Windows xp sp3 do i need sp2

You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 2. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. If you have a successful install of Windows XP Service Pack 3 then you should not receive the message regarding an update to Service Pack 2 as this should be incorporated in to the Service Pack 3 release.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Drsunil V Thank you very much! I would suggest turning off auto-updates, or setting to notify only, otherwise it will attempt to apply a lot of "in between" updates which will be obsoleted by the service pack. It is also possible, if you are seeing high CPU, that you are suffering the "update jam" cause by a pending Internet Explorer Cumulative - if so, then apply the current cumulative.

The XP update system does not seem as refined as for W7 - on XP, it seems you often need to visit the windowsupdate site to get things moving. Cannot find an "express" for SP3, other than going through Windowsupdate, but the larger packages are:. Drsunil V Yes , question is for xp. The link in your answer is for windows greater than xp?

Alan W Microsoft says that you must have at least SP1 installed first and recommends that you have SP" installed as well although its not necessary. Hovsep A well if you try it then perhaps you will get alert message inviting to install the other services Hovsep A I mean SP1 if anything else is required then you should be prompt to execute. However, there's no need to install SP2 before SP3. I have seen a 'nlite' tutorial which looked simple enough so in this case which Service Packs would i need to slipstream onto my new OS CD?

Will XP plus what ever service packs are required when slipstreamed fit on a mb CD? Friday, May 2, AM. Friday, May 2, PM. You only need to slipstream sp3. Thanks Shashank, I appreciate the honest answer. I was hoping that limitation was only going to be true for the beta versions and that the final version would be a truly conclusive SP in the manner all previous SP's had been.

I consider this bad news, but I'd rather know the truth so thanks. Saturday, May 3, AM. Saturday, May 3, PM. Yes, both those scenarios are not supported. Many people take that out of context though. Making an install work through a 3rd party tool is not supported - but your Windows XP as installed, should something else come up, will still be supported by MS if you have support with them which for home users means if it is a retail copy as opposed to an OEM copy.

Making a slipstreamed disk is unsupported, but should it go well and you get things installed and something else come up down the road, that install base will again also be supported should you be a home user that had used a retail disk as the basis for the slipstreamed disk.