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Old 15-May-2008, 06:20 AM
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Question XP Service Pack 3

I see Windows have brought out Service pack 3, is there a CD available? if so where can i get it from, saves me sitting for hours downloading all the updates!

 
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As far as I am aware they are not releasing a CD version, its either the 56MB Download through Microsoft update site, or a 350MB(ish) download from Microsoft download site.

 
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I see Windows have brought out Service pack 3, is there a CD available? if so where can i get it from, saves me sitting for hours downloading all the updates!
If you have SP2 then SP3 wont take long at all, unless you are on dial up


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You may want to take at my post here before installing SP3. Read all the warnings and cautions.


 
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