SNIP

The link I gave, works in any browser. Or, you could use wget or curl
if you want. And the number on the end is an official checksum,
so you can run your MD5 or SHA1 or SHA256 checker after the download
finishes.

http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2300ebfde4.exe

Even if you were running SP2, the browser isn't going to care particularly
when you enter that link.

And I use WinXP with catalog.update.microsoft.com, to fetch updates
for various Win10 VMs, and I don't have a problem doing stuff
like that, in preparation for updating a VM as efficiently as possible.

There's plenty of stuff on the MS site which is "modal", and returns
bad results in a browser. But this isn't one of them. Just about
every MS help page I click, results in browser indigestion.

Paul

Hi Paul and Everybody,

I am SORRY for posting the, "Source for SP3....." message in order to
help a Ham "friend" of mine. I just contacted (12-21-17) him on the radio and
asked him if he was able to download SP3 after I sent him, in email, your
replies. To my DISAPOINTMENT, he said he did not get around to it
yet!!!!

Thanks again for all your help, John