Linux User wrote:

No, I have SP3. The problem is IE6 doesn't work with microsoft update. I think this is
new.

Explain the "something from here first," which sounds like the right path.


I was simply suggesting that you need SP1a or SP2. I suggest install
this small file and your SP3 will go smoothly:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19751

This will install SP1a and then you can install SP3.

After that you need to download IE8 from he

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/internet-explorer-8-details.aspx


The microsoft link says I need to upgrade to windows 7 or up, which is new.
Apparently Microsoft is trying to make XP more obsolete than it should be by
refusing to apply fixes from SP3 to the end of support.

That is, if you use your reinstall disc for XP after a crash, you're stuck with
the SP3 that was on the disc. No upgrade to 2014.

(I don't understand why I'd want to go back to SP2 or SP1a and then go back to SP3)??
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