From: Manuel S. on
Hello:

As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a PC
that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I can
apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.

Thanks
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on
If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?


Manuel S. wrote:
> As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> PC
> that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.

From: Manuel S. on
Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full reinstallation,
could I skip SP2?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
>
> HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
>
> That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
>
>
> Manuel S. wrote:
> > As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> > PC
> > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
>
> .
>
From: No Mo on
Try reading PA Bear's reply again.

"Manuel S." <ManuelS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E3B3F65-023F-4374-A9D6-D1FE8F540072(a)microsoft.com...
: Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
: originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full
reinstallation,
: could I skip SP2?
:
: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
:
: > If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
: >
: > HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
: >
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
: >
: > That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
: >
: >
: > Manuel S. wrote:
: > > As MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know
if a
: > > PC
: > > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or
if I
: > > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
: >
: > .
: >


From: smlunatick on
On Jun 8, 4:11 am, Manuel S. <Manu...(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Actually it is just for backup, since there is one PC in the office which
> originally had XP sp1, just in case it needed a future full reinstallation,  
> could I skip SP2?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > If WinXP SP1 is installed, you can skip SP2.
>
> > HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched
> >http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg...
>
> > That being said, did you just do a "clean install" of WinXP SP1 or...?
>
> > Manuel S. wrote:
> > > As  MS anounced end of life for Win XP SP1/SP2, I would like to know if a
> > > PC
> > > that has WinXP SP1 should be upgraded to SP2 before applying SP3, or if I
> > > can apply directly SP3 on SP1 without SP2.
>
> > .

Yes you can skip SP2. SP3 contains all the updates included with SP2
and the update released until the date the SP3 was released.