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May 8th 08, 03:08 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
Sounds good to me.
Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks for the info Pats Fan. I'll simply create a CD from the ISO file and use Autoslipstream from there. Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... I have yet to see a site where you can order an SP3 CD through Microsoft. I'll go out on a limb here and predict a few things that you can expect when they do offer SP3 on CD. First, I don't think it will be free like the SP2 CD was. Second, they'll try to steer those who will be updating multiple computers to the site where they can download the .iso file. The CD that is created from that file is similar to the one they shipped for SP2. In fact, the first two screens that appear when the CD autoplays are nearly identical. For anyone that's looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, this file, or the one that Don pointed out, will do the job just fine. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Keep in mind that the CD produced from the .iso file contains this same file. The additional items included on the CD are things which the average home user will never need. Good luck Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks. I slipstreamed SP2, and I want to slipstream SP3. However, I got a SP 2 CD from Microsoft when SP 2 was released, which made slipstreaming SP2 a simple operation. I recall ordering the SP2 CD online. New Question: Do you know if Microsoft has a link to order the SP3 CD? Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes 
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May 8th 08, 07:30 PM
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On Thu, 8 May 2008 06:17:02 -0700, Gordon Shumway
wrote: The file you download is nothing more than a data file, same as your pictures. Or many generally, *any* file is nothing but a collection of bits--ones and zeros. Whether those bits represent pictures, music, data, or programs makes no difference. Burning them to a CD is exactly the same. "laurie" wrote: how do i burn it to cd? only thing i have burned to cd is pictures and musci "Don Schmidt" wrote: If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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May 9th 08, 01:53 AM
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Do you see Nepatsfan's statement, "For those who are looking to create a
slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file."? That's why I wanted the ISO file or a link to order an XP SP2 CD. Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message acquisition... I downloaded from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 which doesn't carry a warning. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... What you downloaded from the Update Catalog is the full service pack. That file is also available through this web site. Note the same warning. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Microsoft would prefer users obtain SP3 for their computers through Windows Update. For those who are looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file. Nepatsfan "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:MqSdnYwN0YVg6L_VnZ2dnUVZ_sGvnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... I saw the following note on the location you give which caused me to continue searching until I found the location I gave in my earlier posting. DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download for individual users is now available on Windows Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 3 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP. You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us do it for you. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 01:57 AM
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Make that XP SP3 CD instead of XP SP2 CD.
"Joe727" wrote in message ... Do you see Nepatsfan's statement, "For those who are looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file."? That's why I wanted the ISO file or a link to order an XP SP2 CD. Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message acquisition... I downloaded from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 which doesn't carry a warning. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... What you downloaded from the Update Catalog is the full service pack. That file is also available through this web site. Note the same warning. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Microsoft would prefer users obtain SP3 for their computers through Windows Update. For those who are looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file. Nepatsfan "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:MqSdnYwN0YVg6L_VnZ2dnUVZ_sGvnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... I saw the following note on the location you give which caused me to continue searching until I found the location I gave in my earlier posting. DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download for individual users is now available on Windows Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 3 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP. You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us do it for you. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 05:02 AM
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What is slipstreaming and what is an ISO file?
-- Don Vancouver, USA "Joe727" wrote in message ... Do you see Nepatsfan's statement, "For those who are looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file."? That's why I wanted the ISO file or a link to order an XP SP2 CD. Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message acquisition... I downloaded from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 which doesn't carry a warning. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... What you downloaded from the Update Catalog is the full service pack. That file is also available through this web site. Note the same warning. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Microsoft would prefer users obtain SP3 for their computers through Windows Update. For those who are looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, they'll need the full service pack file. Nepatsfan "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:MqSdnYwN0YVg6L_VnZ2dnUVZ_sGvnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... I saw the following note on the location you give which caused me to continue searching until I found the location I gave in my earlier posting. DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER: A smaller, more appropriate download for individual users is now available on Windows Update. The best way to ensure you get Windows XP Service Pack 3 is by turning on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP. You can use our step-by-step instructions or, if you prefer, let us do it for you. -- Don Vancouver, USA "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 05:12 AM
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On Thu, 8 May 2008 21:02:33 -0700, "Don Schmidt" Don
red_1987 wrote: What is slipstreaming The word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was. That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he was buying the new version or the old. Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way. The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated in it, I reluctantly go along. So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP3. and what is an ISO file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_file -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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May 9th 08, 12:24 PM
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Nepatsfan
I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: I have yet to see a site where you can order an SP3 CD through Microsoft. I'll go out on a limb here and predict a few things that you can expect when they do offer SP3 on CD. First, I don't think it will be free like the SP2 CD was. Second, they'll try to steer those who will be updating multiple computers to the site where they can download the .iso file. The CD that is created from that file is similar to the one they shipped for SP2. In fact, the first two screens that appear when the CD autoplays are nearly identical. For anyone that's looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, this file, or the one that Don pointed out, will do the job just fine. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Keep in mind that the CD produced from the .iso file contains this same file. The additional items included on the CD are things which the average home user will never need. Good luck Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks. I slipstreamed SP2, and I want to slipstream SP3. However, I got a SP 2 CD from Microsoft when SP 2 was released, which made slipstreaming SP2 a simple operation. I recall ordering the SP2 CD online. New Question: Do you know if Microsoft has a link to order the SP3 CD? Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 01:33 PM
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I don't think the marketing folks at Microsoft will have any such worries.
Here's the head of that department  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4KbXRrd00 Joe "Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: I have yet to see a site where you can order an SP3 CD through Microsoft. I'll go out on a limb here and predict a few things that you can expect when they do offer SP3 on CD. First, I don't think it will be free like the SP2 CD was. Second, they'll try to steer those who will be updating multiple computers to the site where they can download the .iso file. The CD that is created from that file is similar to the one they shipped for SP2. In fact, the first two screens that appear when the CD autoplays are nearly identical. For anyone that's looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, this file, or the one that Don pointed out, will do the job just fine. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Keep in mind that the CD produced from the .iso file contains this same file. The additional items included on the CD are things which the average home user will never need. Good luck Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks. I slipstreamed SP2, and I want to slipstream SP3. However, I got a SP 2 CD from Microsoft when SP 2 was released, which made slipstreaming SP2 a simple operation. I recall ordering the SP2 CD online. New Question: Do you know if Microsoft has a link to order the SP3 CD? Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 01:44 PM
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Ken,
Many thanks for sharing your knowledge, again. Seems there's always more to learn. School is never out. :-) Take care, -- Don Vancouver, USA "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Thu, 8 May 2008 21:02:33 -0700, "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote: What is slipstreaming The word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was. That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he was buying the new version or the old. Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way. The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated in it, I reluctantly go along. So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP3. and what is an ISO file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_file -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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May 9th 08, 02:11 PM
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Have you got the right person Joe?
~~~~ Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joe727 wrote: I don't think the marketing folks at Microsoft will have any such worries. Here's the head of that department http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4KbXRrd00 Joe "Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: I have yet to see a site where you can order an SP3 CD through Microsoft. I'll go out on a limb here and predict a few things that you can expect when they do offer SP3 on CD. First, I don't think it will be free like the SP2 CD was. Second, they'll try to steer those who will be updating multiple computers to the site where they can download the .iso file. The CD that is created from that file is similar to the one they shipped for SP2. In fact, the first two screens that appear when the CD autoplays are nearly identical. For anyone that's looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, this file, or the one that Don pointed out, will do the job just fine. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Keep in mind that the CD produced from the .iso file contains this same file. The additional items included on the CD are things which the average home user will never need. Good luck Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks. I slipstreamed SP2, and I want to slipstream SP3. However, I got a SP 2 CD from Microsoft when SP 2 was released, which made slipstreaming SP2 a simple operation. I recall ordering the SP2 CD online. New Question: Do you know if Microsoft has a link to order the SP3 CD? Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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May 9th 08, 03:28 PM
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"Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That free distribution was in the fall of 2004, and was done by mail order only. The really expensive free distribution was done in Feb 2004. It was a security update which included SP1a and all subsequent updates to the late fall of 2003. It was distributed by mail, and by the millions to be available at computer and software outlets. Places like BestBuy and Staples had boxes of them at the checkouts. This was to address security issues compounded by the fact that many XP users had not installed SP1 or any security updates. It was sort of like a mass innoculation.
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It's a pretty safe prediction considering the fact that Microsoft is charging
around $10 for the Vista SP1 DVD here in the US. Kind of bad PR to charge for the Vista SP1 DVD and give away an XP SP3 CD. Nepatsfan "Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: I have yet to see a site where you can order an SP3 CD through Microsoft. I'll go out on a limb here and predict a few things that you can expect when they do offer SP3 on CD. First, I don't think it will be free like the SP2 CD was. Second, they'll try to steer those who will be updating multiple computers to the site where they can download the .iso file. The CD that is created from that file is similar to the one they shipped for SP2. In fact, the first two screens that appear when the CD autoplays are nearly identical. For anyone that's looking to create a slipstreamed installation CD, this file, or the one that Don pointed out, will do the job just fine. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Keep in mind that the CD produced from the .iso file contains this same file. The additional items included on the CD are things which the average home user will never need. Good luck Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Thanks. I slipstreamed SP2, and I want to slipstream SP3. However, I got a SP 2 CD from Microsoft when SP 2 was released, which made slipstreaming SP2 a simple operation. I recall ordering the SP2 CD online. New Question: Do you know if Microsoft has a link to order the SP3 CD? Joe "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... If you're looking for the iso file, it can be downloaded here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Nepatsfan "Joe727" wrote in message ... Don - is this download an ISO image? Thanks Joe "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message news:udOdnbzD0rYNsb_VnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@palinacquisi tion... If you are interested in downloading it to burn to a CD, you can get it he http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ice%20pack%203 -- Don Vancouver, USA "laurie" wrote in message ... do you know where i can order xp sp3 on cd? i checked the website but can only find sp2 thanks laurie "richard" wrote: Rainy wrote: I was wondering if microsoft is offering sp3 in cd .. I was sent free of charge sp2.. and like when I have to format I can install from the cd.. Hugs Rainy yes
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Ian
Nevertheless it must have been a very expensive exercise. Of course XP Microsoft was getting a very bad press at the time over the collossal number of security vulnerabilities built into the operating system. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ian D wrote: "Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan I suspect your predictions will come to pass. As an Accountant I would have been chewing up the marketting people for the cost of issuing so many free SP2 CDs. It may have been a good PR exercise but it was an expensive one. -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That free distribution was in the fall of 2004, and was done by mail order only. The really expensive free distribution was done in Feb 2004. It was a security update which included SP1a and all subsequent updates to the late fall of 2003. It was distributed by mail, and by the millions to be available at computer and software outlets. Places like BestBuy and Staples had boxes of them at the checkouts. This was to address security issues compounded by the fact that many XP users had not installed SP1 or any security updates. It was sort of like a mass innoculation.
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
On Fri, 9 May 2008 05:44:10 -0700, "Don Schmidt" Don
red_1987 wrote: Ken, Many thanks for sharing your knowledge, again. You're welcome, Don. Glad to help. Seems there's always more to learn. School is never out. :-) Yep, for all of us. And that's great. Life would be boring if there weren't always something new to learn. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Thu, 8 May 2008 21:02:33 -0700, "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote: What is slipstreaming The word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was. That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he was buying the new version or the old. Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way. The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated in it, I reluctantly go along. So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP3. and what is an ISO file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_file -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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