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From: Shenan Stanley on 3 Aug 2010 18:29 marc wrote: > Can this patch be applied to XP SP2? Why would anyone still be Windows XP with Service Pack 2 this far in? Probably FUD. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: pjp on 3 Aug 2010 19:32 "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:uiJkst1MLHA.2276(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > marc wrote: >> Can this patch be applied to XP SP2? > > Why would anyone still be Windows XP with Service Pack 2 this far in? I resisted until the pc started acting up about something irrelevant to updating. Thought was and still is "Why chance mucking up a good working system." > > Probably FUD. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
From: Shenan Stanley on 3 Aug 2010 20:14 pjp wrote: > I resisted until the pc started acting up about something > irrelevant to updating. Thought was and still is "Why chance > mucking up a good working system." If it is a "good working system" - SP3 will not change that. It may point out the flaws in that logic (just because there are no visible symptoms doesn't mean everything is well), but if the logic was sound from the beginning - it's just about a hour of your time so you have a updated and supported system. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 4 Aug 2010 01:25 pjp wrote: >> Why would anyone still be Windows XP with Service Pack 2 this far in? > > I resisted until the pc started acting up about something irrelevant to > updating. Thought was and still is "Why chance mucking up a good working > system." Silly boy! If SP3 isn't installed, it not a "good working system" (or soon won't be).
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 4 Aug 2010 08:12
Microsoft sticks to plan, denies emergency patch for XP SP2 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180107/Microsoft_sticks_to_plan_denies_emergency_patch_for_XP_SP2 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > No, even a manual install will fail. > > Support for WinXP SP2 ended on 13 July 2010. Computers running WinXP SP2 > "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update" [i.e., > updates > released on & after 02 August 2010] until SP3 has been installed. > Extended > Support for WinXP SP3 will continue through 08 April 2014. > > . What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported? > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/what-does-end-of-support-mean > > > marc wrote: >> Can this patch be applied to XP SP2? |