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XP Service Pack 3 stand-alone version
Does anyone have a link from Microsoft's Website that you can download the XP Service Pack 3 for an offline installation? I am helping someone with a fresh install of XP and they have dial up, so when they go to the Microsoft Update page, it times out (gives an error).

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Thanks Jack, but I already saw that one... if you look in the Overview you would see that it's not for 1 computer, that's more for a network (multi-user) install.
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Yeah so, its what you are after, trust me. Ive used it many times, I even use it to make new Installation CDs with SP3 integrated into them.
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Yeah so, its what you are after, trust me. Ive used it many times, I even use it to make new Installation CDs with SP3 integrated into them.
Ahh, I didn't know that... i guess M$ just put that message there to get them to use the update. I will try it out. Thanks!
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I second that
its what i used
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15-Nov-2009, 08:58 PM #7
That full 316 MB SP3 upgrade is what you want to download and burn off to a CD-R so you can install it in any computer that needs it.

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows...ce-pack-3.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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yeah I am going to need to... it will take 12 hours for her to download on dial up... heh
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At dial-up speed, it would take more like 18 hours to download - if her ISP allowed it and didn't "time out" first.

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At dial-up speed, it would take more like 18 hours to download - if her ISP allowed it and didn't "time out" first.

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heh... that's true... well CD-Rs cant be that expensive for 5 now can it? it's been too long since i bought any.
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The last time that I bought a 50-pack of "Sony" 1x - 48x CD-R's, I paid about $10.00 for it.

Don't go for el-cheapo generic brand CD-R's just to save a few dollars because you'll wind up with bad burns and defective disks and stored disks that don't last long.

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true... though this is something I'm not going to reuse again anytime soon... plus i have discs.... just not here in my new home...
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true... though this is something I'm not going to reuse again anytime soon... plus i have discs.... just not here in my new home...

It's a 316 Mb file but at the end of the day, it's only an executable file - mine lives on a memory stick with plenty of spare space. I just threw it into a small server in fifteen minutes.
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It's a 316 Mb file but at the end of the day, it's only an executable file - mine lives on a memory stick with plenty of spare space. I just threw it into a small server in fifteen minutes.
I know... and I will have a copy for myself on my external drive, just this person is in Montana... and I am in Arizona so CD is the only way to go for me right now
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16-Nov-2009, 07:37 PM #15
There is also an ISO CD Image file of SP3 too.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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