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#31
May 9th 08, 06:59 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
Nepatsfan
True especially when there is reluctance by many to upgrade to Vista. I thought sales of XP were to stop on 30 June 2008. Today I was told by computer outlet that they thought Microsoft had changed their mind on this. Certainly their supplier of generic OEM copies had not told them they would be stopping supplies. Have Microsoft done another U turn? -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: 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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#32
May 9th 08, 07:18 PM
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I haven't seen anything to make me think they've reversed direction. That said,
I wouldn't be shocked if they decided to extend the availability of XP again. Nepatsfan "Gerry" wrote in message ... Nepatsfan True especially when there is reluctance by many to upgrade to Vista. I thought sales of XP were to stop on 30 June 2008. Today I was told by computer outlet that they thought Microsoft had changed their mind on this. Certainly their supplier of generic OEM copies had not told them they would be stopping supplies. Have Microsoft done another U turn? -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nepatsfan wrote: 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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#34
May 10th 08, 12:34 AM
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LOL
Joe "Gerry" wrote in message ... 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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#35
May 10th 08, 12:38 AM
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It was worth every penny. I had neighbors running XP who had no idea what
SP 2 was. I was able to take that SP 2 CD to their homes and upgrade their PCs, which had legal versions of XP on them. Some didn't even have anti-virus programs or firewalls installed. I took care of that for them as well. Joe "Gerry" wrote in message ... 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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#36
May 11th 08, 03:03 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
Thanks to everyone who responded to this post.. I must have hit a good
nerve!! I'm downloading it now.. thanks again.. Rainy"Rainy" wrote in message ... 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
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#37
May 14th 08, 08:43 AM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
If you want to order Windows XP SP3 on CD from Microsoft, then check out this
link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246
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#38
May 14th 08, 11:34 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
"Sandeep Singh" Sandeep wrote in message news  If you want to order Windows XP SP3 on CD from Microsoft, then check out this link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246 Thanks for the link, but SP3 is not (yet) available on CD/DVD http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389 Joe
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#39
May 17th 08, 01:35 AM
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Not true. Use the burn to disc function of your burning software. The
resulting cd autoruns when it is inserted in a drive and puts up a splash screen on which you click to install. "Gordon Shumway" wrote: The file you download is nothing more than a data file, same as your pictures. GS "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
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#40
May 19th 08, 11:16 PM
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I just downloaded the file again without any problems. 'Didn't use anything
other than downloaded while in Internet Explorer. I downloaded to my hard drive. Would you like I burn the file to a CD and mail it to you? If you wish a private conversation, my email address is dschmidt AT iinet DOT com -- Don Vancouver, USA wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:35:02 -0700, Cbarnhorst 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 Just a note to say I tried this twice, both with MS downloader and another. MS connection broke several times and had to restart. Guess there is no Resume feature. I then tried another d/ler pgm and got to 99& twice, then it froze both times. Is this a constant problem? Regards buddy b
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#41
May 21st 08, 12:26 PM
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Good to hear of the happy outcome.
Take care, -- Don Vancouver, USA wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:16:26 -0700, "Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote: I just downloaded the file again without any problems. 'Didn't use anything other than downloaded while in Internet Explorer. I downloaded to my hard drive. Would you like I burn the file to a CD and mail it to you? If you wish a private conversation, my email address is dschmidt AT iinet DOT com very kind of you Don. I got up at 5AM EDT and finally got the d/l to finish. Their server was probably tired out.:) Thanks a lot! Regards buddy b
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#42
June 13th 08, 06:29 AM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
Go to KB322389. There is a section on how to get a CD for your region.
Unfortunately it is not free this time. $3.99 + $5.99 shipping. Or you can use one of the download suggestions mentioned already. "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
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#43
June 20th 08, 05:07 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
you can purchase the cd online from this website. It is $3.99US plus shipping
https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/Va...vaScriptOn=yes "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
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#44
June 20th 08, 05:09 PM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
you can purchase sp3 on CD from the following website. It is $3.99 US plus
shipping https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/Va...vaScriptOn=yes "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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#45
June 23rd 08, 09:33 AM
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Windows XP SP3 on CD?
"EDV9500" wrote in message ... you can purchase sp3 on CD from the following website. It is $3.99 US plus shipping https://om2.one.microsoft.com/opa/Va...vaScriptOn=yes "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 But it's worth pointing out that this will be a CD with JUST SP3 on; it won't be usable to reinstall anything immediately after a format, as Rainy seems to want to do. Of course, if a reformat should prove necessary, it can be used to install the service pack once XP has been reinstalled from a separate disc, or it can be used to create a slipstreamed install disc.
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