On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 08:23:28 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 14:47:50 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

jaugustine wrote:

A friend has WinXP Pro SP2 on his PC. He searched the web for SP3 for
his version of WinXP. He asked me for help. Note: I have WinXP Home
Edition SP2.

Does anyone know a site where he can download SP3 for WinXP Pro?

Ah, a "friend" who has WinXP SP-2 ... and you also with WinXP SP-2. ;-
Surely you are not the friend. (I know, stop calling you Shirley.)

https://www.google.com/search?q=wind...p-3%20download

2nd result points to:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ice-pack-3-sp3

but the link to the download gives a page reporting "We're sorry, this
download is no longer available." Well, you and your friend already
knew that Microsoft dropped support for Windows XP quite a while ago
(extended support ended back on April 8, 2014).

Searching online yields download candidates but from non-Microsoft
sites; e.g., https://windows-xp-service-pack-3.en.softonic.com/,
https://windows-xp-service-pack-3.soft32.com/ (and, yep, found using an
online search on "service pack 3 windows xp rtm network installation").

Hi,
I have been sending your replies (Copy/Paste in emails) to this Ham
radio friend of mine, but he did not let me know (I asked him to let me know)
the outcome.

The next time I talk to him on the air (I am a Ham too, N3AOF), I will
ask him.
Again, Thanks for your replies, John

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One problem with the MS download site is if you don't have SP3, it
won't let you download anything. Try getting it on an updated machine
and then applying it on the old one.