Jan Janowski
join:2000-06-18
Skokie, IL
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May 10th, @12:39PM
| [XP Home] XP SP3 update procedures.... Home & Pro
With my recent luck with Windows.....  !
Thought I'd post this to make sure that I have minimal SP3 problems......
3 systems to update:
1. Intel P4 Gateway-- XP Home. ~6 years old. I have reloaded XP on this sytem since receiving it, using the Gateway SP1 disk, followed by the MS SP2 disk.
2. Intel P4 w/HT Dell-- XP Home. ~3 years old. I have reloaded XP on this sytem since receiving it, using the Dell SP2 disk.
3. Dual Quad Xeons on Supermicro Mb/Chassis-- XP Pro, loaded from XP Pro SP2 Retail disk.
All are running IE7, and I'm not planning on going back to IE6.
My Update plan (As of now...):
1. Set Processguard to Learning mode, then disable it.
2. Turn off AV
3. Turn off Anti-Spyware
(Same on each system)
All this before downloading SP3.....
Have I missed anything?
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Cudni
La Merma - Los De Aca
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Someshire | you don't have to disable anything until after you have downloaded SP3 and you are ready to install.
Cudni |
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bcastner
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Chevy Chase, MD
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| reply to Jan Janowski
Download the "Network Installation Redistributable" rather than use Windows Update. Not only with two computers to do will this save some time; but if something borks you have the ability to restart the upgrade after the underlying issue is resolved. Finally, you need this download to later do a Slipstream of XP for archival purposes.
Once you have the full download, install in Safe Mode (without networking). Check first to be certain the firewall, AV, and any and all anti-malware is disabled. It should be in Safe Mode, but check.
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Jan Janowski
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Skokie, IL | reply to Jan Janowski
Thank You!!! All 3 updated without an issue!
(I guess I was a little gunshy after the thorugh trashing that Vista gave me in the past few days!!)
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Owlbet
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| said by Jan Janowski  :Thank You!!! All 3 updated without an issue! It's good to hear you've had three successful updates.
I have five XP computers. I've updated three so far. No real glitches at all. I did have to chuckle when my "semi-retired-from-everyday-use" XP computer had once again put a checkmark in Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity when I installed SP3. That computer has done that for all three service packs. 
Removing the checkmark and rebooting brought back internet connectivity on that computer. |
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bcastner
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| The first reboot after the installation of XP SP3, like SP2, is likely the hardest self-configuration exercise your computer has made since the first reboot after installation. It is incredibly taxing on all resources installed on the machine, including hardware. It is not unusual to see formerly hidden issues with RAM or the hard drive reveal themselves.
So, let the computer reboot after the install. It will take longer than usual. When your Desktop is stablilized, all the icons have loaded, ..etc, reboot again before testing any individual feature.
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buttoni
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May 11th, @01:06PM
| reply to bcastner
Just wanted to thank Bill Castner for these concise instructions. I read this and SP3 forums about issues. Read release notes and various troubleshooting articles. Then I got up my courage to d/l the full copy redistributable (at your recommendation to one user here) and installed it last night in Safe Mode. GOOD THING you recommended checking Task Mgr for any realtime files, because much to my surprise, Sunbelt Counterspy DOES load up in Safe Mode! I killed it and my SP3 install went flawlessly. No problems with my Windows Update Agent yet either, as MU scanned me as usual w/o error message, offering no updates. Thanks for all you volunteers do for at least this 59 y.o. female not so terribly pc savvy. |
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bcastner
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Chevy Chase, MD
clubs: | You are very welcome.
Best wishes,
Bill Castner |
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guest976
| reply to Jan Janowski
I have one problem with updating sp3 which is it says error access error when its process of installing. what is that? what do i have to do? |
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Cudni
La Merma - Los De Aca
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Someshire
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| said by guest976 :
I have one problem with updating sp3 which is it says error access error when its process of installing. what is that? what do i have to do?
Contact MS for free support
»support.microsoft.com/oas/defaul···d=522131
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confuzed
@jillyred.net | reply to bcastner
At the MS download site I see the XP SP3 Network Installation Package for IT professionals (316.4MB) and the XP SP3 CD ISO Image file (544.9MB). Other than the ISO image being bootable, why is there 200+MB difference between the two? |
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bcastner
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clubs: | The ISO 9660 image includes every sector on the CD, whether used or not. It is not a sparse image; nor a format that allows for compression. (Although one could ZIP the ISO image, it is not compressed as offered.) |
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howie
New York Giants
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Little Falls, NJ
| reply to confuzed
The SP3 ISO image is not bootable. It contains the SP3 executable, 180MB worth of support files, the .NET installer and and a few other files (see above).
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