ,then if you have problems you can always return to where you were

 

[Carl Lawrence]

Thanks for finding that link for me.

 

[pebbly]

Thanks for finding that link for me.

You're very welcome Carl