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From: MN on 30 May 2010 17:22 I have been running WinXP on my computer for quite a few years now and have been doing automatic updates on a regular basis. In fact, after I installed SP2, several years ago, I have over 200 such updates. (I printed out the list that is an option on the Windows Update site.) My question: Should I install SP3 now ? (from the SP3 installer .exe) If I do, won't there be a conflict with some of my already installed auto updates? What benefits will I get if I DO install SP3 now? Please advise.
From: Jerry on 30 May 2010 17:53 SP3 will overwrite all updates froim before SP3. Any updates applicable to SP3 will need to be applied. If you do not install SP3, you will get no more updates after sometime in July so then your computer will be at risk. On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:22:47 -0400, "MN" <MN(a)Private.net> wrote: >I have been running WinXP on my computer for quite a few years now and have >been doing automatic updates on a regular basis. In fact, after I installed >SP2, several years ago, I have over 200 such updates. (I printed out the >list that is an option on the Windows Update site.) > >My question: Should I install SP3 now ? (from the SP3 installer .exe) If I >do, won't there be a conflict with some of my already installed auto >updates? What benefits will I get if I DO install SP3 now? > >Please advise. >
From: MN on 30 May 2010 20:38 Jerry, Thanx for your prompt response. I guess that after I install SP3, going to the Windows Update site, I will be reinstalling several hundred updates that I originally installed after April 2008 (the date of the SP3 release). Is that correct? ======================================================================================= "Jerry" <jerrymkatz(a)NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:qfn506583ai44p9an8v8rjntimm80qr7f1(a)4ax.com... > SP3 will overwrite all updates froim before SP3. Any updates > applicable to SP3 will need to be applied. If you do not install SP3, > you will get no more updates after sometime in July so then your > computer will be at risk. > > > On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:22:47 -0400, "MN" <MN(a)Private.net> wrote: > >>I have been running WinXP on my computer for quite a few years now and >>have >>been doing automatic updates on a regular basis. In fact, after I >>installed >>SP2, several years ago, I have over 200 such updates. (I printed out the >>list that is an option on the Windows Update site.) >> >>My question: Should I install SP3 now ? (from the SP3 installer .exe) If >>I >>do, won't there be a conflict with some of my already installed auto >>updates? What benefits will I get if I DO install SP3 now? >> >>Please advise. >> >
From: Shenan Stanley on 30 May 2010 22:34 MN wrote: > Jerry, > Thanx for your prompt response. I guess that after I install > SP3, going to the Windows Update site, I will be reinstalling > several hundred updates that I originally installed after April > 2008 (the date of the SP3 release). Is that correct? no -- 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 31 May 2010 10:47
Support for WinXP (x86) SP2 ends on 13 July 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP (x86) SP2 "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update" (i.e., Automatic Updates will not work and Windows Update website will not be accessible) until SP3 has been manually 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 MN wrote: > I have been running WinXP on my computer for quite a few years now and > have > been doing automatic updates on a regular basis. In fact, after I > installed > SP2, several years ago, I have over 200 such updates. (I printed out the > list that is an option on the Windows Update site.) > > My question: Should I install SP3 now ? (from the SP3 installer .exe) If > I > do, won't there be a conflict with some of my already installed auto > updates? What benefits will I get if I DO install SP3 now? > > Please advise. |