Comments on: Download Windows XP SP3 via Windows Update

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:01:29 +0000

does it pass the validation test

By: Yvon

Yvon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:55:49 +0000

I’ve tried on several occasions to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929) I keep getting an error, “Control ID not found.”

Could you please tell me what I need to do so that the installation will work.

Thank you

By: PreZ

PreZ — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:29:23 +0000

Ryan wrote:

PreZ wrote:
Will this work if I have SP1 installed and NOT SP2 ?Thanks.BTW if this will not work….how do i get the Reg update thing out of my Registry?
Yep, it should work just fine. Each service pack contains all of the updates contained in the other service packs.

Thanks Ryan, Really apprecite your reply.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:52:24 +0000

PreZ wrote:

Will this work if I have SP1 installed and NOT SP2 ? Thanks. BTW if this will not work….how do i get the Reg update thing out of my Registry?

Yep, it should work just fine. Each service pack contains all of the updates contained in the other service packs.

By: PreZ

PreZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:45:30 +0000

Will this work if I have SP1 installed and NOT SP2 ?
Thanks.
BTW if this will not work….how do i get the Reg update thing out of my Registry?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:47:01 +0000

I downloaded it and it works like a champ.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:55:15 +0000

I have installed the XP SP3 update. I was trying to install Pinnacle Studio 11 Ultimate. Requirements said you have to have XP with SP2 to install this program. When you try to install Studio 11 it kicks you out of the installation and gives you an error that you don’t have SP2 installed. Tech support said they might have a patch out soon. I guess uninstall SP3 and go back to SP2 to install this program. One step back I go.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:18:49 +0000

You can install any of the hotfixes via the add/remove programs, and it did make a backup file for me. I’m guessing that you must have used a program like CCleaner that removed all hotfix uninstallers.

By: The seXPert

The seXPert — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:16:40 +0000

How can I UNDO this? When I install the SP3 this way I cant uninstall it (does not make a backup file ~~ )

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:47:33 +0000

milesch wrote:

Still no sign of SP3 after a couple of days, so tried again. I have Home, could it be that all of you who were successful have Pro?

Yep, I did try it on Pro.

milesch wrote:

Ryan’s link tohttp://dailyapps.net/2007/11/h.....ws-update/worked and SP3 is seen as a download. However, after reading through the questions on that website, think I’ll let RC1 ride and not bother with it — who knows I might not see anything today, but in a week would see an adverse affect and by then may be too late to go back to the prior TI image without a great deal of work replacing other work done since.

It might not be a bad idea to hold off if you're not in a big rush. After all, it's only going to get more stable.