Recently my XP has crashed (for the second time) and all my system files went corrupt. I reinstalled all the files with my recovery disk and had to set XP back up. when I did I was stuck with Service pack 1, so my first concern would be How can I get srvice pack 3 back without messing up my computer...

Hello, I have an issue when assigning manually TCP/IP settings to my netywork adapters on a XP SP3 machine. After configuring them and clicking 'Close' the automatic settings are restored. Ane ideas how to overcome this issue? Thanks Happy New Year Nick

I have tried to make a slipstremed disc integrating my original XP Home edition (SP1) with SP3 using Autosteamer. The programme finds my XP disc but it requires the SP3 exe file and I cannot locate it on my computer. I believe it should be located in the i386 folder but there are no exe files in this...

hi, due to obscure reasons my network has more than a couple of dozens of hp oem xp sp2 machines in the last few days i have noticed they all started downloading xp sp3 but fortunately i was able to block it from the proxy until we are prepared for it. is this normal? has anyone with hp oem sp2 installs...

Microsoft has released the much awaited XP SP3 RTM on Automatic Update and Download Center today. The SP3 RTM was delayed due to a bug in Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS). Although its available on Automatic Updates, ppl who want to download the standalone package can use following official...

I've downloaded SP3, slipstreamed it and installed from my shiny new disk - everything works just fine. An observation though: Under SP2, IE7 is a critical update but under SP3 it doesn't appear. Is there any good reason for this?

Today i installed Windows XP SP3 Public beta on my existing XP Home Edition(SP2). The new beta build version: 3205 The SP3 installed successfully on my system. After restart, it displays 7 errors(2 errors during boot screen and 5 errors during welcome screen). After 1st restart, " Paint " application...